Holiday Inn rings in 2002 with major winter breaks offer

Cairo, Egypt
The highly popular Weekender Plus programme, is this winter offering a spectacular range of Holiday Inn getaway choices at 21 holiday destinations in nine countries.

Regional and international travellers booking Weekender Plus breaks across the region from January 1 to June 24 will benefit from attractive weekend room rates and a number of value added benefits.

One of the region's most appealing winter holiday destinations is Egypt's Red Sea Riviera.

Prices per room for two adults at each hotel include complimentary buffet breakfasts, tax and service fees, and free accommodation for two children aged up to 19 sharing the parents' room, as well as free breakfast for children aged up to 12.

With late check-out times of 4pm - subject to bookings - guests will have more time for sightseeing, or to enjoy a range of leisure pursuits, with featured Holiday Inn hotels and resorts offering gymnasiums, swimming pools, saunas, tennis, squash, diving and snorkeling.

Featured Saudi hotels are the Minhal Holiday Inn Riyadh, the Olaya Holiday Inn Riyadh, the Al Salaam Holiday Inn Jeddah, the Hafr Al Batin Holiday Inn, the Radhwa Holiday Inn Yanbu, the Holiday Inn Najran, the Al Hamra Holiday Inn Dammam, as well as the recently-opened Al Khobar Holiday Inn on Saudi Arabia's East Coast.

Bringing the Sultanate of Oman to travellers are the Holiday Inn Muscat Al Madinah, the Holiday Inn Salalah and the Holiday Inn Muscat.

In the UAE, winter holidaymakers can book weekend escapes to the Middle East's leisure, shopping and sporting capital at the Holiday Inn Downtown Dubai and another of the region's new generation of Holiday Inn hotels, the Holiday Inn Bur Dubai.

Also offering highly attractive Weekender Plus rates packages are the Holiday Inn Bahrain, the Holiday Inn Amman in Jordan, the Holiday Inn Beirut Dunes in Lebanon, the Holiday Inn Mukalla in Yemen, as well as the Holiday Inn Resort Hammamet in Tunisia when it opens in March.

David Atkinson, Six Continents Hotels' Area Director, Sales and Marketing, Holiday Inn, Middle East and Africa, said: "From the Mediterranean to the Red Sea, the Arabian Gulf, Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Oman, we're making a wide range of holiday destinations easily affordable this winter. The Weekender Plus programme is tailored to suit the needs of local and visiting travellers and families."