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Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts Looks Back on a Successful ATM

May 09, 06 1:57 am
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The Arabian Travel Market (ATM) in Dubai once again gave Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts an opportunity to be at its best and highlight its reputation as one of the Middle East’s leading hotel groups. The Swiss international hotel group announced the take over of a resort in Phuket/Thailand and a new project in Yanbu/Saudi Arabia, and was again among the big winners at the prestigious MENA Travel Awards 2006.

Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts organised a press conference at the Dubai World trade centre on 2 May. Jean Gabriel Pérès, President & CEO, and Andreas Mattmueller, Senior Vice President Middle East and Asia/Pacific unravelled the companies expansion plans across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia/Pacific, focussing on the take over of an upscale resort in Phuket/Thailand and a new project in Yanbu/Saudi Arabia.


As last year the Mövenpick Swiss Night Dinner Cocktail was held on 3 May at Mövenpick Hotel Bur Dubai. The event was hosted by Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts in collaboration with Switzerland Tourism and Swiss International Air Lines. Over 500 guests including key accounts, business partners and journalists enjoyed an exclusive night of international culinary delights and modern jazz conducted by Pulsar, a Swiss band flown in for the occasion. The highlight of ATM was once again the dinner reception marking the MENA Travel Awards on 4 May. The Award recognises the competence, creativity and unique character of the successful and constantly expanding tourism sector in the Middle East and North Africa. More than 61'000 travel industry representatives and guests elected the 72 winners in a total of 18 categories. Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts again picked up numerous awards, with the Mövenpick Hotels in El Quseir, Sharm El Sheikh, Beirut, Jeddah, Doha and Dubai the night’s big winners. Platinum Awards went to the Mövenpick Resort El Quseir in the category of Best Environmental 4-Star Hotel (2005 Golden Award Winner in the same category) and the Jolie Ville Mövenpick Golf & Resort Sharm El Sheikh in the Best Golf Club category. The Mövenpick Hotel & Resort Beirut picked up a Golden Award in the category of Best Spa as well as the Mövenpick Hotel Jeddah for Best 4-Star New Hotel of the Year 2005. The Mövenpick Hotel Doha and the Mövenpick Hotel Bur Dubai won Golden Awards for the Best 4-Star Business/Corporate Hotel and the Best Price/Value Hotel respectively (both hotels were Silver Award Winners in the same categories last year).


“We are delighted with the prestigious MENA Awards, as they reflect the high level of quality, service and dedication provided by our employees. The awards are a true testimonial for our company’s philosophy of true excellence in Swiss hospitality”, explained Andreas Mattmueller, Senior Vice President Middle East and Asia/Pacific Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts.
“This year again the ATM was the ideal forum for meeting decision makers in tourism and hospitality and to make new contacts”, added Jean Gabriel Pérès, President & CEO Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts. “What’s more, it’s always impressive to witness how strongly Dubai is developing as a destination – and we’re delighted to be a part of this dynamic growth with no fewer than seven hotels currently under construction.”


Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts (MH&R), a premium hotel management company with over 10,000 employees, is represented in 24 countries with 80 hotels existing or under construction and focuses on its core markets in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. The international hotel group with Swiss roots is forging ahead with its expansion and aims to extend its portfolio to include 100 hotels by 2010. MH&R has an established presence in the 4 and 5-star segment with two types of accommodation: business and conference hotels and holiday resorts. In keeping with its slogan “True Excellence in Swiss Hospitality“, the hotel chain is a byword for the uncompromising quality of its products and services. The hotel group is owned by the Mövenpick Holding (66.7 %) as well as the Kingdom Group (33.3 %).