(Fujairah, January 2003): Management from seven Le Méridien hotels in the UAE paid a new year visit to the Fujairah business community recently with news of their combined facilities for leisure, business, and meetings and receptions.
More than 100 companies were visited, from free zone operators to banks, trading companies and the maritime sector, according to the ‘Hello Fujairah’ team leader, Rajesh Arab, director of sales and marketing at the group’s newest property in the Emirates, Le Méridien Al Aqah Beach Resort.
Arab explained: “As well as promoting corporate facilities, the exercise was also designed to cross-sell the Le Meridien properties in the UAE, a process that we have earmarked as essential for growth in the short- and long-term.”
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Note to editors:
Le Meridien Al Aqah Beach Resort, a 218-room beach hotel, is a joint venture between Emirates airline and the Hotel & Resort Investment Company, managed by Le Meridien Hotels & Resorts. It is the first international brand hotel to open in the emerging leisure destination of Fujairah for more than two decades.
Le Méridien is a global hotel group with a portfolio of over 140 luxury and upscale hotels (38,000 rooms) in 55 countries worldwide. The majority of its properties are located in the world’s top cities and resorts throughout Europe, the Americas, Asia Pacific, Africa and the Middle East. The company also enjoys a strategic alliance with JAL-owned Nikko Hotels, providing loyal guests access to an additional 43 properties around the world. Headquartered in London, Le Méridien Hotels & ResortsGroup was formed and financed by the Principal Finance Group of Nomura International plc. The Principal Finance Group has since become independent and is now known as Terra Firma. The Terra Firma Group manages Le Meridien for Nomura International plc. Details from www.lemeridien.com
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