Wild Wadi Water Park is recognised at the World Waterpark Association symposium

Dubai, 13 November 2007: Wild Wadi Water Park, part of Dubai based luxury hospitality group Jumeirah, recently collected a top accolade at the World Water Park Association symposium held in California.

Wild Wadi Water Park is regarded as one of the premier water parks outside of North America and was awarded for the Best Front-Line Training Programme for honouring excellence in training and motivating the team, at the prestigious ceremony.

The Symposium & Trade Show is the world's largest gathering of water leisure professionals and development experts and it is the only show focused exclusively on the water leisure industry.

Chris Perry, General Manager, Wild Wadi Water Park, commented: "We are delighted to have been awarded this esteemed title. Our colleagues at Wild Wadi are truly committed to ensuring the best experience for our guests and we believe our training programmes reflect this. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our colleagues for their continued hard work and dedication to surpass guest expectations."

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World Waterpark Association
The WWA is the world's premier water-leisure trade Association serving more than 1,000 park and supplier members representing 42 countries.

Jumeirah
Jumeirah properties are regarded as among the most luxurious and innovative in the world and have won numerous international travel and tourism awards. The fast growing Dubai based luxury international hospitality management group encompasses the world renowned Burj Al Arab, the world's most luxurious hotel, the multi-award winning Jumeirah Beach Hotel, Jumeirah Emirates Towers, Madinat Jumeirah and Jumeirah Bab Al Shams Desert Resort & Spa in Dubai, the Jumeirah Carlton Tower and Jumeirah Lowndes Hotel in London and the Jumeirah Essex House on Central Park South in New York.

The group's activities are however, not restricted to hotel and resort management. The Jumeirah Group 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.

Building on this success, Jumeirah Group became a member of Dubai Holding in 2004, 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.

Jumeirah's ambitious expansion plans to grow its portfolio of luxury hotels and resorts worldwide to 57 by 2011 are well underway with projects currently under development in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Aqaba, Doha, Phuket, Shanghai, Bermuda, Mallorca and London.

For further information please contact:
Jumeirah Group Corporate Communications
Samantha Dancy -Public Relations Manager, Gulf Region
PO Box 73137 Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Telephone: +971 4 3155403
Fax: +971 4 3016655
E-mail: samantha.dancy@jumeirah.com
Visit us at: www.jumeirah.com

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