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			<description><![CDATA[Hotelier Middle East investigates the pros and cons of cross-training your workforce.]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai hotel to close, denies health rumours</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Westin Hotel denies its 24-hour closure is linked to Legionnaires' disease.]]></description>
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			<title>Take it outside</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The region has built its sizeable tourism industry on the back of beautiful natural settings and fantastic weather — but in the face of huge competition and with another scorching summer approaching, how can outlets maximise outdoor revenue? Lucy Taylor finds out.]]></description>
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			<title>Training case study</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Caterer Middle East visits leading syrups provider Monin's fourth annual training seminar at The Westin, Dubai, to study the French brand's hands-on approach to educating its Middle East importers about the company's new line of fruit purées.]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[As life becomes evermore hectic, people want to look and feel good and spas offer the perfect place to de-stress and relax.  Andrew Kennedy looks at several Dubai spas where relaxation is the name of the game.]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai hotel clear of Legionella - initial tests</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Investigation at The Westin Hotel launched after guest died of Legionniare's disease. ]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[Five star hotel gets questioned over death of recent guest, cricket statistician Bill Frindall.]]></description>
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			<title>Spa R&amp;amp;R</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Relaxation and pampering facilities within hotels are becoming more sought after as guests lead increasingly busy lives. Hotelier Middle East asks spa managers from around the region to reveal current guest demands.]]></description>
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			<title>2009: The year of lean cuisine</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[How will the effects of the global economic crisis affect new health-conscious menus in the Middle East? ]]></description>
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			<title>Exploiting all areas</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[In celebrating hotel design, it’s the interior or architecture design that tends to hog the limelight. But exterior design is every bit as important, says Michele Howe.]]></description>
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			<title>Price freeze</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Increases in food costs are biting, but caterers are hitting back by adding value to their culinary offerings for meetings and events.]]></description>
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			<title>Business banter</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[From staff recruitment to retention and product retail to spa revenue, no issue was left untouched when Spa Manager united some of the UAE's leading spa experts.]]></description>
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			<title>Say cheese!</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  The Cheese Room at The Westin Mina Seyahi has proved surprisingly popular with Dubai residents.]]></description>
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			<title>Tripping the light fantastic</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  With high-end properties popping up all over the Middle East, hotels face an ongoing challenge to shine.]]></description>
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			<title>Dublin: Europe's secret</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Travel agents looking to sell a new European city this summer should look to Ireland's capital Dublin.]]></description>
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			<title>Brand and deliver</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Why brand prototypes are rapidly gaining traction in increasingly cluttered hotel marketplace in the region.]]></description>
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			<title>Westin works wonders</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Caterer Middle East discovers how the Westin Dubai's newly-opened convention centre managed its very first corporate function.]]></description>
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			<title>Westin to offer signature social experiences</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Westin Dubai Mina Seyahi Beach Resort & Marina has introduced a ‘social experience programme', Westin Unwind, in order to encourage guests to embrace the cultures, tastes and sounds of the Middle East.]]></description>
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			<title>Hothouse design</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hotel design and its associated specialities, food and beverage, spa and guest room design, has provided a great boon to Gulf interior designers.]]></description>
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			<title>Public view</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Public areas set a relaxed tone for one of the latest resort hotels to open in Dubai.    ]]></description>
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			<title>Le Méridien Mina Seyahi spa to close</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  New Westin Heavenly Spa to be shared by neighbouring properties to form a complex offering.    ]]></description>
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			<title>Hopping on the online bandwagon</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Jitendra Jain explains e-business, and how this growing niche in the hospitality sector will take off over the coming years.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Finishing touches for Westin Dubai</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Guests to get unmatched arrival experience.]]></description>
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			<title>Westin to debut</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  The Westin Dubai Mina Seyahi Beach Resort and Marina has set the date for bringing the ‘Westin Difference' to Dubai.]]></description>
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			<title>Booking ahead</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Besides the city's entertainment scene, Dubai's impressive portfolio of hotels is exploding this winter.  ]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[The penultimate leg of the prestigious Pershing Sea Show tour, effectively a road show that witnessed Pershing yachts dropping anchor in some of the most spectacular marinas in the Mediterranean, arrived in Venice in the middle of June.]]></description>
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