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Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) announced today the official opening of Hyatt Place Dubai Jumeirah, the fourth Hyatt-branded select service property in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The new hotel joins Hyatt Place Dubai Al Rigga, Hyatt Place Dubai Baniyas Square and Hyatt Place Dubai Wasl District, all of which are intended to cater to the UAE’s increasing mid-market hotel segment.

The new hotel features the Hyatt Place brand’s intuitive design, casual atmosphere and practical amenities, such as free Wi-Fi and shared computers with high-speed internet, accommodating guests’ needs through purposeful service and an overall uncomplicated stay.

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TRYP by Wyndham Dubai, a trendy 650-room hotel in Barsha Heights, is leading the hospitality industry when it comes to setting green standards. The hotel has successfully established a number of sustainability initiatives that reduce wastage and in turn significantly reducing the hotel’s carbon footprint. Here are five ways the popular hotel has gone to great lengths to ensure a guilt-free stay.

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Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group has pledged to eliminate all single-use plastic, across its entire portfolio of luxury hotels, by the end of March 2021.

While the travel industry has already made great strides towards the removal of plastic straws and single-use drinking bottles, the Group is keen to play its part in the luxury hotel segment and commit to a wider and more challenging aim to abolish all single-use plastic currently in use across all operational departments, including rooms, spa, transport, restaurants and bars. The aim is to cover plastics used in all areas of the hotel, and not just in the public areas that the customer sees.

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Accor, a world-leading augmented hospitality group, has brought together regional and global gender-equality leaders for a high-level conference in Dubai to mark the one-year anniversary of its gender parity and diversity in the workplace initiative, RiiSE.

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Distinctly recognized as one of the Top 50 Hotels in the Middle East, the iconic Mövenpick Hotel Ibn Battuta Gate Dubai, announces its participation in this year’s edition of World Travel Market in London from 4–6 November at stand ME300 under Dubai Tourism. The 5-star hotel aims to share travel insights, strengthen existing partnerships, and grow its connection within the industry.

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UAE-headquartered hospitality company, TIME Hotels, has added to its growing list of accolades with the Dubai Chamber of Commerce & Industry (Dubai Chamber) CSR Label Award for the fifth year in succession.

According to the report from Dubai Chamber, TIME Hotels was the highest scoring applicant, achieving an overall score of 77.5% – 10.4% higher than the average applicant score.

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From 18th October to 16th November, Atlantis, The Palm will join the Dubai Fitness Challenge to get people from all walks of life to commit to a minimum of 30 consecutive minutes of daily activity for 30 days. Each day the resort will welcome residents and visitors alike to enjoy activities including yoga, in-body composition analyses, group fitness classes, stand-up paddling (SUP), tennis court access, Waverider sessions and a 5km family walk – all on the house.

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Millennium Hotels & Resorts (MENA), one of the fastest growing hotel management companies in the region, has announced its “Winter Sale offer” providing generous discounts and benefits to their loyal customer base during each stay.

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Live it up and play your way during a suite stay at W Dubai – The Palm.

Select your suite choice from wdubaithepalm and receive your Pop & Play menu upon check-in. Included are out-of-the-ordinary room amenities and quirky games, as a suite guest, you can take your pick and order everything from water guns to karaoke microphones.

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In line with its efforts to give back to the community through its corporate social responsibility programme, Ramada by Wyndham Downtown Dubai announces its partnership with Rashid Centre for People of Determination.

As part of the cooperation, the hotel will provide internship opportunities to select students from the centre, and train them in different departments including front office, food & beverage, and housekeeping. The tasks per student will be based on his or her skill set, and will be supervised and evaluated by the representatives from the centre.

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