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As sponsors of the event, Jumeirah Culu Culu Polo Resort also orchestrated a friendly celebrity match between the world's number one polo player Adolfo Cambiaso and David Nalbandian, the world's number seven tennis player.
The game of snow polo is played on horseback with three players per team. Horses are shod with specially cleated horseshoes for traction.
Jumeirah, the Dubai-based luxury international hospitality management group and a member of Dubai Holding, has recently been appointed to manage a luxury lifestyle resort dedicated to polo and equestrian sports, located in Argentina. The Jumeirah Culu Culu Polo Resort will be located in Lobos, a 30-minute ride from Argentina's Ezeiza International Airport and just one hour away from Buenos Aires.
Guests of the world-class luxury resort will have access to eight polo fields, incorporating two championship polo fields and a spa and fitness centre. Jumeirah will manage the five-star hotel. Facilities will include four restaurants and bars, Jumeirah's signature spa Talise Wellness, a health club, swimming pools and tennis courts. The resort will also include 220 Jumeirah Living serviced privately-owned villas.
Jumeirah plays host to celebrity snow polo event
Sporting celebrities gathered in the Argentine ski resort of Las Lenas last weekend as Jumeirah Culu Culu Polo Resort hosted a women's snow polo tournament, with the snow-covered Andes mountains providing a picturesque backdrop.
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About Jumeirah Group:Jumeirah properties are regarded as among the most luxurious and innovative in the world and have won numerous international travel and tourism awards. The 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 of Hospitality Management, 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 Wellness; Jumeirah Living, the Group's luxury brand of serviced residences offering effortless living in luxurious surroundings; and Jumeirah Retail, with its 15 stores and dedicated luxury retail website of 'Jumeirah Collection'.
Building on this success, Jumeirah Group became a member of Dubai Holding in 2004, a collection of leading Dubai based businesses and projects, initiating 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, Argentina, Mallorca and London. The Group is eagerly anticipating the grand opening of Jumeirah HanTang Xintiandi in late 2008, Jumeirah's first hotel in the Asia Pacific region.
For further information please contact:
Jumeirah Group Corporate Communications
Genevieve Picard, Corporate Communications Manager
P.O. Box 214159 Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Tel: +971 4 3647970
Fax: +971 4 3016655
Posted by Siba Sami AmmariSunday, September 21 - 2008 at 15:39 UAE local time (GMT+4)
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