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Habtoor Hospitality has contributed to the Arabian
Travel Market again this year with a big stand,
spreading over two floors. On the first day of the
exhibition, Mohammed Al Habtoor, CEO of Al Habtoor
Group, was very proud to inaugurate the ATM for Al
Habtoor Group. During four days, clients and visitors
had the chance to meet with the Habtoor Hospitality
staff, which were very happy to welcome many people to
the stand and to offer them a variety of delicious
finger food, accompanied by excellent service, also
provided by Habtoor Hospitality staff members.
On the 5th of May, Rahim Abu Omar, CEO Habtoor
Hospitality, has announced the latest projects of the Al
Habtoor Hospitality division: Metropolitan Suites and
Habtoor Grand Resort Palm Jumeirah.
Metropolitan Suites will consist of luxurious fully
fledged suites and apartments, located right next to the
existing Metropolitan Hotel on Sheikh Zayed Road. The
completion of the same will be in July this year.
The Habtoor Grand Resort Jumeirah Palm will be a
Balinese, Thai themed resort, with wide range of Spa &
Leisure facilities, Bars and restaurants. The
47,468-square-metre resort complex will have 250 deluxe
rooms, 38 executive suites, two honeymoon suites and two
presidential suites. The 750 Million Dhs project is
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Nadia
Jones, Publishing Manager of Al Habtoor Group and Editor
of Al Shindagah Magazine, received the Prestigious
International Award Certificate from Fedrigoni, Italy,
for the Outstanding Design and Production of the Al
Habtoor Group Corporate Brochure in the 2005-2006
Brochure category. The concept and design of the
brochure was developed by Geri Macario.
Al
Habtoor Publishing also received another high
recognitiom in January 2006, when the issue 68 of Al
Shindagah Magazine was nominated in the Magazines
Category for its outstanding production quality as and
entry to the prestigious Sapi International Printers of
the Year 2006 Award held in Stockholm this year. |
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Panorama Vision at
The Beach Polo Cup |
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Dubai 2006
Tournament. |
The 3rd Beach Polo Cup, the 'Game of Kings', was held at
the Habtoor Grand Resort & Spa. The tournament was
sponsored by Audi, Stanford Group (Suisse), National
Bank of Dubai and Bur Juman as team sponsors and Habtoor
Engineering, as sponsor for the construction of the
field and VIP stand.
The tournament also included several high profile events
like the Christie's auction for the Dubai Autism Centre.
The prelude to the tournament was the "Night of the
Players', an exclusive black tie event which officially
started the '3rd Beach Polo Cup-Dubai 2006'. The
backdrop to this event was the outstanding Gala Dinner,
the Pal Zileri Fashion Show, an amazing Panorama Vision
projection show, the official players' presentation and
the charity auction by Christie's.
The official opening of the tournament was on Friday,
the 7th of April, with the first 2 qualifying Polo
matches. Day 2 started at 3:00 P.M. on the 8th of April,
with a charity match between two children's teams,
sponsored by Emirates Investments & Development P.S.C.,
followed by a match to determine the winners of the 3rd
and the 4th place. The climax of this second polo day
was be the final match to determine the winner.
The public was most welcome to watch the exciting
matches from the beach at Habtoor Grand Resort & Spa.
The Beach Polo Cup has stakes. The teams of Rashid Al
Habtoor, Mohammed Al Habtoor, Tariq Albwardi and
Kristian Petersson included international high goal
players. The competition within these teams was
showcasing the essence of traditional sport, which
originated as a training game for cavalry units for
royal guards or other elite troops.
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Entertainment in
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Action at The Beach
Polo Cup Dubai 2006 |
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'Night of the
Players' event |
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Tournament. |
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