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Novotel

Main Category: Hotels / Resorts
First Address : PO Box 9622
City : Dubai
Country : United Arab Emirates
Phone: 971 4 3320000
Fax: 971 4 3320001
Email: h5261@accor.com
Website: www.accorhotels.com


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Fujairah flying high

Plummeting rates and expectations of a quiet summer for Gulf tourism have raised concerns about the knock-on effect for smaller emirates such as Fujairah. But with a new tourism authority, upcoming hotels taking shape and a ‘can-do' attitude from existing resorts, the destination is quietly wooing a range of markets.

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Cityscape Dubai deal rooms' demand plummets

Hotel popular with developers to seal property deals sees big drop in bookings.

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Sink or swim: Assessing the current status of food safety in the Middle East

Luxury hotels might be models of good food safety but what about other outlets? Safety professionals at the International Food Safety Conference (IFSC) met with Caterer Middle East to discuss the region’s successes and remaining challenges.

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Novotelling it how it is

Novotel and Ibis World Trade Centre director of business development Richard Senior, director of operations Yasser Ahmed and director of human resources Michael Smith talk candidly to Hotelier Middle East about the challenges of bettering the brands’ flagship products — and why they have such a happy team of staff at the Dubai cluster of properties.

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Cash is not always the answer

Hoteliers are being forced to come up with innovative ways to retain staff to prevent them leaving for jobs with higher wages.

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Ocean deep, mountain high

Fujairah is quietly establishing itself as a tourism hotspot as a steady stream of hotel names plant their flags in the sand and the combination of mountains, beach and sea prove alluring.

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The general point of view

General managers from a cross-section of Dubai hotels took time out from their busy schedules to meet HME at the Hyatt Regency Dubai to voice their views on the future of the region's hotel industry.

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Four-star spa market set to expand

Consumer demand leads business and four-star hotels to develop spa concepts and focus on wellness.

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Taking time out from the Big 5

We highlight some of the restaurants local to the exhibition and provide all-important information on what to do with your time off in Dubai.

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Out with the old, in with the new

Many run-down and aging hotels are facing an aesthetic conundrum in the increasingly competitive luxury industry, but according to Guy Wilkinson, the answer is simple: renovate or die.

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Conservative confidence

Hoteliers in Saudi Arabia and Yemen are seeing a slow but sure increase in business, with occupancies up year-on-year and new international brands entering both markets, as Sarah Campbell discovers.

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Behind the label

In order to acquire the Fairtrade tag, companies must pay farmers higher than market price for products, which leaves extra money to be invested for the common good; like children's education and social needs.

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Behind the big name brands

Hotel industry consultant Guy Wilkinson looks at the hotels' use of alternative branding in the Middle East, and finds that in several cases hotels may want to consider a different tactic.

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