Jumeirah wins big at annual World Travel Awards

In addition, three of Jumeirah's hotels in Dubai; Burj Al Arab, Madinat Jumeirah, The Arabian Resort - Dubai and Jumeirah Emirates Towers, received a string of top accolades.

Burj Al Arab, Jumeirah's flagship hotel, won three separate titles at the Awards ceremony that took place in London last night. The world famous hotel was titled 'World's Leading Hotel', 'World's Leading All-Suite Hotel' and 'Middle East's Leading Hotel'.

"At Burj Al Arab we live and breathe our mission to be the world's most luxurious hotel with a team dedicated to outstanding personalized service, surpassing guest expectations by providing the ultimate Arabian Hospitality Experience. It is with this in mind that we accept these prestigious awards with great pride and appreciation to tour operators across the world for yet again affording Burj Al Arab this honour," said Luc Delafosse, General Manager, Burj Al Arab.

Madinat Jumeirah, The Arabian Resort - Dubai, that opened its doors in August 2004, also enjoyed success on the evening, taking four high profile awards. The Resort, which includes two grand boutique hotels, courtyard summer houses, a traditional souk, the Six Senses Spa, the region's leading conference and banqueting centre, recreational facilities and the superlative Quay Health Club, won 'Middle East's Leading Resort', 'World's Leading Conference Resort', 'Dubai's Leading Resort' and 'Middle East's Leading Conference Hotel'.

Serge Zaalof, Resort General Manager, proudly said:

"Madinat Jumeirah has already positioned itself as one of the region's leading conference, banqueting and events venues, as well as being a luxury 5-star resort, within 12 months of operation. We are delighted to be honored at the World Travel Awards ceremony and will continue to provide an authentic Arabian experience to all of our visitors."

Jumeirah's dedicated business hotel, Jumeirah Emirates Towers, also won two prestigious awards at the awards ceremony. The luxury city hotel received the awards for 'World's Leading Business Hotel' and 'Dubai's Leading Hotel'.

"As a dedicated luxury business hotel, I am delighted that Jumeirah Emirates Towers has been recognised as the 'World's Leading Business Hotel' and 'Dubai's Leading Hotel'. We are constantly introducing innovative services to stay ahead of the latest business trends. We were pleased to launch the Chopard floor in February this year, an entire floor of the hotel that is for ladies only, taking in to consideration the needs of our female business guests," said Doris Greif, General Manager, Jumeirah Emirates Towers.

Gerald Lawless, Chief Executive Officer for Jumeirah, said: "As a young and expanding luxury hospitality company, Jumeirah is proud to have won the award for 'Middle East's Leading Hotel Brand' at the Annual World Travel Awards this year. We recently announced exciting international development plans and we look forward to announcing many more exciting projects in the coming weeks and months."

Since its establishment in 1997, Jumeirah has won over 130 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.