Dubai, UAE: Millennium Place Mirdif, the new four-star hotel property development in Mirdif Hills community by Dubai Real Estate Co., has announced the appointment of Sari Ammar as Director of Sales and Marketing of the hotel.
In his new position, Ammar will play a pivotal role in developing key sales & marketing strategies to drive commercial productivity and growth for Millennium Place Mirdif that is due to open in Q4, 2021.
Born and raised in Lebanon, Ammar brings 20 years of hospitality experience working in the UAE with global hospitality brands including Monarch, Fairmont, Marriot, and Hilton.
Welcoming his new appointment, Ammar stated: “I am delighted to join the team of Millennium Place Mirdif and committed to achieving the highest levels of success for the hotel. Watching the development of Millennium Place Mirdif coming together in the last stages, I can’t wait to welcome the rest of our team and open Mirdif’s number one leisure destination hotel.”
The hotel will be featuring 248 keys of which 116 rooms and 132 residential apartments along with a variety of dining options including Hunter & Barrel from Australia, Batchig “The Lebanese-Armenian Restaurant”, Habanos Cigar Lounge & Bar, The Urban Bar, G-Level an all-day dining restaurant and the rooftop pool bar, gym, spa and multi-purpose meeting space which makes the “Millennium Place Mirdif” an excellent choice for corporate team building escapes from the city within the city.
Dubai, UAE: TIME Hotels held the soft opening of its much-anticipated TIME Asma Hotel in Dubai’s Al Barsha shopping district on June 15, 2021. The new four-star property has a remarkable feature – its management team consists entirely of women, including the hotel manager Alexandra Kelner and 80% of the hotel’s employees.
Commenting, TIME Hotels’ CEO Mohamed Awadalla, said: “It has always been integral to our corporate strategy to diversify our workforce and offer equal opportunities to all members of staff.
“Under the leadership of Alexandra, all areas of the hotel operation will be managed by women, from HR to sales, F&B, finance, front office and housekeeping – even our executive chef is a woman.
“I am sure that this talented all-female management team will provide inspiration to all women who want to carve out a successful career in hospitality,” added Awadalla.
The hotel, which will have its grand opening in September, consists of 232 rooms over six floors with a gym, which has exclusive opening times for women, swimming pool, jacuzzi, four meeting rooms, a business centre and two restaurants, for both male and female guests. Zaytuna, serves Middle Eastern cuisine, with an open kitchen in a market-style setting and La Dolce Vita as the name would suggest is a casual, Italian-themed restaurant.
Moreover, there are floors reserved exclusively for female travellers with dedicated services, including: female room service, a female-only check-in counter and guest relations. Other features include bespoke beauty products, in-room beauty treatments, as well as enhanced amenities in each room. The hotel will also offer dedicated parking spaces for women.
According to Catalyst, a global organization that promotes women in the workplace, in 2019, the proportion of women in senior management roles globally grew to 29%, the highest number ever recorded and 87% of global mid-market companies had at least one woman in a senior management role in 2020.
Indeed, French national Alexandra Kelner’s advancement is a classic example of career development. Having graduated from the School of Management in Yvelines, near Paris, she held senior positions in hotels in France and the UAE, leading teams across housekeeping and rooms division.
“Once regional and international travel restrictions are relaxed, more women will be travelling on business than ever before. Many women may well be travelling alone and I believe it will be comforting for them to have the option of staying in a hotel where 80% of the staff are women, with dedicated floors and in-room amenities,” said Alexandra Kelner, Hotel Manager, TIME Asma Hotel.
The hotel is also located just five minutes from Mall of the Emirates and as such is expecting healthy demand from local and regional visitors for short leisure breaks, particularly women and families.
“With the summer heat approaching, TIME Asma is ideally located for a weekend of retail therapy,” said Kelner.
Dubai, UAE: Watch all the live action of the remaining UEFA Euro 2020 matches at Joe’s Backyard, the neighborhood barbecue spot at Holiday Inn Dubai Festival City, where special offers on hops are available for football fans until the final match on July 11.
Games will be screened on a giant projector and large HD screens in indoor and outdoor terrace so guests will not miss any action. The lively venue has turned into a Fan Zone with green set-ups for friends, families, and colleagues to relax, mingle and watch the Euro games while enjoying flame-grilled dishes and refreshing drinks and beverages.
The games will see 24 teams and 622 players, including Cristiano Ronaldo from Portugal, Roberto Mancini of Italy, Didier Deschamps from France, and the England team with Gareth Southgate as coach.
Joe’s Backyard has daily special deals, and with a program of live music and DJ sets, Euro devotees can book their table early, find their perfect spot, and set the mood for the exciting games.
Dubai, UAE: Dubai’s property market is set for a shake-up with the announcement of a limited number of luxury apartments at the foot of The Palm Jumeirah coming onto the market, after a pre-launch early in the year that set the city abuzz.
Offering commanding 180-degree views of the ocean and The Palm Jumeirah, Palm View is an exclusive collection of expansive, airy, residences, spread over the top 27 floors of the well-appointed property, above the globally leading Avani Palm View Dubai Hotel & Suites, which opened its doors in January 2021.
The raft of new residences have been created to meet the needs of modern living, delivering opportunities to maximise leisure time, work time and wellbeing all from one perfectly placed and designed building.
The vision for Palm View residences is to create a new paradigm in luxury living that allows residents to live, work and play all from one home base. A whole floor of the prime real estate is dedicated to a private residence club and the amenities for all owners truly stand this building apart. Residents of Palm View can take advantage of their own residents swimming pool, a private cinema, a residents’ lounge and library, a state-of-the-art business centre and co-working space, an outdoor barbeque area, full equipped gym, exercise rooms and even a state-of-the-art digital golf simulator. Many of these are available 24 hours a day. In the hotel below them they will have access to four outstanding restaurants including leading Italian and Lebanese options. The residents’ Senses Garden creates a tranquil bucolic element to the urban development; a place to relax, read and unwind, truly delivering on the brand’s passion for all round quality of life.
Residents with children can take advantage of the private resident’s indoor play area, which includes themed aged zones, PlayStation gaming consoles, a soft play area and arts and crafts for younger residents, and an interactive wall for all. With a dedicated kids’ washroom and personal lockers, every detail is considered…you rest, they play.
Total life balance, compromise free
Each of the 263 fully furnished apartments features floor-to-ceiling windows, creating light, space and the chance to enjoy unmatched views. Vaulted living room ceilings add drama and space, while elegant flooring adds a luxurious, cooling aspect to the properties.
The premium properties are available in 12 different formats, all featuring sizeable storage, maid’s rooms, considerable wardrobe space and en-suite bathrooms that optimise these fully-furnished living options with choices of one, two or three bedrooms.
The jewel in the crown is The Sky Collection, the development’s penthouse floors, which are offered in four styles with 4 bedrooms, and only available on the tower’s uppermost floors, levels 41-43. Palm View’s penthouses are simply breath taking, delivery grandiose, sprawling spaces of between 2,047 and 5,173 square feet. These must be seen to be believed.
With dramatic 180 views from all levels of the tower, the sweeping vistas from Palm View stretch from the Burj Khalifa to the Burj Al Arab, across the Royal Palace gardens and overlook Dubai Marina and the World Islands. These homes couldn’t ask for a better position, at the base of the world-famous Palm Jumeirah, with Dubai Marina and its upmarket stores and restaurants mere moments away and the global business zones of Dubai Media City and Dubai Internet City within walking distance.
Connectivity is a highlight for these homes with a tram station at the foot of the building allowing people to connect with the Marina and JBR to access the metro across the city, as well as offering direct access to the monorail to The Palm giving residents a short ride straight to the Atlantis, Nakheel Mall and The Pointe. Furthermore, the city’s main artery, Sheikh Zayed Road, is minutes away, delivering residents to every district of the buzzing city with minimum congestion – and the airport is accessible within half an hour.
Sean McCauley, CEO The Devmark Group says “This property offers discerning urbanites the perfect fusion of city life, smooth connections to business life and the very best of beach living, all within easy reach.
“Palm View is ahead of the curve in terms of current life and work trends. Our building doesn’t just ease working from home, it gives you access to leading business amenities in your home building. It doesn’t just offer relaxation around the pool but the ability to host a barbecue or a private cinema experience with your friends.”
“Residents can also take advantage of all the facilities of the Avani Palm View Dubai Hotel & Suites on the lower floors, with its four restaurants, fitness facilities and leisure options, all available mere steps from your home. Everything is here in the building – it truly represents a chance to rebalance your life.”
Offering an elite selection of complimentary services, a la carte concierge care and leisure amenities, plus an array of dining, socialising and future retail opportunities all in one place, Palm View is the place to be for discerning, sophisticated urbanites who know exactly what they need and want in life.
Available to purchase from June-end, 2021, the light, airy, oversized flats start at a generous 1083 square feet (330 square metres) for a one-bedroom fully-furnished flat – that’s close to double the size of the average one-bedroom flat in Dubai.
Palm View is marketed and sold by The Devmark Group. For sales, tours and more information contact Omar Binder on omar@thedevmarkgroup.com
For more information and purchase enquiries, call 800 VIEWS or please visit the Palm View website.
Dubai, UAE: Yugoslavian born visual artist Marta Lamovsek recently held an intimate art exhibition at Hotel Indigo Dubai Downtown, the region’s newest art and design-led boutique hotel, titled “Home is a Feeling,” a soothing cultural event which highlighted Dubai’s eclectic melting pot.
The collection is a powerful balance of art and photography, championing culture diversity and equality, breaking down stereotypes and gender roles.
Lamovsek, through the event, sent the message of unity in a world of rising segregation, paying ode to the global diaspora who have made Dubai their home.
Guests had an opportunity of getting to know the artist – personally and professionally, as she shared her inspirations, anecdotes and behind-the-scene stories.
As part of the art season in Dubai, Lamovsek has made Hotel Indigo Dubai Downtown her home. Throughout this residency, she’s been sprinkling an extra dose of magic, in the form of exquisite mixed media portraits.
The exhibition was held at Off the Wall, an artsy, one-of-a-kind cocktail bar in Hotel Indigo.
Dubai: UAE based e-commerce watch and jewellery platform, Minimalist, was founded in Dubai in July 2016 with the belief that style should be kept simple and elegant. Specialising in superior quality watches and accessories, Minimalist was curated for people who find beauty in simplicity.
Minimalist was created with a vision to create simple products inspired by the Arabian culture and heritage, by placing an emphasis on products that embody uncluttered sophistication, lasting quality and pure elegance. It is the first of its kind to have watches with exquisite details with dials that are designed in Arabic numerals.
To ensure a luxurious touch, the products are made of precious materials and stones such as black agate, mother of pearl, diamond, bluestone, and many others.
The brand takes pride in representing the finest of premium watches and jewellery designed in Dubai and catering to both men and women in the GCC who embrace the minimalist lifestyle.
Minimalist has designs and tailored collections for every taste and every style, some of the popular collections include the Anaqa watch and the Drop jewellery collections catered to women and the Traveller, Heritage and Royal watch collections catered to men. The watches range from AED 600 to AED 2,000 and the jewellery collections range from AED 200 to AED 500.
“Our story is about designing products for people who find beauty in simplicity, and away from distractions by focusing on truly important things in life. Our aim is to deliver products that are beautiful, simple and clean. Over the years, we pride ourselves in providing luxurious watches and jewellery with a strong focus on customer service and attention to detail,” says Ahmad Yousuf, founder of Minimalist.
Minimalist combines the best of design, innovation and top-notch customer service, delivering products that are a cut above the rest. Check out the website, www.minimalist.ae to shop the brand.
Dubai, UAE: There’s a new craze in town and it starts with a B.
Experience the blessings from the sea and be among a growing number of foodies who have joyfully indulged in the new craze called Black Calamari, which goes with other delectable seafood dishes that would certainly cater to everyone’s taste.
This is as Off The Hook (OTH), catering to the growing trend of concept food, has officially opened its 9th seafood restaurant in the UAE, this time located at the Persia Court of Ibn Battuta Mall.
A unique seafood restaurant created by seven business partners and headed by Abu Dhabi-based restaurateur, Rolly Brucales, OTH always has something new and unique to offer since opening its first branch three years ago. The brand has grown exponentially across Dubai and Abu Dhabi, thanks to the business acumen of the men and women behind OTH that fostered customer loyalty and secured the tenure of the staff even during the pandemic.
OTH has a lot of stories to share – from how it has defied the test of times, to its plans of expanding in other emirates and beyond.
