UAE: Rove To Open New 366-Room Rove La Mer Resort In La Mer Dubai

Rove La Mer Resort
Rove Hotels has announced it is adding another property to its Dubai portfolio, this one in the La Mer beachfront precinct.

While not scheduled to open until 2020, the 366-room Rove La Mer Resort is set to offer tourists access to the developing beachfront neighbourhood, which is home to more than 100 shops, restaurants and cafes.

It will also offer views of the Arabian Gulf and the Dubai skyline.

The hotel’s dining offering will include all-day dining restaurant The Daily, along with a lobby lounge, outdoor terrace and beachside food-and-beverage options.

The resort a joint venture between Meraas and Emaar Properties PJSC – will boast a 24-hour boutique convenience store, outdoor pool, sundecks, a 24-hour gym and an all-day self-service laundromat.

The 366-room Rove La Mer Hotel will gives tourists access to the beachfront hub on the 2.5-kilometre stretch of beach. Rove Hotels

La Mer is an ideal fit to the brand values that Rove Hotels celebrates, with a focus on offering exceptional lifestyle experiences in a trendy environment, says Olivier Harnisch, Chief Executive Officer of Emaar Hospitality Group.

The positive buzz of La Mer and the popularity it has gained among the young and young at heart make Rove La Mer Resort ideally positioned to meet the needs of the new generation of travellers who explore without boundaries and seek culturally inspiring experiences.

Rove La Mer Resort will join the five other existing properties in the emirate – Rove Downtown, Rove City Centre, Rove Healthcare City, Rove Trade Centre and Rove Dubai Marina.

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UAE: Rove Hotels Are For The Modern Nomad Who Roams Freely

Rove Trade Centre is the fourth property to open under Rove Hotels, a contemporary lifestyle brand.

Next to the Dubai World Trade Centre, the Rove Hotels property is seated at the juncture of Dubai’s thriving business centres, both old and new.

Walking distance from Dubai Metro, Rove Trade Centre offers easy access to Downtown Dubai, DIFC, City Walk and the Satwa neighbourhood

With its unique design, Rove Trade Centre has 270 rooms, 30% of them interconnecting.

Rove Hotels, the contemporary lifestyle brand by Emaar Hospitality Group, has unveiled its fourth hotel, with a focus on the fast-growing meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions (MICE) tourism sector of Dubai.

The home-grown Dubai hotel brand continues to offer strong value for business and leisure travellers, as Rove Trade Centre joins the portfolio of three other operational properties under Rove Hotels, Rove Downtown, Rove City Centre and Rove Healthcare City, all enjoying strong occupancy levels.

Six more Rove Hotels are being developed, also in strategic locations across the city, each meeting the needs of visitors from across the world seeking value lifestyle experiences in Dubai.

This will take the total number of rooms under Rove Hotels, developed as a joint venture between Emaar Properties and Meraas Holding, a Dubai-based holding company, to over 3,700 by 2020.

Rove Trade Centre, as the name underlines, is defined by its location next to the Dubai World Trade Centre, which has an impressive calendar of big events throughout the year.

Moreover, the new hotel is only 10 minutes away from the Dubai International Airport, and near the Dubai International Financial Centre, Rove Trade Centre is situated at the intersection of the two commercial hubs of the city, the traditional hubs of Bur Dubai and the fast-emerging new central business district.

Offering a design-influenced lifestyle experience for value-conscious business travellers.

Rove Trade Centre has 270 rooms and will also appeal to leisure travellers who can access Dubai’s leading tourism, retail, food and beverage, and leisure destinations such as Downtown Dubai, City Walk and the Satwa/Jafiliya and Karama neighbourhoods.

Olivier Harnisch, Chief Executive Officer of Emaar Hospitality Group, said: Rove Hotels addresses a very clear industry requirement.

The need to offer contemporary lifestyle hospitality experiences for value conscious business and leisure travelers visiting the city.

We will continue to develop hotels in central locations, assure hyper-connectivity and mobility through Metro and public transport, and deliver lifestyle amenities that are relevant to our guests.

He added: Rove Trade Centre, like all other operating Rove Hotels, also brings a unique positioning to the market.

Dubai’s MICE sector is reporting robust growth, and with the preparations of Expo 2020 gaining momentum, the city is welcoming business professionals who are discerning yet value conscious.

Rove Trade Centre is uniquely positioned for welcoming MICE visitors as well as business guests and leisure travellers offering them the distinct Rove experience, complemented by its central location and tech-driven environment.

As with all Rove Hotels, Rove Trade Centre also has its own unique design, and it employs art to tell stories that offer Instagrammable moments throughout the hotel.

Of the 270 rooms, 30 percent are interconnected, adding the convenience of families. Every room has a 48-inch interactive TV screen with a smart media hub that serves as the perfect fit for the tech-savvy traveller.

Free Wi-Fi access, comfortable mattresses, sofa beds for extra guests, mini-fridge, safety locker and a modern bathroom with power rain showers are standard.

With the needs of business guests in mind, Rove Trade Centre offers smart services for the modern traveller including the convenience of late check-out at 2pm.

A 24-hour gym, a welcoming pool and sun deck cultivate a relaxing ambience.

The hotel also has a 24-hour self-service Laundromat, boutique convenience store, luggage store rooms and safety deposit boxes, all adding to the independent lifestyle of its guests.

Rove Trade Centre also feature the much-admired all-day neighbourhood hangout at Rove Hotels properties, with quality coffee and healthy globally inspired food served till late.

The hotel also offers flexible set-ups for meetings and events with well-connected meeting rooms. Guests can choose their space of choice for meetings and networking events which can be booked by the hour.

A Pit Stop is also offered for more relaxed gatherings. The Daily is available for lunch during meetings. Coffee, tea and water are complimentary.

Rove Hotels are for the modern nomad who roams freely, and is interested in exploring the city’s identity, as well as for those who travel for business or leisure.



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UAE: Emaar Hospitality Group Wins Microsoft Dynamics Digital Transformation Award

The award was given in the hospitality category at a special awards ceremony that recognised the UAE’s most innovative organisations in the field of digital transformation.

The Microsoft Dynamics Digital Transformation Awards, held during Microsoft’s Digital Transformation Awareness Month, recognised those playing a leading role in driving successful digitisation initiatives that lead to better engagement of customers, empowered employees, optimised operations and reinvented products and services.

Judges assessed the achievements of several digital trend-setters that had used Microsoft solutions such as Dynamics 365, the Azure cloud, Office 365 and Power BI to propel their organisations to startling new performance heights.

Under strong consideration was the extent to which each candidate had reinvented their business models through digitization and how they had positively impacted their industry.

The nomination process was conducted through a Microsoft survey, which allowed customers the opportunity to describe an innovative project implemented using Microsoft technology solutions.

Each project was scored on key performance indicators such as customer satisfaction, loyalty, employee productivity, operational efficiency and product or service transformation.

The nominations were split into industry categories: retail, banking, government, hospitality, education, health, energy and entertainment.

Emaar Hospitality Group, won the hospitality category in recognition of driving digital transformation using Microsoft Dynamics solutions that enhances customer service standards, promotes employee efficiency and contributes to improved business outcome.

Emaar Hospitality Group is implementing Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM across all hotels under Address Hotels + Resorts, Vida Hotels and Resorts, and Rove Hotels with the goal of enhancing guest satisfaction.

Assuring a holistic and detailed 360-degree perspective of guest and prospect profiles, interactions, history, and other relevant information.

The innovation solution streamlines and integrates sales, guest services and marketing functions that contribute to increased productivity.

Olivier Harnisch, Chief Executive Officer of Emaar Hospitality Group, said Digital innovation is central to our operational strategy to enhance the customer service experience while achieving higher levels of operational efficiency.

This is part of an organisation-wide digital transformation, steered through three key projects.

The wealth of information about guests, gained from Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM, helps drive cross-selling and up-selling, and improving their guest experience – in turn building our brand loyalty and reputation.

Today, we celebrate the successes of our technology champions, as they reap benefits of digital transformation, said Sayed Hashish, General Manager, Microsoft Gulf.

The UAE has always shown the innovative side of humankind. From soaring skyscrapers to cutting-edge, government e-services, people and organisations here lead the way in building better communities.

The customers we honour today are prime examples of those that have taken the digital plunge, and made great leaps forward using the intelligent cloud and the intelligent edge.

Emaar Hospitality Group is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Emaar Properties PJSC, one of the world’s most valuable real estate development companies with proven competencies in property, shopping malls and retail as well as hospitality and leisure.

The group owns and manages a portfolio of hospitality assets and brands including Address Hotels + Resorts, a premium luxury hotel and residences brand; Vida Hotels and Resorts, an upscale lifestyle hotel and residences brand; and Rove Hotels, a contemporary midscale hotel and residences brand.

Emaar Hospitality Group is expanding its portfolio to international markets along with plans to introduce its brands in key gateway cities and tourist destinations in Europe, Middle East and India.

Emaar Hospitality Group was created in 2007 and owns and manages a diversified portfolio of hospitality assets in addition to its hotel brands including serviced residences, golf retreats, a yacht club, a polo and equestrian club, and a comprehensive portfolio of Lifestyle Dining restaurants.




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UGANDA: Dubai Tourism Pokes Kampala

Dubai Tourism to open up to partnership with local counterparts in Uganda, Kenya & Tanzania.

Delegates will showcase the best of Dubai to further position the city as a must-visit destination for Ugandan travellers – over 38,000 of whom visited Dubai in 2015, registering a 22 per cent year-on-year increase as Dubai set to enter top ten global cities in hotel supply as it marks 100,000 rooms Depending on how the country and the region position itself to partake on this initiative, it could either turn out to be a win-win situation or otherwise.

According to the Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (Dubai Tourism) and 14 of its Dubai-based partners will embark on a multi-destination road show across three East African cities, starting in Kampala on 24 August.

Also encompassing tour operators, the aim of the trip is to highlight and promote the wide array of new and upcoming family attractions, experiences and hotels in Dubai that will further enhance the visitor experience.

As for the regional countries, among them Uganda, it will generate an opportunity for local operators to meet directly with the gulf city’s top partners with view to work together and develop the industry.

The 14 co-participants are made up of top brands including flydubai, Emirates Airline and Kenya Airways, as well as hotel groups such as Address Hotels, Rove Hotels, Time Hotels and Crowne Plaza, plus resorts featured by Arabian Falcon Holidays.

Key destination services companies include Alpha Tours, Rayna Tourism, Red Apple Middle East Tourism, North Tours and Connect World Travel & Tourism. Global Village, a leading family, cultural, shopping and entertainment destination in the Gulf region, and a popular attraction with Africans visiting Dubai, will also be joining the delegates to showcase the breadth of Dubai’s destination offering.

Commenting ahead of the road show, Issam Kazim, CEO at Dubai Tourism, said: “The potential of Uganda as a source market is positive, and this road show provides us with the opportunity to directly interact with the operators here, to showcase what Dubai has to offer them. We look forward to making long-lasting and fruitful trade relationships during the trip to further grow the tourism market in Uganda for the benefit of all.”

Dubai continues to be a popular tourist destination for Ugandan travellers, with over 38,000 visiting the city last year, a 22 per cent increase over the previous year.

Overall, Dubai saw a 13.7 per cent increase in travellers from these three East African countries last year. Sudhir Sreedharan, SVP Commercial Operations at flydubai (GCC, Africa & Indian Sub-Continent), said: “We are very pleased to take part in Dubai Tourism’s first-ever roadshow to East Africa and to showcase brand Dubai and flydubai.

We are committed to opening up underserved markets and providing reliable, direct air links to destinations that previously had no very few connections to Dubai.

East Africa is a very important market that has shown significant growth over the past few years. We currently operate 82 weekly flights to 11 points in Africa, including 3 weekly flights to Entebbe and 4 weekly flights to Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar.

The weekly frequency will increase to 4 flights to Entebbe and 7 flights to Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar from October.”

With Dubai set to hit the 100,000 rooms milestone this month across its expanding hotel and hotel apartment inventory, the city aims to firmly position itself as a top 10 global destination in terms of available hotel supply, indicating high demand from international travellers and sustained growth in tourism volumes.

Due to launch at the end of August, the park will bring to life the world of Marvel comics, transport visitors back to the Jurassic age in Lost Valley – Dinosaur Adventure and feature family favourites in the Cartoon Network zone.

Another new addition to Dubai’s expansive entertainment offering will be Dubai Parks and Resorts, the largest integrated theme park destination in the region, which is scheduled to open at the end of October.

The destination comprises Hollywood-inspired motiongate™ Dubai, Bollywood Parks™, a first-of-its-kind entertainment theme park that brings the Bollywood experience to life, and the region’s first.