Jumeirah was named 'Best Business Hotel Chain in the Middle East' at the Business Traveller UK Awards ceremony that took place in London yesterday. In addition, two of Jumeirah's hotels in Dubai, Jumeirah Beach Hotel and Jumeirah Emirates Towers, received top accolades.
For the fifth consecutive year, the readers of Business Traveller UK voted Jumeirah Beach Hotel as 'Best Resort Hotel in the World' and its sister property, Jumeirah Emirates Towers, received the award for 'Best Business Hotel in the Middle East' for the third year running. The company uniquely held all three places in the Business Hotel category, with Burj al Arab and Jumeirah Beach Hotel coming in second and third places.
Jumeirah was also named 'Best Business Hotel Brand in the Middle East/Africa 2005' by the readers of Business Traveller Magazine Asia Pacific. The award was presented at the awards ceremony in Hong Kong on Friday of last week.
Gerald Lawless, Chief Executive Officer for Jumeirah, said: "We are pleased that readers of Business Traveller continue to recognise Jumeirah as a leading luxury hospitality group for both business and leisure travellers. We are proud to receive such important international accolades and the awards reflect Jumeirah's commitment to be a world class international hotel company that is committed to being the industry leader."
The awards follow Jumeirah's much publicised announcement of its acquisition of the management contract of New York's Essex House Hotel. The company will assume management of the New York landmark hotel in January 2006. In June of this year Jumeirah announced its intention to expand its portfolio to 40 hotels worldwide over the next five years, following a rebrand of its corporate and hotel identities.
Lawless added: "These awards, coming so soon after the announcement regarding Essex House, show that our company is on track to achieve the plans we unveiled just three months ago. We have many more projects under negotiation, and we look forward to making more important announcements soon."
Since its establishment in 1997, Jumeirah has won over 100 international travel & tourism awards. The awards have been received from around the world, highlighting Jumeirah's quality and excellence and Dubai as a truly international business and leisure destination.
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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 hospitality group encompasses the world renowned Burj Al Arab, the world's most luxurious hotel, the multi-award winning Jumeirah Beach Hotel, Jumeirah Emirates Towers, Jumeirah Beach Club Resort and Spa, Madinat Jumeirah and Jumeirah Bab Al Shams Desert Resort & Spa.
The group's activities are however, not restricted to hotel and resort management. The Jumeirah portfolio also includes Wild Wadi, regarded as one of the premier water parks outside of North America and The Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management, the region's only third level academic institution specializing in the hospitality and tourism sectors.
Jumeirah has also expanded internationally and manages the Jumeirah Carlton Tower and Jumeirah Lowndes Hotel in London's Belgravia.
Building on this success, Jumeirah has become a member of Dubai Holding, 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.
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