Dubai - 07 May 2015

Adding to its recent stream of awards, Sofitel The Palm Dubai receives the Middle East's Leading Green Hotel Award at the prestigious World Travel Awards. The World Travel Awards recognises commitment to excellence and is voted by a jury of hospitality experts and peers worldwide. The much coveted and sought after awards programme in the travel and tourism industry was during Arabian Travel Marketing on the 5th of May 2015.

Dubbed as 'the Oscars of the travel industry', the World Travel Awards is known as a badge of honour for those within the hospitality sector.  In its ongoing endeavors to strive for environmental excellence, Sofitel The Palm Dubai has strikingly snared the Middle East's Leading Green Hotel Award amidst stiff competition. Situated in the tranquil groves of Palm Jumeirah, the hotel is well acquainted with such symbolic accolades that celebrate its fortitude for performance excellence in the hotel industry.  Having been bestowed with several similar recognition within only two years of operations, such as the recent International Hotel Awards for Best Sustainable Hotel for Dubai, a Green Globe Certification, an ISO 14001 Environmental Certification and the Blue Flag Award for Best Beach to name a few, Sofitel The Palm resonates as a true 'Green leader' within the Middle East's hospitality division.

Home to vertical gardens, pristine blue waters and the award-winning So Spa, Sofitel The Palm Dubai is docketed a role model for conservation of the environment.  Superfluous of extravagance and indulgence, the hotel manages to cater to its customers and Mother Nature in an uncompromising manner.  Christophe Schnyder, General Manager of Sofitel The Palm Dubai, says on their victory "It is always rewarding to achieve such awards that truly recognises our efforts in sustaining and maintaining a five-star luxury resort whilst considering the impact on our environment. The honour winning such a title brings is a great reminder as to why we strive for excellence. It is a grand victory for the entire team to bring home this award and it will help strengthen our position as a top-notch luxury resort and encourage us to continue our dedication to sustainability and service."    

The French-Polynesian inspired hotel fosters a unique experience for its customers with light, water and greenery surrounding the low-rise resort and spa. With infinity pools that immerse into the Arabian Gulf, and stretches of sandy beaches, Sofitel The Palm Dubai has a magnetic demeanor that is insatiably mystifying and keeps customers coming back for more.

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Sofitel, World Class Hotels & French Elegance
Sofitel is the only French luxury hotel brand with a presence on five continents with 120 addresses, in almost 40 countries (more than 30,000 rooms). Sofitel offers contemporary hotels and resorts adapted to today's more demanding and more versatile consumers who expect and appreciate beauty, quality and excellence. Whether situated in the heart of a major city like Paris, London, New York, Shanghai or Beijing, or nestled away in a country landscape in Morocco, Egypt, French Polynesia or Thailand, each Sofitel property offers a genuine experience of the French "art de vivre".

Sofitel Legend and & Sofitel So are two labels that come to enrich Sofitel Luxury Hotels.
Sofitel Legend hotels are iconic and mythical; they are often centuries-old listed heritage buildings: Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi, Sofitel Legend The Grand Amsterdam, Sofitel Legend Old Cataract Aswan and Sofitel Santa Clara Cartagena.

Sofitel So hotels are new « boutique hotels » characterized by a stylish focus on contemporary design by famous architects and/or embellished by international celebrities from the world of fashion, design or art: Sofitel So Mauritius Bel Ombre, Sofitel So Bangkok and Sofitel So Singapore (2014).

Sofitel The Palm Dubai is the first Accor property in the world and Palm Jumeirah hotel to be Green Globe certified

Discover Sofitel The Palm Dubai on www.sofitel-dubai-thepalm.com

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