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Emirates Golf Club Eurozone – Three venues, one mega site!

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Emirates Golf Club Eurozone – Three venues, one mega site!

Dubai, UAE: Emirates Golf Club has introduced the Eurozone to bring together three unique viewing experiences in one site to watch all the UEFA European Football Championship live, held from Friday, June 11, until Sunday, July 11, 2021.

Catch all the action from ‘the Euros’ live across 40 screens at Spike Sports Bar & Terrace, Topgolf Dubai, and the Football Central pavilion.

All located within the Emirates Golf Club property amidst several city hotspots, Emirates Golf Club is easily accessible, with hassle-free parking and public transport access, allowing football enthusiasts to get match-ready with ease.

So everybody can enjoy the action from the Euros safely: 

Emirates Golf Club will manage venues to permitted capacities

Guests must continue to wear masks at all venues and may remove them briefly when seated for dining.

It’s summer… head to the Maldives!

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It’s summer… head to the Maldives!

With summer fast approaching, now is the time to start thinking about summer travel destinations, and what could be more alluring than the azure waters and palm-fringed beaches of the Maldives? 

An idyllic paradise famed for offering the ultimate in relaxation, it is ideal for travelers wanting to get away from it all – but there is so much more to see and experience if you choose to.  

Nestled in the South Ari Atoll and just a short seaplane ride from Male’s Velana International Airport, the award-winning Conrad Maldives Rangali Island is one of the most renowned and exclusive destinations in the Maldives, brimming with lush tropical greenery and surrounded by one of the country’s best diving areas, with a sprawling coral reef and an abundance of marine life for those looking to embark on an adventure during their stay. 

There is a wealth of opportunity for exploration for amateurs and experts alike, including snorkeling safaris and excursions to find whale sharks and manta rays, and sunset cruises in search of dolphins. Making it easy for traveler’s this summer, the resort’s experts have created a check-list of iconic experiences that are sure to captivate guests and entice even the most ardent sunworshipper into the ocean.  

A whale shark and manta paradise 

Swimming with whale sharks and manta rays tops the bucket list for many visitors to the Maldives and the area around the South Ari Atoll is the perfect place to see them – and the only spot in the world where whale sharks are sighted all year round. 

Just a 25-minute speedboat ride away from the whale sharks’ location, Conrad Maldives Rangali Island is one of the best places to get up close to the gentle giants of the sea, with whale shark tours and adventure snorkeling amongst the island’s most popular activities. 

Other marine-based endeavors include adventure diving certification courses and day and night scuba experiences, with easy access by traditional dhoni to the area’s renowned dive sites in just 10 minutes meaning guests can be at the first boat on the scene. 

Private diving excursions by speedboat to explore distant dive sites are also available. 

Adventure 

Conrad Maldives Rangali Island is a dream come true for travelers looking to get their adrenaline racing, with cutting-edge equipment and the friendly team of experts from Ocean Group on hand to help guests master new skills across a range of motorized and non-motorized watersports, from catamaran sailing, paddle boarding and kayaking to wakeboarding, windsurfing, electric foiling and X-Jetblading. 

Family excursions 

There are plenty of land and water-base activities on the island to keep young guests entertained too, with the Majaa Explorers Hub offering a fun filled entertainment schedule, and specially created areas for families including the main infinity pool, children’s pool and splash park for little ones.  

Head towards the ocean and the resort also offers a wide selection of activities specially designed to introduce young children to the wonders of the deep, from seabob rides and bubble making, diving to dolphin cruises, turtle safaris, glass bottom boat trips and learning how to fish from traditional Maldivian Dhoni. 

Kids aged eight and above can also learn how to snorkel and dive with the resort’s experienced PADI accredited dive team. 

For bookings and further information, visit https://www.conradmaldives.com/stay/offers/ or email MLEHI.Maldives@conradhotels.com. 

More Dubai flights to paradise

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More Dubai flights to paradise

Dubai, UAE: Air Seychelles will operate more flights from Dubai to the Indian Ocean paradise this July to provide travellers more choice and convenience when planning their Eid al-Adha holidays.

The weekly flights starting from July 2 to July 24, 2021 will depart from Dubai International Airport Terminal 3 on Friday mornings, returning from Seychelles International Airport every Thursday afternoon, providing visitors a full week of adventure in the Seychelles. To offer greater connectivity over the upcoming Eid break, the national airline of the Republic of Seychelles will operate an additional flight on July 19, 2021 from Dubai. 

Economy Class travellers can take advantage of the attractive fares starting from USD343 (AED 1,259), while Business Class travellers can book their seats at the starting fares of USD1,020 (AED 3,743). All fares are inclusive of taxes. Flights are now on sale via Air Seychelles website at www.airseychelles.com and through travel agents.

Travelers to the popular holiday destination, irrespective of vaccination status, must have a negative COVID-19 PCR test certificate taken within 72 hours, with completed mandatory Health Travel Authorization at seychelles.govtas.com prior to departure from Dubai.

With the average temperature ranging from 25 to 27 degrees Celsius in July, visitors can look forward to a break from the Dubai summer heat. Island hopping between the main islands, Mahe, Praslin and La Digue, famous for their white sandy beaches and vibrant coral reefs, will ensure tourists experience a picturesque and memorable escape.

Business Lunch at Lola Taberna Española

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Business Lunch at Lola Taberna Española

Dubai, UAE: Lola Taberna Española, the neighborhood Spanish restaurant and tapas bar, presents a daily business lunch, ideal for professionals looking for a relaxed venue for meetings or for a catch-up while enjoying great food. 

The taberna-like atmosphere creates a suitable spot to enjoy mouth-watering Spanish staples between 1 pm to 4 pm from Sunday to Thursday. The business lunch is attractively priced at AED65 for a two-course and AED89 for three-course option.

Menú del dia or menu of the day is served by Spanish restaurants during lunch. It is one of the largest meals of the day in Spain. Spanish people typically eat five meals a day, the comida midday meal being the largest when the menú del dia is served. It is known for being economical and large.

Among the offerings for Starters are Ensaladilla Rusa con Atún (Russian Salad and Tuna), Cogollos, Naranjas and Quinoa (Baby Gem, Orange, and Quinoa Salad, Salmorejo con Huevo Cocido y Picatostes (Salmojero, Boiled Eggs and Croutons) and Pa Amb Tomàquet and Jamón Serrano (Bread with Tomato and Serrano Ham).

For Mains, guests can choose from Pollo Churrasco con Mojo Verde (Chicken ‘Churrasco’ with Green Mojo), Huevos Rotos con Chorizo (Broken Eggs with Chorizo), Tortilla de Patatas con Chorizo (Spanish Omelette with Chorizo), Paella Negra con Calamares y All’i’Oli (Black Paella with Calamari and All’i’Oli) and Filete de Pescado con Ensalada de Tomates (Fish Fillet and Burnt Tomato Salad).

For the delicious desserts, there are Tarta de Queso Manchego (Manchego Cheese Cake), Tarta de Manzana (Apple Tart) and Churros-Porras con Chocolate (Churros with Chocolate).

Located at Tryp by Wyndham Dubai in Barsha Heights, Lola Taberna Española brings the Spanish taberna culture to Dubai. The focus here is on serving simple, genuine tapas and popular Spanish classics, for residents and expats to experience.

To make a booking at Dubai’s first Spanish Taberna, call +971 4 247 6688, email info@lolataberna.com.

Embracing sustainability this summer

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Embracing sustainability this summer

Dubai, UAE: Only Ethikal’s colorful summer collection guarantees to lift spirits up for this season, the sustainable fashion e-commerce platform has recently rolled out its new summer collection in block colors.

The collection features a variety of styles such as baggy dresses with a strappy halter neck, tunics, one-piece jumpsuits, co-ord sets and shift dresses in 4 bold colors — Beach Blue, Palm Green, Summer Yellow and Chilli Red.

The palette represents four different moods of summer including calm, cheerful, fiery and breezy. Each and every fiber has been carefully handcrafted with handwoven cotton by the weavers of Bengal. 

Only Ethikal follows fair and ethical trade, and works with brands that ensure fair wages to the skilled artisans.  All pieces are made using 100% biodegradable material, keeping the environmental impact in mind. 

“This collection has been one of our recent favorites, the colors are perfect for  summer and the styles are for all year long. Launched just before the outbreak of the second wave of COVID in India, the makers at Mati have been very proactive to create this style which is bringing happy smiles from everyone who is wearing it. ” says Deepthi Chandran Joyau, founder of Only Ethikal 

Given its versatility, the collection can be styled with almost anything. The price for the collection varies from AED 155 to AED 857, and the outfits are available as sets that can be bought as an ensemble or as separates.

Only Ethikal is a digital ‘one-stop-shop’ for a variety of sustainable garments that are tailor-made yet affordable, unique, and inclusive of all sizes.

Explore the latest Summer 2021 collection at https://onlyethikal.com/ 

Burberry Spring/Summer 2021 eyewear collection

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Burberry Spring/Summer 2021 eyewear collection

The Burberry Spring/Summer 2021 eyewear collection for men and women celebrates the hallmarks of the house and remasters them with a dynamic modern energy.

The collection includes styles which featured in the Burberry Spring/Summer 2021 runway show ‘In Bloom’, in which Chief Creative Officer Riccardo Tisci explored the power of fashion to communicate, to move and to evoke emotion. The collection was inspired by a modern mythology, a contemporary fairy tale in the deep ocean – a love story that blooms between a mermaid and a shark, darkly romantic and unexpected.

Made in Italy, the collection introduces Eliot eyewear – a unique wraparound silhouette with cut-out details, named after the British poet T.S. Eliot – as well as timeless square sunglasses and round optical frames updated in deer print, inspired by the Burberry animal kingdom.

The collection is available on Burberry.com and in selected retailers.

‘The signs are there’ – Time Hotels exec on Dubai’s recovery

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‘The signs are there’ – Time Hotels exec on Dubai’s recovery

By Amanda Hensley

Dubai, UAE: A Dubai hotel chain top executive has added to a growing number of hospitality stakeholders who have expressed confidence that this international city that never sleeps is well back on its feet following last year’s quarantine measures that temporarily ground the industry to a halt as part of Covid-19 measures.

In an exclusive interview with Dubai Vibes Magazine during the recent Arabian Travel Market held at Dubai World Trade Center (DWTC), Eddie Ignatius, Time Hotels corporate director of quality and business excellence, said the signs indicating a recovery are there.

“We have seen so many signs – the vaccine roll-out, people now have the confidence to go out,” Ignatius said.

“People have been stuck for a long time,” he added, “and they need to go out, bearing in mind health and safety measures in place.”

Time, which has four hotels in Dubai and two in neighboring Sharjah, has been enjoying an average 75% occupancy rate, according to Ignatius, noting however that the demand is internal or from city residents wanting a weekend getaway for instance.

Nonetheless, he said Dubai is doing “really great compared to other cities in the region as well as those in Europe.”

Ignatius said the UAE government should be given due credit for this. “We should be proud about what the government is doing here,” he said.

Time Hotels is a UAE-headquartered hospitality company and hotel operator, has 14 properties consisting of 1,465 keys in operation across the UAE and wider GCC with new additional properties opening this year in Dubai, Sharjah, Fujairah, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. In 2022, Time Hotels will be opening another property, its first hotel in Mauritius, the 120-key TIME Phoenix Hill.

This year, TIME Hotels will open three hotels in the UAE, the 91-key TIME Moonstone Hotel Apartments in Fujairah; the 99-key TIME Burj Al Saadah Hotel Apartments in Sharjah and the much awaited four-star, 232-room TIME Asma Hotel, in Al Barsha, Dubai.

Just recently, another top hotel executive said Dubai’s hospitality sector is showing progress when it comes to attracting visitors, due to the government’s “very liberal view,” coupled with stringent health and safety protocols making travel to this city convenient and “very safe.”

“It is definitely on the rebound,” said Colin Baker, StayWell Holdings regional director for the Middle East and general manager of Park Regis Kris Kin Hotel, speaking to Dubai Vibes Magazine in an exclusive interview.

Baker said Dubai has “one of the strongest occupancies throughout the pandemic.” “The Dubai government immediately established protocols when the pandemic hit and continue to do so, thus travellers can now come here and enjoy their visit knowing the environment is safe,” Baker said. He said this has become a “demand generator for businesses to come to Dubai.”

Quick thinking saves the day for Swiss-Belhotel during pandemic

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Quick thinking saves the day for Swiss-Belhotel during pandemic

‘We had to change our business model very quickly’

By Zainab Shahid

Dubai, UAE: While quarantine measures due to the Covid-19 pandemic brought most hotels to its knees, one managed to dodge the bullet and get a big share of the travel market. Here’s how.

“We were able to grab the largest share of the repatriation market,” Priyanka Kapoor, Swiss-Belhotel International senior regional director of sales and marketing for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) told Dubai Vibes Magazine in an exclusive interview.

She explained that as big companies needed to keep going and send executives across the globe despite the pandemic, these business organizations needed to follow certain protocols, among them the quarantine of their officials arriving at a particular city.

“Companies were sending their people elsewhere so they require quarantine,” explained Kapoor. “We have a strong network of corporations. We did their needed quarantine paperwork for them,” she added.

As a result, Kapoor said, “All of our hotels remained open throughout the Covid time.”

“We didn’t have to close any.”

Kapoor said they had to “change our business model very quickly.” She said that consequently, they did not have to let employees go or be on leave without pay as most hotels did. “There was always a percentage reduction (from their salaries),” she said.

Swiss-Belhotel International has four properties in Bahrain; two in Qatar; one in Oman and two in Kuwait, said Kapoor.

‘Regional developments make Dubai a destination of choice’ – Millennium

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‘Regional developments make Dubai a destination of choice’ – Millennium

By Joshua Trias

Dubai, UAE: Developments across the region, coupled with the city’s efforts to curb the spread of Covid-19, have made Dubai a destination of choice, a top executive of Millennium Hotels and Resorts said.

“We are the hub. Everything is under control,” Haitham Assem, the hotel chain’s regional associate director of marketing and communications for Middle East and Africa (MEA), told Dubai Vibes Magazine.

He cited the recent re-opening of Saudi Arabia; and improved ties between Qatar and member countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) as well as that between Israel and the UAE as factors working in favor of Dubai’s hospitality industry.

“All these contribute… Dubai has created that dream that has made everybody choose it as a destination; first on their wish list is to come to Dubai, ”Assem said.

Assem said Dubai’s hospitality industry is picking up. “It is going back where it belongs,” he said, noting efforts by the city’s government, among them Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM), to address concerns about the pandemic.

“The government has put all the necessary efforts in place,” Assem said.

Millennium Hotels and Resorts has three hotels in Dubai and another three in Abu Dhabi.

‘Dubai beats other destinations in reviving tourism’

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‘Dubai beats other destinations in reviving tourism’

By Amanda Hensley

Dubai, UAE: Owing to strict Covid-19 safety measures, Dubai has beaten other tourism destinations across the globe, most of which are still in lockdowns due to the pandemic.

“Since Dubai has been taking safety measures, it is now becoming a preferred destination by people in the region; and since Europe is still closed, most Europeans prefer to visit this city,”Ahmad Moussa, Armani Hotel Dubai sales manager for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), told Dubai Vibes Magazine.

Boosting hotel occupancies, Moussa said, is the recent revitalization of ties between UAE and Israel as well as the re-opening of Saudi Arabia, where, he said, residents were planning to see Dubai, “their favorite destination.”

“We will be accepting only vaccinated people to ensure safety,” Moussa said.

Armani Hotel Dubai falls under the Emaar Group, which also operates seven The Address Dubai hotels and five Vida Hotels. Armani Hotel has a branch in Milan, Italy – the Armani Hotel Milano.

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