Condé Nast Ranks Al Maha Top Overseas Leisure Hotel in
Dubai
Released
on: October 27, 2008, 5:06 am
Press
Release Author: Emirates
Group
Industry:
Consumer
Services
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Release Summary: The Emirates Hotels & Resorts owned Al Maha
Desert Resort & Spa, has collected another Condé Nast
Traveller Readers' Travel Award

Press
Release Body: Al Maha Desert Resort & Spa,
the luxurious desert retreat owned by Emirates Hotels
& Resorts, has collected yet another Condé
Nast Traveller Readers' Travel Award. Jumping six places
in its overall rating from last year, Al Maha
was the only Dubai hotel to be listed in the prestigious top 20
list, for Overseas Leisure Hotels.
For
the second year running, readers have placed Al
Maha Desert Resort & Spa within the top 20 overseas
leisure hotels in the highly competitive Middle East, Africa and
Indian Ocean region. The influential readers' survey of the world's
best destinations is conducted annually by Condé
Nast Traveller. Moving up six places from the 2007 ranking
to number 14 in the 2008 survey, the overall rating of the property
improved from 79.59% to 83.81%.
Condé
Nast Traveller is one of the world's leading travel magazines,
and has become a source of authority in the travel industry for
sophisticated and discerning travellers, seeking the ultimate,
unique holiday experience.
The
prestigious Readers' Travel Awards, now in their
tenth year, are highly acclaimed in the industry and have become
a highlight of the travel trade calendar in terms of a benchmark
against which to judge the best the travel world has to offer.
Resorts and hotels are ranked according to a number of different
criteria including service, standard of accommodation, environmental
friendliness, leisure facilities and overall ambience.
The
top 20 listing of overseas leisure hotels in the region boasts
some stunning resorts, including Singita Private Game Reserve
in South Africa, Cape Towns' Cape Grace Hotel, Soneva Gili in
the Maldives, and North Island in the Seychelles. Once again Al
Maha has the distinction of being the sole Dubai resort to be
featured.
Tony
Williams, Senior Vice President, Resorts & Projects
at Emirates
Hotels & Resorts, commented on the findings:
"This is a great tribute to the staff of Al Maha, and we
are obviously delighted to have received such a great accolade
- in particular when it comes from the guests. Moving up in the
ranking by six places this year highlights that year on year the
resort and the experience at Al Maha remains not only consistent,
but is improving against this world-class standard."
Mr
Williams continued: "The criteria against which we have
been judged are integral to our own product philosophy, and it
is heartening to see that across the company Emirates is pushing
the boundaries in product and service excellence alongside some
of the other great resorts in the world."
About
Emirates:
Al Maha Desert Resort & Spa is part of Emirates Hotels &
Resorts, the premier hospitality division of Emirates Airline.
It comprises a growing portfolio of award-winning luxury conservation-based
resorts, five-star city hotel properties, spas and fully-serviced
upmarket apartment hotels.
In
addition to conservation-based resort Al Maha, located in Dubai,
Emirates Hotels & Resorts manages The
Harbour Hotel & Residence and Green
Lakes Serviced Apartments. Both add diversity, luxury and
a fresh dimension to Dubai’s quickly broadening accommodation
landscape.
As
well as being the epitome of luxury resorts for travellers, all
Emirates Hotels & Resorts properties provide self-contained,
stand-alone conference facilities with boardroom-style and conference-style.
This makes Emirates Hotels & Resorts the ideal solution for
hosting business
events, meetings and conferences.
Web
Site: http://www.emirateshotelsresorts.com
Contact
Details: Emirates Hotels & Resorts media contact:
Chiara Sarzi Amadè
Emirates Corporate Communications
The Emirates Group Headquarters
P.O. Box 686
Dubai
United Arab Emirates
(+9714) 708 2171
