ssuh

Sorry...thought you meant 180dhs for the card .

Yeah have to agree entry plus BBQ is great value - especially if it's cheaper during the week.

May just trot along there and have a chat.

Thanks

Patsy Stoned

go passed reception and round the corner to the telephone booth and ask there for an application form,the card is free.
Also ask if it is true that they may be closing the hotel!!

ssuh

Oh that much is very true...sorry to confirm.

I had dinner with the Architect a few weeks back who's plans for the site have now been approved. Am meeting him again on Tuesday evening so will see if I can find timescales....

New one will have to be built before old one comes down I suspect...little like Westin/Mina Seyahi scenario.

Blue Cat

is Mina Seyahi coming down

Madam Medusa

wouldn't be surprised, it's looked tired and old for ages...just highlighted even more now the westin is up...

MM, xx

Blue Cat

is the Westin open yet I like Mina Sehayi, especially the pool

Madam Medusa

no don't think it's open...

the pool does look lovely, but the hotel itself is hideous...

MM, xx

Blue Cat

I will have to drive by and have a peep

ssuh

Westin and Le Meridien are brothers and sisters, part of the Global Hotel Group - Starwood.

Two Hotels in the same spot competing with one another? One brand new the other old and tired?

Once the Westin is fully operational then.........who knows what the next step might be

Beach frontage is a valuable commodity over here (actually everywhere come to think of it).

BTW. I had a guided tour of the Atlantis on the Palm the other day....now that IS big!

Madam Medusa

i was talking about mina seyahi...!

MM, xx

Blue Cat

oops thought you were talking about Westin! LOL

all the hotels are always full anyway so they may as well have two

ssuh

Now you've hit the nail on the head

Why not have 420 rooms (or more) running @ 90% occupancy levels instead of 210

NorthernLad

The Westin was supposed to be opening this month, it's now pushed back until May.

Patsy Stoned

A friend of mine is one of the build contractors for there, it is amazing! What is it 2000 + beds??

Blue Cat

that's huge! had no idea it was that big!