"City-State. British and U.S. locations may apply for a license to host one of the machines. Franchise licensees may purchase the machines for about 28,000 and then pay TG-Gold to service the machines. The first Gold to Go vending machine in the United States was installed in Boca Raton, Florida in December 2010. Gold to Go Gold to Go is a product brand made by the TG Gold-Super-Markt corporation designed to dispense items made of pure gold from automated banking vending machines. The first gold-plated vending machine, located in the lobby of the Emirates Palace hotel in Abu Dhabi, dispenses"
"Emirates Palace The Emirates Palace (Arabic: قصر الإمارات) is a luxury five star hotel in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates operated by Kempinski and opened in November 2005. The hotel project was started on December 2001. The building was designed by British architect [John Elliott (WATG architects)]in collaboration with Reza Rahmanian (HDC Architects). The design of the hotel is a playful mix of cherished Islamic architectural elements such as balance, geometry, proportions, rhythm and hierarchical emphasis to create a unified whole. The inspirted grand dome with elaborate geometrical patterns dominates over 114 smaller domes spread over the building. The colour"
"has won a variety of luxury hospitality awards including: Raffles Makkah Palace Raffles Makkah Palace is a hotel located in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The 18-story hotel is a 5-star luxury hotel operated by Raffles Hotels & Resorts, which is under the Fairmont Hotels and Resorts corporate umbrella. The property is located directly adjacent to Masjid al-Haram, the Grand Mosque. Construction on the hotel began in 2009 and was officially opened on August 12, 2010. The exterior and interior of the hotel were designed and constructed by Areen Hospitality, a London based firm. The design goal was to incorporate touches of"
"during her Back To Basics Tour on 24 October 2008. The show had an audience of 15,000 people, attracting great media attention to the hotel. The hotel also appears in the new ""Fast and Furious 7"" film, which was released in 2015. Shots of the hotel were also used in the 2007 film The Kingdom. Justin Timberlake has been at this location for a tour on 6th December 2007 for a concert. Emirates Palace The Emirates Palace (Arabic: قصر الإمارات) is a luxury five star hotel in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates operated by Kempinski and opened in November 2005."
"Raffles Makkah Palace Raffles Makkah Palace is a hotel located in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The 18-story hotel is a 5-star luxury hotel operated by Raffles Hotels & Resorts, which is under the Fairmont Hotels and Resorts corporate umbrella. The property is located directly adjacent to Masjid al-Haram, the Grand Mosque. Construction on the hotel began in 2009 and was officially opened on August 12, 2010. The exterior and interior of the hotel were designed and constructed by Areen Hospitality, a London based firm. The design goal was to incorporate touches of local Saudi Arabian architecture and culture. Raffles Makkah Palace"
"of the building aims to reflect different shades of sands found in the Arabian Desert. Construction started in December 2001, the interior fit-out works were delivered by Depa Interiors, Abu Dhabi with the hotel opening its gates in February 2005. The construction costs were around 3 billion USD (11.02 billion AED) making it the third most expensive hotel ever built. It is only surpassed by The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas in Las Vegas (3.9 billion USD) and the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore (5.5 billion USD) Emirates Palace consists of 394 residences, including 92 suites and 22 residential suites. The"
"Fairmont Bab Al Bahr Fairmont Bab Al Bahr is a luxury 5-star hotel located in Abu Dhabi, the capital and 2nd largest city in the United Arab Emirates. The name “Bab Al Bahr” was derived from Arabic and means “gateway to the sea.” The hotel is operated by Fairmont Hotel and Resorts and features 369 rooms, 8 restaurants, a fitness club, and swimming pool. It is located in close proximity to Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, Ferrari World Theme Park, Abu Dhabi Heritage Village, and Abu Dhabi International Airport Fairmont Bab Al Bahr opened on October 1, 2009. The hotel’s lead"
"the brand beyond the UK. The joint venture has identified three sites in Dubai, creating more than 800 new rooms. The first Premier Inn in Dubai to open was a 300-room hotel at Dubai Investment Park. A similar size hotel at Dubai Airport, and a 220-room hotel at Dubai Silicon Oasis on Emirates Road, were opened. Dubai Ibn Battuta Mall Hotel has also been opened, connected to Ibn Battuta Mall. There is also a Premier Inn located in the Abu Dhabi Capital Centre, and another Premier Inn located in Abu Dhabi International Airport which opened on 19 November 2013. Next"
"Park A, to provide 90 per cent of the hot water at Aloft Abu Dhabi. These panels heat water for the hotel's 408 bedrooms, 2 production kitchens, food & beverage outlets, hotel offices and the swimming pool saving an estimated 870 mega watt hours of electricity every year by making use of the infra-red component of sun light to generate energy. Aloft is the first hotel in Abu Dhabi to make use of such solar energy panels. Capital Gate, part of the Capital Centre complex, is a 160-metre, 35-storey tower that's built next to the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre"
"(UAE), has a broad collection of Versace furniture and bedding in its expensive and lavish rooms. Plans for the Palazzo Versace, Dubai were announced in May 2005. Gianni Versace SpA, Sunland Group Ltd., and Emirates International Holdings have announced the Palazzo Versace resort to be constructed in the Arabian Bays on the Dubai Creek in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The second Palazzo Versace would have a number of suites and luxury villas, including a spa. Official plans were to begin construction in 2006 and have the hotel completed sometime in 2008. The interior of the hotel would be furnished with"
"Etihad Towers Etihad Towers is a complex of buildings with five towers in Abu Dhabi, the capital city of the United Arab Emirates. The towers are located opposite the Emirates Palace hotel and feature offices, apartments and a hotel. The estimated cost for the construction are 2.5 bn Dirhams. Towers 2 and 5 topped out in November 2010. A year later, in November 2011, the ""Jumeirah at Etihad Towers Hotel"" which belongs to Jumeirah Group was opened in Tower 1. Tori No Su Japanese restaurant opened within the hotel in 2012. The adjacent Tower 2 is (as of December 2012)"
"the Special Care Center and Operation Smile. Fairmont Bab Al Bahr Fairmont Bab Al Bahr is a luxury 5-star hotel located in Abu Dhabi, the capital and 2nd largest city in the United Arab Emirates. The name “Bab Al Bahr” was derived from Arabic and means “gateway to the sea.” The hotel is operated by Fairmont Hotel and Resorts and features 369 rooms, 8 restaurants, a fitness club, and swimming pool. It is located in close proximity to Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, Ferrari World Theme Park, Abu Dhabi Heritage Village, and Abu Dhabi International Airport Fairmont Bab Al Bahr opened"
"Ali Salem Edbowa Ali Edbowa is the first Professional Emirati Cuisinechef from the United Arab Emirates. He has had three cooking shows on television and is known more famously for his popular restaurant ""Mezlai"" in the Emirates Palace hotel, the first authentic Emirati restaurant in the UAE, in which he works as the executive chef. Edbowa specialises mostly in Emirati cuisine, having a mastery over several local dishes. His passion for cooking grew while during a trip overseas, where he had become fed up of the food and asked his mother for recipes; ""I started to cook and I felt"
"will develop labels to promote hotels distinguished by specific features, such as a family and child-friendly disposition. A test period was scheduled for 2010. Some hotels have been advertised as seven star hotels. The Burj Al Arab hotel in Dubai was opened in 1998 with a butler for every room – this has been the first hotel being widely described as a ""seven-star"" property, but the hotel says the label originates from an unnamed British journalist on a press trip and that they neither encourage its use nor do they use it in their advertising. Similarly the Emirates Palace Hotel"
"building complex includes the hotel lobby, restaurants and a few shops. The office tower includes the Middle East's first double-deck elevator with a destination control system. Capital Plaza Capital Plaza is a building complex with five high-rise buildings in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Capital Plaza is located directly on the Corniche of Abu Dhabi and includes three residential towers, an office tower and a hotel tower. The property was developed by Reisco; the facility management of the building complex has been carried out by Dussmann Middle East GmbH, a subsidiary of the German Dussmann Group. There are 247 apartments"
"during Cityscape Abu Dhabi, Eagle Hills announced the launch of a new mixed-use development in Fujairah city called Fujairah Beach. The development will feature a five-star hotel, a gated residential community with 84 luxurious villas, and a 230-metre beach overlooking the Gulf of Oman. In May 2017, the Palace Fujairah Beach hotel was launched as a focal point of the development. The hotel will feature 162 rooms and suites managed by Address Hotels + Resorts, a premium brand by Emaar Hospitality Group. In January 2018, His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of"
"by the foundation, together with Karena Albers and Jenifer Willig in 2013. Hotels and restaurants who join the campaign filter and bottle their own drinking water in reusable glass bottles, and donate 10 percent of the profits in sales to the WWW fund. In many places including the Maldives, this process saves the property money as they cut down on costs associated with the transportation and disposal of imported plastic-bottled water. Several properties have joined the campaign, including Fairmont Hotels, several Ritz-Carlton properties, Virgin Limited Edition hotels, Raffles Hotels and Auberge du Soleil Several notable people are campaign ambassadors of"
"Beach Rotana The Beach Rotana is a large hotel in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The hotel is a member of Leading Hotels of the World and part of Rotana Hotels. It is a hotel complex made up of two wings in Abu Dhabi’s Tourist Club Area. The Beach Wing which stands with seven floors includes 286 rooms and suites whilst the Tower wing is 20 floors high and includes 128 rooms and suites. The Beach wing was opened in 1993 and the Tower wing in 2002. The hotel houses ten restaurants and bars, Zen the spa at Rotana and"
"including 15 chalets with views over the indoor ski. Kempinski Hotel Mall of the Emirates includes 9 daylight banquet and conference rooms, 4 office rooms and indoor and outdoor breakout areas located on the second floor next to the Business Centre, which offers extended business services. The Kempinski Hotel Mall of the Emirates was also the venue of the second Dubai Debates on 31 May 2011. Kempinski Hotel Mall of the Emirates was recognized as the Middle East Leading Leisure Hotel in the recent World Travel Awards and in 2007 was bestowed as the Best New Five Star Resort as"
"It was then, in 2009, the chain was acquired by Emirates Leisure Retail (Australia) which saw the head office relocated to Emirates House in Collins Street, Melbourne. In May 2013, the chain introduced a second blend of coffee that is a darker roast with caramel undertones called, Barista's Choice. This blend is offered alongside the other established blend, Hudsons Premium Blend, which consists of a medium/dark roast and subtle hints of cocoa and vanilla. In addition to this, all blends are also available for purchase in 50g pre-ground take home bags or 1 kg of whole beans which can be"
"of Emirates airline’s frequent flyer loyalty scheme, to buy products. Emirates Leisure Retail’s core business is establishing, managing and franchising restaurants, cafes, bars and leisure facilities in the GCC. Sirocco is a joint venture between Emirates and Heineken International which manages the sales and marketing of a range of beverages in the Middle East. It handles brands such as Heineken, Amstel Light, Budweiser, Tiger, Carling and Sol, and – following Heineken’s acquisition of Scottish & Newcastle – Bulmers and Strongbow. With a market share of 60% in Dubai, it is the leading operator in the UAE, as well as Oman,"
"Capital Plaza Capital Plaza is a building complex with five high-rise buildings in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Capital Plaza is located directly on the Corniche of Abu Dhabi and includes three residential towers, an office tower and a hotel tower. The property was developed by Reisco; the facility management of the building complex has been carried out by Dussmann Middle East GmbH, a subsidiary of the German Dussmann Group. There are 247 apartments (towers A, B, C) in the building. The hotel tower houses the 283-room Sofitel Abu Dhabi Corniche, which opened in March 2012. The base of the"
"people. It features a mix of private suites and seating, a lounge, dining area and bathrooms with full height showers. As of August 2018, Emirates operates a fleet of more than 250 aircraft. Emirates operates the largest fleets of Airbus A380s and Boeing 777s in the world, with one A319 as an executive jet. The airline also has the Boeing 777X on order. Emirates finalized its order for 150 777X aircraft, consisting of 35 777-8s and 115 777-9s in July 2014. Emirates has had no narrow-body aircraft in its mainline fleet since 1995. In July 2018, Emirates announced that they"
"when it sold out to its partner. Effective 16 February 2017, the two existing shareholders of Kempinski AG formalized previous plans for an equity transfer between them. The majority shares of Kempinski AG shall be held by the existing Bahraini shareholder while the shareholder from Thailand will now own a minority. Kempinski Hotels' portfolio currently comprises 75 hotels and residences worldwide, including the Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi, Hotel Indonesia Kempinski in Jakarta, the Çiragan Palace Kempinski in Istanbul, the Gran Hotel Manzana Kempinski La Habana in Cuba, and the Kempinski Hotel Corvinus, Budapest. With the exception of the Hotel"
"through its education and visitor programs. The Founder's Memorial, a monument and visitor centre in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a memorial to Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the first President of the United Arab Emirates, who passed away in 2004. The memorial consists of an open Heritage Garden and Sanctuary Garden at the centre of which is a cubic pavilion housing The Constellation, an artwork dedicated to Zayed's memory. Abu Dhabi has several parks and gardens and more than of coastline, of which are public beaches. The UAE's large hydrocarbon wealth gives it one of the"
"a nurses' station was constructed in 1964. Up until the 1970s when it added facilities like X-ray, a delivery suite and staff housing, facilities at the hospital remained rudimentary. In 1985, facilities for paediatrics, surgery and obstetrics were added to the hospital. In 2009, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the ruler of Abu Dhabi and President of the UAE, granted 135 million dirhams as a grant-in-aid towards expanding the facilities at the hospital. By August 2015, the hospital aims to more than double its capacity by becoming a 100-bed hospital with an additional 20 NICU beds and 7 Intermediate"
"Emaar announced, based on results of a naming contest, the fountain would be named the Dubai Fountain. Address Downtown Dubai is a supertall skyscraper rising 306 meters (1,004 feet) alongside the Dubai Mall, the Old Town, and the Burj Khalifa Lake in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. This hotel and residential tower contains a total of 63 floors. The tower is another supertall structure in the massive development of Downtown Dubai, which includes the centerpiece supertall building, Burj Khalifa. The tower was topped out in April 2008, becoming the 6th-tallest building in Dubai and the 36th-tallest in the world. In September"
"the emirate of Abu Dhabi to receive the Joint Commission International Accreditation in 2007 and was re-accredited in 2010 and 2013. The hospital has specialised men's, women's and children's health centres and, as of June 2015, has departments of anesthesiology, ENT, ophthalmology, general surgery, pediatrics, pediatric cardiology, urology, obstetrics, endocrinology and radiology. Currently, Oasis Hospital handles 175,000 outpatients, admits 7600 patients and performs 3000 deliveries per year. Thanks to a generous gift from the Al Nahyan family, a new facility opened in 2015 and features expanded bed space, a state of the art birthing center, and 20 NICU beds. Oasis"
"something in me. I see it when I cook, I’m happy. So what do I do? I cook and cook and cook."" In 2007, Edbowa was named best Arabic chef by the Emirates International Salon Culinaire. Ali Salem Edbowa Ali Edbowa is the first Professional Emirati Cuisinechef from the United Arab Emirates. He has had three cooking shows on television and is known more famously for his popular restaurant ""Mezlai"" in the Emirates Palace hotel, the first authentic Emirati restaurant in the UAE, in which he works as the executive chef. Edbowa specialises mostly in Emirati cuisine, having a mastery"
"an extensive banquet hall, a spa and health club, as well as retail outlets, a swimming pool, and a gymnasium. The 2B+G+82 storey twin towers were completed in November 2012. The hotel has 1364 standard guest rooms, 240 suites, 4 ""presidential suites"", a banquet hall, an auditorium, 18 Shops, 19 restaurants and a spa. The form is inspired by the date palm. The towers are symmetrically placed on the 7-storey high podium to get views of the Burj Khalifa, Business Bay and the sea. The podium houses all the public areas, restaurants, banquet hall and back of house areas. The"
"and Skywards Platinum and Gold members have access to 33 Emirates lounges in 32 cities. Skywards Silver members can use the lounges at Dubai Airport only. At airports in which Emirates does not operate a departure lounge, a third-party departure lounge is usually provided for First and Business class passengers and Skywards Platinum and Gold members. Complimentary chauffeur driven airport transfers are available to Business and First Class passengers in over 60 cities. It was known that Emirates used Volvo V70 wagons for Business Class passengers and Mercedes Benz E-Class cars for First Class passengers in Dubai, however, as of"
"with 3 virtual windows which are high definition LCD screens which relay real time image using the HD cameras on either side of the aircraft. Amenities include 2 minibars placed on either side of the entertainment screen, a 13inch tablet with a front camera to communicate with the cabin crew and to order room service. A panel to control the lighting and temperature inside the suite. Emirates has also introduced a new seat in collaboration with Mercedes-Benz, which feature a new zero -gravity position. The suites are expected to resemble ""a private bedroom on a luxury yacht"". Business class on"
"bank in the emirate and the second largest lender in the federation. NBAD has the largest market capitalization among UAE banks. The government has put in efforts to diversify the economy and invest into other areas such as the service and tourism industry. The capital city has seen various construction projects and the opening of shopping malls. The opening of the Emirates Palace marked the opening of the most expensive hotel ever built. The annual Abu Dhabi Grand Prix is a Formula One motor race held in the capital city, which further attracts tourists. Apart from the capital city, the"