Premier Inn to open hotel in Dubai

Premier Inn, the UK’s largest and most successful hotel brand with over 500 hotels, containing 36,000 rooms, has announced the opening of their first hotel in Dubai. This new hotel marks the beginning of a strategic partnership with The Emirates Group to develop the Premier Inn brand within the Gulf region. Premier Inn will introduce their high standard, “value” hotel model into the Dubai hospitality market with plans for at least a further 5 sites to be opened in the UAE in 2009.

Darroch Crawford, Managing Director of Premier Inn Middle East said, “What differentiates Premier Inn from the competition is our “value” hotel model, of bringing a 4 star product to the market at a 2 star price. In a Premier Inn this is achieved through streamlining the product to benefit our customers, delivering consistently outstanding service and investing heavily in the property and in staff training. We don’t have a concierge or valet parking, but if for example a customer needs assistance with their luggage then our people will always help. At Premier Inn we understand that our customers want the best value but will not compromise on quality.”

The Premier Inn Hotel is located in Dubai Investments Park next to the Green Community, the hotel features 308 modern and stylish air conditioned rooms. The hotel opens on 30th March 2008.

Céline Dion plans Dubai concert

The Canadian diva Céline Dion will be rocking Dubai on March 5th, 2008. The concert is expecting a quick sell-out and is planned at the Four Season’s Golf Club, Dubai Festival City. The concert is part of Céline Dion’s world tour which will be covering all corners of the globe, making stops in Africa, the Middle East, Japan, Korea, China, Australia, New Zealand, Europe and the America’s, including 25 countries and in over 100 cities. Tickets for her first Dubai concert are available via Showbizme and, starting half February, in-store.

Céline Dion is the biggest selling female artist of all time with 175 million records sold worldwide.