During the official visit to Dubai, 17 EuroCHRIE board members visited The Emirates Academy, which will be the main venue for the annual conference in October, and met with the management of the Academy in preparation for the conference.
EuroCHRIE is the official federation for Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and Africa of the international CHRIE, and represents more than 200 international CHRIE members. This unique organization brings educators and hospitality & tourism management schools and universities into a global network in close co-operation with industry representatives. For the first time since EuroCHRIE has been established, the annual conference will be hosted outside of Europe and The Emirates Academy has successfully won the bid to host this in October 2008. This is also the first year that papers can be submitted and presented in Arabic as well as English.
Ron Hilvert, Managing Director of The Emirates Academy, commented: "We at The Emirates Academy are honoured to have been chosen to host the upcoming EuroCHRIE conference, despite the tough competition. We received great feedback from the board members during the visit, who are looking forward to this unique event in October."
Ron Carpenter, President of EuroCHRIE, stated: "Seventeen EuroCHRIE board members - the largest number ever to attend a pre Conference meeting - had a very productive two-day meeting hosted by The Emirates Academy. Most had never visited Dubai and they were thoroughly impressed by both the spectacular local venues for hospitality and the warm hospitality of The Emirates Academy. As president I want to personally sincerely thank the Academy and the Jumeirah Group for hosting this event and making it one we will all remember."
The EuroCHRIE Conference will attract 300-400 delegates from around the world from October 11 - 14 2008. The Emirates Academy has already received over 230 abstracts for paper presentations, including over 20 from the Middle East, and fully expects to attract many high level delegates from the regional tourism and hospitality industries as well as from academia.
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- United Arab Emirates: Monday, March 03 - 2008 at 13:28
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The Emirates Academy, part of Dubai based luxury hospitality group Jumeirah, recently hosted a board meeting of delegates from European Council for Hotel, Restaurant & Institutional Education (EuroCHRIE), the leading international organization supporting education & training for the hospitality industry.
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Jumeirah GroupJumeirah properties are regarded as among the most luxurious and innovative in the world and have won numerous international travel and tourism awards. The fast growing Dubai-based luxury international hospitality management group encompasses the world renowned Burj Al Arab, the world's most luxurious hotel, the multi-award winning Jumeirah Beach Hotel, Jumeirah Emirates Towers, Madinat Jumeirah and Jumeirah Bab Al Shams Desert Resort & Spa in Dubai, the Jumeirah Carlton Tower and Jumeirah Lowndes Hotel in London and the Jumeirah Essex House on Central Park South in New York.
The Group's activities are, however, not restricted to hotel and resort management. The Jumeirah Group portfolio also includes Wild Wadi, regarded as one of the premier water parks outside of North America; The Emirates Academy, the region's only third-level academic institution specializing in the hospitality and tourism sectors; The Taste Department, the company's dedicated restaurant division; global spa brand Talise; Jumeirah Living, the Group's luxury brand of serviced residences offering effortless living in luxurious surroundings; and Jumeirah Retail, with its fourteen stores and dedicated luxury retail website www.jumeirahcollection.com.
Building on this success, Jumeirah Group became a member of Dubai Holding in 2004, a collection of leading Dubai based businesses and projects, in a step that aims to initiate a new phase of growth and development for the group.
Jumeirah has extensive expansion plans to grow its portfolio of luxury hotels and resorts into key gateway or letterhead cities and aspirational resort destinations worldwide. Currently, the Group has several luxury five-star properties under development, including five in Dubai and others in Abu Dhabi, Aqaba, Doha, Phuket, Bermuda, Mallorca and London. The Group is eagerly anticipating the grand opening of Jumeirah HanTang Xintiandi in August 2008, Jumeirah's first hotel in China and flagship property in the Asia Pacific region.
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Posted by Medilyn Manibo, Assistant News EditorMonday, March 03 - 2008 at 13:28 UAE local time (GMT+4)
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