Dubai hotels offer fantastic deals in association with local travel agents, Emirates Airlines and DSS

Led by the Dubai Summer Surprises offer with the 'Dubai Fun For Free Package', every single hotel offers a different package to the visitor through several partner companies. Walk-in bookings are also encouraged.

Says Laila Suhail, Project Director, Dubai Summer Surprises, "We have given the hotels enough flexibility to create excellent and mind boggling packages. They can do this through an association with Dubai Summer Surprises, or through an association with a partner company like an airline or a travel agent.

"GCC visitors also have the flexibility to book their rooms as walk-in customers. More often, the hotel allocates a certain percentage of rooms to all these different categories to cater to all the possible channels that any prospective guest may tap.

"In order to get the best deal and the most suitable hotel, we request all our visitors to check their options through websites such as www.emirates.com or www.mydsf.com."

As a part of their 'Dubai Fun for free' package, hotels and hotel apartments alike are offering, a free roundtrip airport transfers, complimentary breakfast buffets and daily shuttle service to venues of DSS activities such as shopping malls, Modhesh Fun City and many more.

Two children below the age of 12 can occupy a separate room at a 50% special DSS discount rate. The biggest attraction in the Dubai Fun For Free package is that, in the hotels, every paid booking of three nights earns the guest a free nights stay and in hotel apartments, a free nights stay for every six paid nights.

On the other hand, Emirates Airline, for instance, has released an offer, named 'Emirates DSS 2003' to all passengers traveling on Emirates Airline in the GCC sector, and the offer can be combined with all fares and is not restricted to any specific class of travel.

This package includes accommodation in selected hotels in Dubai. The range is vast and visitors have around 16 properties to choose from, including four beach properties.

The hotels that Emirates Airline has tied up with are Seashell Inn, Pearl Residence, Marco Polo, Metropolitan Deira, The Fairmont Dubai, Le Meridien Dubai, Taj Palace Hotel, Hyatt Regency, Crowne Plaza, Emirates Towers, Grand Hyatt, Hilton Dubai Creek, Hilton Dubai Jumeirah, The Ritz-Carlton, The Jumeirah Beach Hotel and the Sheraton Jumeirah Beach Resort & Towers, Dubai.

These offers are available from most Emirates offices worldwide and also on the Emirates Airline website www.emirates.com.

Other airlines, such as Gulf Air and Middle East Airline also to offer fantastic packages. Local travel agencies based in the GCC countries will also custom make a deal for the traveller and his family. Additionally, credit card companies and banks have also created several Dubai hotels related packages.