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airo International Airport - Ter-minal 3 is expected to be fully

operational by the beginning of 2009.The new terminal will be located ad-

jacent to Terminal 2 and connecting

HE Mr. Zoheir Garranah, Egyptian Minister ofTourism asserted in his word to the 2008 annu-al congress of the American travel agents which washeld in Cairo that the United States of America andEgypt have very strong economic and political rela-tions which is evident in the increase on the number ofAmerican tourists came to Egypt in 2007 at 20 % morethat 2006.

While pointing out that the congresses held annuallyare considered a tool that reexes previous achieve-ments as well as showing future challenges, he assertedthat Egypt as a tourist destination is one of the impor-tant destinations in the world and has numerous attrac-

tive elements but it has to defy the existing challengessuch as preserving its tourist position under the toughcompetition and the recent world economic crisis.

The Minister also explained that despite the recentcircumstances that affects the world economy, there is

still a glimpse of hope represented in the strength of the

US dollar which is making Egypt the favorable choicefor investment.

He stressed that the American tourist shall alwaysnd Egypt a worthwhile center for his investment since

his gains and prots are assured. Mr. Garannah men-

tioned the great change Egypt has witnessed lately, spe-cially in tourism infrastructure.

Adopting with Marriott Interna-tional Spirit to Serve Initiatives, Renaissance Golden View Beach Re-

sort, Sharm El Sheikh team has per-

formed with great enthusiasm several

clean up campaigns at Ras Mohamed

National Park.

Balbaa Group will at-tend the WTM in London to promote its

unique properties in

Sharm and Marsa Alam.

Its Chairman, Mr. Ahmed

Balbaa will be there with

his team.

Alexandria has witnessed a big jump in the last few years asone of the important tourist attrac-

tions in Egypt, read more in-

side.

the two terminals by a bridge.The access roads will be redesigned

and parking lots will be relocated.With the opening of Terminal 3, the

airports capacity will double to 22

million annual passengers.It will be equipped with the la

est state-of-the-art technologfor smooth immigration with biometric immigration gatplanned.

Le Mridien Cairo Airport scheduled to open in 2010. Located at Terminal 3, it will be thonly hotel with direct access Cairo International Airport teminals.

The hotel will boast 350 guerooms, a 24-hour restauranspecialty restaurant, coffee balobby bar, lounge, tness centr

and swimming pool.The business centre, ballroom

and six meeting rooms will cover an area of approximately 75square meters of meeting space

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Sharm El Sheikh, October, 2008

Adopting with Marriott International Spirit to Serve Ini-tiatives , Renaissance Golden View Beach Resort, Sharm ElSheikh team has performed with great enthusiasm several cleanup campaigns at Ras Mohamed National Park in addition totheir exerted efforts in turning several spots to green by plantingtrees and grass at Fanar and Monument areas. Yet there is a

way long for the Renaissance Sharm El Sheikh Spirit to serveagenda to be done.

Our commitment to serve the community and the environmentis coming on the top of our priority list at Renaissance SharmEl Sheikh .By giving associates the opportunity to give back totheir local areas, we carry on our companys long history anddeep commitment to commu-nity involvement. We want tohelp make Sharm El Sheikh ,and every community whereMarriott operates, a better

place to live and work. Saidby Gerald Moutt, the GeneralManager

Photo Shows: Gerald Moutt

, the General ManagerAnd Renaissance team

during one of their clean upcampaign to Ras Mohamed -National Park clean up cam-paign .

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E Mr. Zoheir Garannah, Egyptian Minister ofTourism asserted in his word to the 2008 annu-ngress of the American travel agents which was

in Cairo that the United States of America andpt have very strong economic and political rela-s which is evident in the increase on the numbermerican tourists came to Egypt in 2007 at 20 %e that 2006.hile pointing out that the congresses held an-ly are considered a tool that reexes previous

evements as well as showing future challenges,sserted that Egypt as a tourist destination is onee important destinations in the world and haserous attractive elements but it has to defy the

ing challenges such as preserving its tourist po-n under the tough competition and the recentd economic crisis.e Minister also explained that despite the recentumstances that affects the world economy, therell a glimpse of hope represented in the strengthe US dollar which is making Egypt the favorablece for investment. He stressed that the Americanist shall always nd Egypt a worthwhile center

his investment since his gains and prots are as -d. Mr. Garannah mentioned the great change

pt has witnessed lately, specially in tourism in-ructure, explaining that Egypt in 1982 had ho-

apacity of only 18 thousand rooms while by theof this year it shall reach 211 thousand rooms intion to 156 thousand rooms under construction,by all means, proves that Egypt enjoys the high-rowth rate in the region.e Minister further said that his Ministry gives af care to the training of tourism sector staff anddvancement of their professionalism in order to

er the tourists the best service there is; and indomain he referred to the cooperation with therican side in the eld of tourist training special -ith the American Hotels Institution in order toten the tourist prospects and potentialities and toease Egypts share of the world tourism market.nally assured the unity of all efforts to put Egypt

of all tourist destination while pointing out thatEgyptian Tourist Authority is spending millionsllars on marketing and promotion campaigns in

tion to programs aiming at spreading the aware-

of tourism among the Egyptian people, and up-ing the Ministrys website to be displayed in 11uages, and furthermore, strengthening the rela-s with the international travel agents and airlinesh are considered the most important partners ineving the success of tourism industry.

Hosted by Mr. Hamed El Chiaty, Chairmanand CEO of Travco Group International, theholding company of JAZ Hotels and Resorts, theevent witnessed a gathering of a bevy of tourism

gurus who enjoyed the hospitality of the JAZ Ho-tels & Resorts in a remarkable setting and a brisk

ambiance.Ms. Tania El Chiaty, e-commerce manager of

JAZ Hotels and Resorts, handed out the awards to

the top producers where Travco came in the rst

place followed by South Sinai, Natural Blu Tours,Bright Sky, Midland, Abanoub, MTS, Welcome,

Regency, and Expedia all of which receivedawards for generating the most tourist arrivals to

the group of hotels in the year 2007.In his speech Andr Mhlemann, general direc-

tor & owners representativeHotels & Resorts division, thanked the award

winning agents for their support and trust in the

JAZ HOTELS & RESORTS HOSTSITS ANNUAL AWARDS PARTY

Honoring the Top Producing Travel Agents in Egypt, JAZ Hotels &

Resorts hosted its Annual Awards party at the Imperial Boat

company and its brands, elaborating, your valuedcontribution is an important factor in our growth,

allowing us to stand out as the largest hotel chainin Egypt, he says.

Since the beginning, the groups diverse portfo-lio of hotels and resorts has continued to appeal

to all travelers whatever their requirements orbudgets are. Each of its resorts offer high quality

service, modernday amenities and a full range ofrecreational options that in addition to the afford-

able all-inclusive holidays offered at most of theresorts.

JAZ boasts a portfolio of 34 hotels and resortsin the most exotic destinations in Egypt, Jordan

and the UAE, with further property expansionsin Muscat, Oman. Further plans include 17 new

properties for a total capacity exceeding 13,700owned and managed guest rooms.

Semiramis InterContinental hostedrecently a photo exhibition orga-nized by Ayam Masria in celebration

of World Tourism Day.The exhibition showed nostalgic

photos of different touristic places inEgypt.

September 27 is celebrated by theWorld Tourism Organization as

World Tourism Day since 1980.The purpose of this day is to display

awareness that tourism is vital to theinternational community and to showhow it affects the social, cultural,political and economic values world-wide.

September 27 is important since onthat day in 1970, the Statutes of theWorld Tourism Organization were

adopted. The adoption of the stat-utes is considered to be a milestone inglobal tourism.

World Tourism Day at the Semiramis InterContinental

Egypt Actively Looks Climate Change Solutio

Egypt is set to host a conference on cchange and solutions for the tourism try.A UNWTO and Ministry of Tourism init

in cooperation with the Egyptian Tourism

eration, the Solutions for Climate Changference, is scheduled to take place on the 224 November 2008, in Sharm El Sheikh.

A panel of environmental experts, stillannounced, will be discussing various meto save the environment and explore w

nd practical solutions for the problem

mate change, its effect on the tourism and vice versa.

Top of the list are; problems of vehiclesion and economical driving, how to bes

serve the underwater world, and what can do to become more green.Heading preparations, Hisham Zaazou

Assistant to the Minister of Tourism says ists are now considering climate conditioeco-friendly environments as a determ

factor in their choice of destination. Eparticipation in this conference not only that we are aware of this fact, it also reit

that we are deeply concerned with environtal issues and are very keen on nding sol

to this problem.

A Technical Committee and a Logisticsmittee have been planning necessary conf

arrangements for the last few weeks annote speakers will be announced in Octob

Cairo International Airport - Terminal 3 is ex-pected to be fully operational by the beginningof 2009. The new terminal will be located adjacent

to Terminal 2 and connecting the two terminals bya bridge. The access roads will be redesigned and

parking lots will be relocated.With the opening of Terminal 3, the airports ca-

pacity will double to 22 million annual passengers.It will be equipped with the latest state-of-the-art

technology for smooth immigration with 5 bio-metric immigration gates planned.

Terminal 3 and a fully operationalby the beginning of 2009

Le Mridien Cairo Airport is scheduled to openin 2010. Located at Terminal 3, it will be the only

hotel with direct access to Cairo InternationalAirport terminals.

The hotel will boast 350 guest rooms, a 24-hourrestaurant, specialty restaurant, coffee bar, lobby

bar, lounge, tness centre, and swimming pool.The business centre, ballroom, and six meeting

rooms will cover an area of approximately 750square meters of meeting space.

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the high demand expected on traveling to the

city, do you think the present amount of hotels

is sufcient to meet expected demand?

Youre right, we have at present only 7 starhotels, in addition to many 3 & 4 star hotels.There is also a big project in process in thenorth coast that will turn the area into a greattourist zone. But still the short of hotels in thecity is a pain.From your point of view: What do you think

can improve tourism to Alexandria? More ho-

tels , Tourist projects that include interna-tional restaurants, cafs and entertainment projects on the corniche.More specialized shopping arcades that include Ptolemaic & phaornicproducts. Organize Egyptian nights that include folkloric shows, Mez-mar & Tannoura. Improve Nuzha airport to be in line with adequateinternational airports. Improve quality of service of the local taxi; new

uptodate taxi cars, educated drivers and taxies provided with speed me-ters. Construct tunnels opposite hotels at the sea shore so as to providesafe crossing to tourists. Increase peoples awareness about tourism andits important role in developing their lives and general country income.

What do you do as a hotel to attract the guest? We tailor special pack-

ages in slow periods. We also organize plenty of events and parties thatmatch all tastes. Examples are Lebanese night, Greek Night, Alexandri-an Night, Black & White Night, Jungle Party, Sea Food Festival, PastaPromotion ...etc.

In addition, we organize special parties in Xmas, New Year, Valentine,Easter and summer parties with singers during summer. We also haveweekly dancing competitions.

What is your latest news? Weve fully renovated our rooms & suiteswith brightly colored oak furniture, decorations, and wooden oors. We

lately introduced a new tness facility including gym. Room, sauna a nd

massage. We also renovated our grand Tabia Ballroom and Caesar Bar.

In the coming few years there is a plan to enlarge the Lobby and con-struct an extension to the hotel that will add more rooms and banquet-ing facilities.

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November 2008 WTM - London

lbaa Group will attend the WTM in London toromote the unique services and facilities of its Ho-Resorts in Sharm El Sheikh and Marsa Alam.

aa Group, which are considered one of the lead-vestors in tourism in Egypt, consists of 6 jointcompanies working in tourist investment and de-ment projects. It owns and manages 8 Hotels andts in Sharm El Sheikh in South Sinai and the Red

Kahramana Sharm Resort in Neama Bay withooms, The Lagun a Vista Beach Resort and Lagu-arden Beach Resort with a capacity of 525 Rooms

ined and 288 Rooms in newly opened El Hayatm in Nabq Area in addition to Kahramana Marsa

Beach Resort and the Kahramana Marsa Alam

Garden Resort with the Capacity of 278 combined and320 chalets & Suites in the Calimera Habiba MarsaAlam in addition to Abou Dabbab Diving Lodge inMarsa Alam with 62 rooms with its special famous san-dy beach in the Area and this is in addition to 50 hotelapartments in the Palm project in Dubai .Eng. Ahmed Balbaa, Chairman of Balbaa Group who

will head the Groups said theB&G Hotels & Resortsin Sharm & Marsa Alam : Our Resorts are a Mixtureof Elegance, Locations and luxury Rooms in order tomeet the needs of our valued guests to spend a memo-

rable vacation and plan to come back again after ex-periencing our services and facilities we offer to themwith our special attention and care in order to meet alltheir needs.He also added that the newly opened El Hayat Sharm,

had added quite a number of hotel rooms and over-nights to Sharm capacity and helped, with its luxuri-ous services and facilities, to encourage a lot of tourists

from all over the world to visit Sharm El Sheikh.Mr. Saad Attia, the Regional Director of Sales & Mar-

keting in Balbaa Group, who will attend the WTM too,

will meet with the international tour operators and dis-cuss with them the new plans for the coming seasonsand focus on ideals and projects to support them dur-ing this coming winter after the Recession which hashit the World Economy and exchange positive ideals toimplement to assure the continuation of their clientswho prefer Balbaa Group Resorts during their visit tothe Red Sea and South Sinai.

Balbaa Group to attend WTM to promoteits unique Resorts all over Egypt

d Balbaa, Chairman Saad Attia, Regional DSM

ere is no doubt that Alexandria has lately witnessed a big jump in the last few years stand-ng as one of the important tourist attractions in Egypt. It has started to draw the attentionr operators and travel agents as well as individual travelers to be included in their traveland programs. Whilst I was recently in Alexandria and specically staying at Sheraton

azah, I had an interesting conversation with Mr. Atef Wilson, General Manager of the Ho-hrew for him some of my concerns and questions about trends of tourism in the Mediter-n city, upcoming foreseen projects, Hotels activities and latest news :ere a demand on Alexandria from the Arabs? Do you think can increase in the coming years?

here is a demand especially in summer season as we have plenty of sandy beaches, moderate

te, shopping facilities and archeological sites. It can be improved by making more promo-or Alexandria in the Arab countries (Media Campaign with special offers). Still Arabs byge - prefer Cairo as their rst destination. We need more efforts to change the Arabs trav-attitudes and patterns.It has been observed the little No. of 5 star hotels in Alexandria. With

Mr. Attia said that he will continue to promote Sharmand the Marsa Alam destination, and added that allBalbaa properties has maintained a good images in theinternational markets after the strong market plan heset and executed during the last few month and throughout the international tourism fairs.Our professional marketing team will not leave any

chance to promote the unique resorts of Balbaa Group;we did it before and we will do it again in WTM and inall International big Tourism Events & Fairs to let thewhole world know about our Group and the variety of

facilities and services we provide our valued guests.,Said Mr. Attia.It is worth Highlighting that the Balbaa Group for

Hotels & Resorts has a number of new projects un-der construction and due to open within the upcom-ing few years such as Kahramana Marsa Matrouh toopen summer 2009, 300 rooms Hotel in Ras El KhemaUAE to open 2010, Laguna Vista Real Estate project

in Sharm (302 units between Villas and Apartments)to open 2010 and B&G Hotel Management company

in Dubai.The Groups total investment is LE 1.2 Billion with

2500 employees under the umbrella of B&G Group.Eng. Ahmed Balbaa is known to be the Honorary Pres-ident of Masa Alam city, for being the Pioneer of tour-ism development in Marsa Alam and the rst investor

to build a hotel in this unique area.

A quick interview with the GM of Sheraton Montazah

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Offering Comfort in accommodation, Abun-dance in facilities, Excellence in hospitality;Gulet Hotelo a leading Austrian tourism company has awarded Baron Resort Sharm El-Sheikh its

Gulet Hotelo Award 2008 for 2 consecutive years.Baron Resort Sharm El-Sheikh has been selected

as one of the 100 most popular hotels worldwide.

Choice is based on the personal impression of thou-sands of the companys happiest and most satised

customers. Baron Resort Sharm el Sheikhs successcrowns the tremendous effort exerted to meet theguests expectations and beyond.

Baron Resort Sharm El-Sheikh, with its uniquestyle, provides its guests - couples or families - withthe most memorable holiday. The 5 star deluxe re-sort features 360 rooms, suites and royal suites, witha selection of soothing facilities tailored for the guest

desires. In addition, Baron Resort Sharm El-Sheikhis surrounded by heavenly landscape, waterfalls andthe serene desert to complete the resorts spark.

Baron Resort Sharm El-sheikh: A Haven for Plea-sure and Business.

Baron Resort Sharm El-Sheikh; One of the mostpopular hotels worldwide

Again this year Flash Group has recon-

rmed its position among the top playersin the Egyptian Tourism industry.

he same time last year Mrs. Bitta Hoff, theanys Vice President announced the launch

new category of Nile cruise boats, by intro-

g the rst suite boat with just 20 units and a

boutique style character to the existing eettar superior boats.

ing done so successfully a second boat of evenup marked appearance will be launched by

nd of the year.

pacious and elegant suites and a la carte res-nt, an aperitif lounge, billiard and cigar cor-

piano bar and a very well appointed sundeckecure the highest standards.

ing a 7 nights Nile cruise from Luxor t o Den-and Aswan the staff on board of the M/S Ex-

nce will make sure that the clients on boardexperience an unforgettable holiday experi-

o from the 5 star superior range, the well

Magic brand will be enlarged by welcomingdditional Magic Nile cruise by next Sum-

otal of 5 Nile cruise boats make part of this

well positioned brand on the Nile, offeringrams of 7,4 and 3 nights.

most of their clients are visiting Egypt on aage program combining culture and beach,

gical development has been to cover as wellestination of Hurghada, being already well

nted in Sharm El Sheikh, Nabq and in Mar-am.

. Hoff explains: We are happy to announcepening of the newest Flash International

erty the Stella Makadi, a beautiful 5*h resort with all the facilities our clients are

ng for while spending a week of holidays at

Red Sea. The rst phase will be opened the

le of November 2008, and 600 units of dif-t concepts will await our clients from Ger-

y and other parts of the world. The seconde with additional 600 units will be following

09.ASH International, is as well increasing their

inventory in the destination of Marsa Alam,e they are operating the 5 star resort Tulip

since several years, welcoming clients from all

over Europe.Mrs. Hoff is sharing further interesting news with

us by talking about some new niche market prod-uct, that will be presented to the market soon.

Having secured the groups position on all themain destinations within Egypt, we thought to

push the envelope even further, the newest ac-quisition is a beautiful wooden sailing cruiser

with 12 cabins, following the Turkish concept of aGullet holiday.

This precious boat will start sailing with our cli-

ents along the coast of the Red Sea as of January

2009, giving the acionados of the sea the chance

to get to know the most beautiful spots along ourcoast while enjoying the unspoiled underwater

world and the hospitality of our experienced staffon board, taking care of them during this quite

unique sailing experience.Being able to create new experiences for guests

visiting Egypt has always been our aim and bymoving into the desert we believe we are closing

a circle.Now you can come to Egypt and we will be able

to serve you an unique combination of amazing ex-periences: Nile cruising on board of a 5 star deluxe

suite boat, beach holidays in all main destinations,

sailing on the Red Sea and nally experiencing

the Egyptian desert by visiting our desert campsof highest standard and positioned quite unique

in Kharga/Dush, Dakhla and Farafra St ay in oneof our luxurious camps and enjoy a unique desert

experience.Desert in Style has been founded in cooperation

with International partners to create a new ap-proach to the vast deserts of Egypt. You can have

a look under www.desertinstyle.com.egIn order to secure that all these new investments

and developments will be a success new sources ofbusiness have to be secured all the time.

After having opened a representation ofce in

China sending a regular amount of clients from

the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong to Egypt,

we just opened a similar ofce in New Delhi, India

in order to enter as well this developing market.Hoping the up turn of business to Egypt will con-

tinue after a great 2007 and 2008 Flash Group islooking forward to an interesting future.

Flash Group and its news!

Malta based CHI Hotels & Resorts (formerlyCorinthia Hotels International) announcedthe signing of a long term management agreementwith Cyrene Tourism Investment Corporation ofEgypt for the operation of two new upscale proper-ties in the highly popular Egyptian resort of Sharmel Sheikh. Both hotels will form part of a major re-sort destination to be known as the Corinthia Beach

Resort.The Corinthia Hotel will be a ve-Star interna-

tional deluxe property located directly on a stun-

ning beach front in Montazah, Sharm El Sheikh.The property is set to become operational in the lastquarter of 2009 and will offer 220 deluxe suites andbe fully supported with independent restaurants, aclub house and fully serviced beach operation andoutdoor pool.

The Tiran Island Hotel will be a 600 bedroom four-star international hotel offering a broad selection ofluxury hotel rooms, residential suites and self-cater-ing suites ideal for family occupation. Scheduled toopen in the rst quarter of 2009, this quality four-

star operation will offer a wide range of restaurants,entertainment, bars, Spa, outside pools and exten-sive conference and meeting facilities to suit confer-ence tourism.

CHI Hotels to Operate

Twin Property in Sharm

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The Marque of Excellence Awards 2007 has beenawarded to the Baron Resort Sharm El Sheikhfor consecutive 5 year and Baron Palm Resort

for the 2nd year running by Thomas Cook, as per theirclients voting for Baron Hotels for the years 2007/2008;as best 5 star hotels in Sharm El Sheikh. This exception-al success was achieved through following the highestinternational hospitality and service quality standards;gaining the trust and loyalty of the European marketin general and the British market in particular.

The clients of Thomas cook (One of the biggest travel

& tourism companies in England and the world) havechosen Baron Properties in Sharm El-Sheikh as thebest touristic destination in 2007 for delivering the beststandards of service and hospitality.

Baron Resort Sharm El Sheikh, 5 star Deluxe features360 rooms and suites with a beautiful private sandybeach, as well as covered and open air swimming pools;while Palms Resort Sharm El Sheikh with it Andalusianarchitecture features 240 rooms and suites. The uniquefeature of the Palm resort is the tropical gardens withmore than 200 palm trees surrounding the swimming

pools; in addition to the conference room accommodat-ing 600 guests.

The planned opening of Baron Palace Sahl Hasheesh,a ve star hotel in 2009 marks a new era of ultimate lux -

For the 5th Year Running Baron HotelsEgypt receive International Recognition

as Best Hotels by the British Market

ury. To reach this goal, the owning company contractedan International ofce for consultancy and design to

handle the interior as well as the exterior designs. Asfor the heavenly landscapes, a well known Americancompany which executed different International proj-ects for hotels has been also contracted.

Baron Palace Sahl Hasheesh features 700 rooms andsuites, an impressive array of not less than 10 restau-rants, bars, tennis courts and a Roman theatre. BaronPalace Sahl Hasheesh offers its guests 600 meters ofprivate sandy beaches, where guests can enjoy all sorts

of water sports, diving, snorkeling and swimming.The Baron Palace Sahl Hasheesh features one of the

best conference facilities in the region; the main ball-room accommodates 1000 guests, in addition to smallerrooms equipped with the latest technology.

The Baron Palace Sahl el Hasheesh is the rst step in

a series of new projects in the area, to be announcedthroughout the next three years.

Seen in the picture, Mr. Sherif Shahein Vice ChairmanBaron Hotels & Resorts Egypt, Mr. Ahmed Khaled,general manager Baron Resort Sharm El Sheikh and

Mr. Ghassan Dalal, general manager Baron Palms Re-sort Sharm El Sheikh, receives the Marque of Excel-lence Award 2007 from the representative of ThomasCook Company.

The Chaine Des Rotisseurs selected InterCotal CityStars Cairo for the third time to orand host their annual gala dinner. The event wat Al Saraya ballroom where the hotel themevening in an autumn mood.

All the walls of the ballroom were covered bscreens displaying natural scenery of autumncourse carefully chosen menu prepared by thtalented chefs was the talk of the whole eveninner was attended by Cairos key society gur

all complemented the set up and food quality.The main objective of the Chane is to unite, f

over the world, Gastronomes and Professionadistinctive rened taste, who appreciate qualit

sine and the culture of the table.The International gastronomic society foun

Paris in 1950, is devoted to promoting ne

and preserving the camaraderie and pleasuretable.

Chaine Des Rotisseursat InterContinental CitySta

At an event that took place at the Fairmoners Heliopolis, Amadeus System hosted thnual event on the 2nd of July, 2008, and Travco

received an award for the second year in a rAmadeus System, for being one of the top proin Egypt, through the sizeable amount of bgenerated by its 7 retail ofces and 9 retail br

in Egypt, apart from the business generated binternational ofces in the Middle East, Euro

the Far East.Ms. Nabila Abdallah, aviation manager Trav

ceived the award, and the from the Travco stendees included Travcos EgyptAir Rese

Manager, Mr. Mostafa Amin, Manager of the abranches, Mr. Abdel Moti Zanaty, and Mrs. MWahsh. The awards were distribute d by Mr. Youssef, regional manager Amadeus, Ms. JacDavid, marketing manager Middle East, anMoody Magued, sales and marketing manager

TRAVCO RECEIVEAMADEUS AWAR

Culinary Ambassadors of Egypt Four Gold Medals, One Bronze & Diploma at Culinary Olympics 20

For the rst time Egypts Culinary Ambasachieve super great results for Egypt andEgyptians Chefs.

Demi Chef de Partie Mohamed El SaadawyGold Medal, Category A : Culinary Arts; ChefSamy Fayez Haroun, Ramy Ahmed MohamMina Sobhy Gaballah acheive three Gold Me

Category D1: Culinary Artistry - Cold Kitchenpiece and Category D2: Culinary Artistry - PShowpiece; Sous Chef Hany Hamed succeedsting a Bronze Medal and Chef Hamdi RamadaDiploma in Category B: Culinary Arts.

After the complete refurbishment of The Renaissance Alexandria Hotel and its re-opening in May 2005 being undergoing two full years of extensive renovation, thehotel then started slightly to capture the international leisure markets which is gener-ally tied to the classical tours coming from Cairo, Luxor and Aswan as an extensionsphase to experience the Mediterranean Sea and the Historical ancient locations of theAlexandria Pearl, said Hisham El Demery the General Manager of the hotel.

In the old days of Renaissance, the hotel was focusing mainly on corporate businessand this was the main feeder source of business coming into the hotel. By 2007 themanagement has realized the signicance and potentiality of the international travel

segment to support the occupancy l evels throughout the year.The shown gures of the property demonstrate that there is an increase from 2006

- 2008 covering the British, German, Scandinavian and Russian markets in addition totraditional Greek and the Italian markets.

Alexandria has not only become a destination for tourism but a center of attraction forits moderate climate and cultural heritage.

On top of this, Alexandria still continues to improve and get advanced, therefore theopening of the new Borg Al Arab airport in late 2009 will make a great impact andmagnetism to all the Alexandria Visitors by drawing most of the international air car-riers.

Renaissance Alexandria Hotel and its newly opened Markets

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n a bid to strengthen the bonds between Sar Hotels Egypt family,

Mr. Hussein Shoukry Sarhan ,General Manager Sar Hotel Cairo

arranged a gathering lunch for Mr. Ahmed El Salaw, General ManagerSar Suites Hotel Zamalek and all Sar Suites Hotel Zamalek Depart-ment Heads under the auspices of Mr. Ihab El Kerdani, Regional Direc-tor of Operations Sar Hotels & Resorts Egypt & North Africa in the

presence of all Sar Hotel Cairo Department Heads. All attendees ex -

pressed their grateful for the exquisite friendly atmosphere & the warmwelcome.

The photo shows, Mr. Ihab El Kerdani, Regional Director of Opera-tions Sar Hotels & Resorts Egypt & North Africa, Mr. Hussein Shoukry,

General Manger Sar Hotel Cairo, Mr. Ahmed El Salawi, General Man-ger Sar Hotel Zamalek, Mr. Hamdi Abdel Rahman, Owner Represen-tative, Mrs. Rawia Abdel Kader, Regional Director of Human ResourcesSar Hotels & Resorts Egypt & Mrs. Imtenan Sadek, Regional Director

of Public Relations Sar Hotels & Resorts Egypt between Sar Hotels

Cairo & Zamalek Department Heads

A gathering Lunch AtSar Hotel Cairo

Mvenpick Resort & Spa El Gouna has the pleasureto announce the appointment of John G C Wood asits new General Manager.

Wood is a 4th Generation Hotelier and was actuallyborn in the Queens Hotel in Aberystwyth. He gradu-ated with honours from the Ecole Hotelire de Lausanneand brings with him a wealth of experience in the hospi-tality business having worked for the most respectablecompanies like Holiday Inn and Le Meridien in variouscountries such as Cyprus, the Caribbean, India , RussiaCroatia, and Mauritius.

He joined Mvenpick Hotels & Resorts in 2007 to re-position the Mauritius Resort and this was crowned with

the Indian Oceans Leading Family Resort Award atthe 2008 World Travel Awards.

He comes to El Gouna full of excitement to continue thegood work that has already been done in making the Re-sort the Premier Choice for the ever increasing num-ber of visitors to this Little Venice on the Red Sea.

John Wood General Manager ofvenpick Resort & Spa El Gouna

n G C Wood, General Manager

venpick Nile Cruises Egypt announced recently thepromotion of Ahmed Younis as the Deputy Directores for the Mvenpick Nile Cruisers Egypt which in-s the Mvenpick M/S Royal Lotus, M/S Royal Lily,Prince Abbas and The Nile Cruisers Radamis I &

hmed has joined the Mvenpick Nile Cruises teamJuly 2003, as an Assistant Sales Manager, where hed an excellent performance and commitment andually promoted to his current position.

Waleed Morsy was appointed as the Financial Controller of the newly opened MvenpickResort El Sokhna, he joined the Mvenpick team in 1998, where he held his rst positionvenpick Resort-Cairo Pyramids and after he took different tasks in various Mvenpick

ait, Saudi Arabia and Egypt.

w Promotions in Mvenpick Nile Cruises Egypt

A. YounisW. Morsy

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As of October 1st 2008, TIA Heights is the new managing company that will take over the one million m2 resortin Makadi Bay, formally known as Le Meridien.TIA HEIGHTS Makadi Bay holds 1049 rooms all recently renovated & altered to a more modern style. Along

with the expansion of outlets, TIA Heights Makadi Bay now holds 15 F&B outlets.

TIA Hotels & Resorts aim to offer the very best in the hospitality industry. With its future plans to expand inEgypt, Tia Hotels and Resorts puts customer satisfaction as its sole target.

TIA HEIGHTS MAKADI BAY is now ofciallythe new name of X-Le Meridien Makadi Bay

Jean Stphane Grasset is the name of the new General Manager of Mvenpick Resort & Spa Mauritius. Coming fromSantiburi Golf Resort & Spa in Koh Samui, Thailand, the French national Jean Stphane Grasset joins Mvenpick Hotels& Resorts for the rst time in the function of General Manager of the hotel groups agship in Mauritius. He has a great

deal of experience in the upscale hotel business and, in addition to Thailand, has worked in Singapore, Cyprus, France andMauritius in the past.

Located on the south west coast of Mauritius, in the heart of the preserved nature of Bel Ombre, the Mvenpick Resort &Spa Mauritius is an authentic paradise perfectly integrated into large sugar cane elds as well as lush vegetation and offers a

unique atmosphere of a traditional sugar cane plantation from the early 17th century. This upscale resort combines rst-class

service, excellent cuisine, exceptional spa facilities and a wide range of sports. With 160 spacious rooms, 20 suites and one

villa, all facing the Indian Ocean, the resort provides the ideal setting for a relaxing and luxury stay at any time of the year.The friendliness of Mauritian combined with Swiss hospitality simply grants impeccable service.

Upon arrival, after only 45 minutes transfer from International Airport, guests are welcomed with a lemongrass ice teafreshly picked from the hotels gardens. A unique design on the island, inspiring elegance and serenity from the entrance,guiding constantly the eyes towards the surrounding nature and the 500 meter beach and lagoon. The exceptional locationof the resort, between lush tropical vegetation and speechless crystal blue water lagoon makes it the ideal starting point forday excursions on Mauritius.

The spacious and luxuriously designed rooms (from 55 sqm), suites and the villa offer the ultimate in comfort and arespread through casuarinas, coconut trees, frangipanes, hibiscus and bougainvilleas in 22 acres of tropical gardens. They areall appointed into a classical style with a wood or palm thatch roofs, with terrace or balcony overlooking the Indian Ocean.For the ultimate chill-out experience ve Indian beds and 20 hammocks have recently been added to the lavish tropical gar-den. Space and tranquillity are the key words to dene this unique resort.

A setting of Purity and Wellbeing: Mvenpick Resort & Spa Mauritiu

The Renaissance Golden View Beach resort was the choseby AIR BP to hold their annual TSA conference. The evegreat success and guests coming from all over the world wereby the outstanding service, unique location and friendly staf

It is not just an event, it is an experience we are offering and every guest to have an enjoyable memorable events; so thave successful meetings, relax at a home out of home, enjowatering food with an Egyptian avor and offer them to opp

to Discover the Red Sea. Our staff is always delighted to secustomers Said Sameh Nadim, Director of Marketing.Photo shows: British petroleum participants at Renaissanc

lobby

British Petroleum atRenaissance Sharm

Air NewsBMI being taken over by Lufthan

Lufthansa is buying 50 % of BMI. The deabe completed by 16 January will give Lufcontrol of more ights from London Heathro

considerably bolsters its position. Lufthansa wiown 80 % of BMI, while 20 % is owned by Sca

vian Airlines.

Austrian Business Class

Austrian Airlines Business Class offers 24 spcomfort seats with more legroom and inted massage function. The premium service ina special and excquisite catering service comOriental and Austrian cuisine

British Airways drops surcharge

For ights more than nine hours: The surwill drop by 13 per ight - from 109 perto 96 per ight. For ights less than nine hour

surcharge will drop by 10 per ight - from 7

ight to 68 per ight.World Traveller Club:For ights less than 9

The surcharge drop by 10 per ight - from

ight to 68 per ight. For ights less than 9

The surcharge will drop by 5 ight - from

ight to 83 per ight.

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Ahmed Sabry, the General Manager of theHilton Hurghada Plaza talked to us about

the upgrade of his resort, that took placesince mid 2007 which affected directly the over all

quality of service and hence, the type of guests ac-commodated at the resort.

What is your core philosophy ?My core philosophy is the investment in people, those

who provide the quality of service our guests expectfrom a ve star resort a s our team member create what

our brands stand for.As I always say, One team, always trusted and alwaysahead , we need to build our team member around thisas playing alone will take us no where but playing as one team, will denitely build

trust between our brand and our guests, which will automatically take us ahead of allother International hotel chains.

We are one of the great company in hospitality then we must provide great service,

reaching this great level of service is through building great team members and pass-ing the responsibility to them that they are our Ambassadors, whatever department

they are working for.

What did you do to be one of the top 5 star properties in Hurghada ?The property went through a soft renovation all over, including the rooms, publicareas and all the food and beverage outlets, all this with concentrating on trainingfor team members to upgrade the services delivered to guests and to exceed their ex-pectation were the major success factors for the Hilton Plaza to compete with other 5star resorts in Hurghada as well as making sure our guests walk out of the propertywith no problems or negative comments.

Simply, I just explained to my team members that working as one team, will buildtrust, increase our guest loyalty and hence we will go ahead and be one of the topproperties not only in Hurghada but in all the Red Sea area.

What unique challenges does Hurghada market present for you ?It is our unique challenge to build positive perceptions for our services among all theRed Sea hotels & resorts.Recruitment is one of the major challenge we are facing due to the fact that non In-ternational hotel chains are offering very high salaries with no calculated risk thatthis will aggressively harm the salary s cale for each position.

How do you overcome this challenge ?I am sure you know that Hilton is one of the great hotel chains in training and devel-opment, it is known as the people hotel chain.We care a lot about our team member, the training and development is one of ourmain targets as general managers in Hilton, this should start from implementingproper hiring procedure, introducing our company properly to new comers, explain-ing carefully their privileges and entitlements being a Hilton employee and nally

discussing their career succession plan over an identied period of time, this process

is taking place from the most junior team members to the most senior ones.

Do you see a downfall in business due to the current economical crises ?Of course the business will be affected but to the minimal, this will never be felt be-fore the rst quarter in 2009 but, I wish that all hotels and resorts in Egypt stand still

and do not decrease their rates, there is demand and the tour operators will try to useall gimmicks to take special rates.

The demand on Egypt is increasing tremendously during the last couple of yearsand we are still one of the medium priced destinations to spend one week or two weekholiday, tourist will still travel, despite of the economical crises, they may be less thanbefore but the difference will be minor, we just need not to panic and jeopardize ourrates, we reached a good step in increasing our prices and we should not look backbut we should look ahead.

On a personal note, what do you enjoy the most in working with Hilton ?As I said earlier, Hilton is a great company and working for them just added a lot tomy experience, I am working in the hospitality industry since 20 years after addingthe last 3 years at Hilton, I can only say that the company is dedicated and focusedwhether in developing their team members or upgrading their level of service and thequality of their products, it is an exciting period for me and I am enjoying being oneof their General Manager for one of their elite 5 star resorts all over Egypt.

Hilton Hurghada Plaza

One team, always trusted

and always ahead

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he number of tourists visiting Egyptlimbed from 9.8 to 12.5 million

ng the 2007/8 scal year.

sia with 1.5 million in 2007 hasaken Britain and accounts for morests to Egypt than any other coun-

Egypt is targeting to lure around 14

on tourists by 2011 end.achieve this target, the country

s to build 240,000 hotel rooms bythat requires an annual investmenter US$ 1 Billion. This represents aopportunity for infrastructure de-

ers, particularly hotel groups.------------------------

he Baron Palace, also known asHindu Villa, one of Heliopolis fa-

landmarks is undergoing renova-

A team of the Archaeological Sur-f India (ASI) is going to assist in

erving and maintaining the nearlyyear-old palace. The Baron Place ised after the Belgian Baron-Generalard Louis Joseph Empain, who ishe founder of Cairos posh suburbpolis.

----------------------------ypt has revealed plans to build an

Underwater Museum in Alexandriathe support of the UNESCO . As theof its kind it would be partly above

rs and partly submerged, consistingree oors following the 2001 UNES -onvention for the preservation ofrwater heritage, that suggest thaterged artifacts should ideally re-on the seabed and because water

ally preserves artifacts. Construc-are scheduled to begin later this

-----------------------he three-thousand-year-old templewas found along with some partsRamses II statue and the limestonels used for the construction of theument. The third Egyptian pharaoh

e nineteenth dynasty, Ramses II, isreferred to as Egypts greatest andpowerful ruler. Ain Shams is a sub-n the east of Cairo.

Mvenpick Hotels & Resorts Africadivision and Habitat for HumanityAfrica & the Middle East Division, an-nounced on August 22, 2008 the launchof their rst house build in Chamazi,

Mbagala, which is located 20 Km awayfrom Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

With this house-build, Mvenpick Ho-tels & Resorts draws a landmark in theprogress of their partnership with Habi-tat for Humanity, in building affordable,decent house solutions for families inneed in Tanzania.

The rst house build was done for Juma

Amani, a 14-year old Primary SchoolStudent and his family; the house facili-ties included two bedrooms, a living area,bathroom and a shower room. With the

help and contributions of more than 20employees and guests of the Mvenpick

Mvenpick Royal Palm Hotel and Habitat forHumanity are proud to announce the launch

of their rst house build in Dar es Salaam

Hotel Dar es Salaam, and 12 media rep-resentatives, a big smile was put on thefaces of Juma and his family.

After commencing house-build, Mr.Hans-Peter Duerr, the General Managerof the Mvenpick Royal Palm Hotel Dares Salaam, welcomed the attendees and

thanked them for their contribution. Inaddition, he presented a new cheque forGreg Foster, the Regional Director forHabitat for Humanity International inME & Africa for further House buildsin Tanzania in the near future, includinga donation of 4,000 US$ from Mantrac,handed over by Edmund Martin, theManaging Director for their TanzaniaBranch.

Mvenpick Hotels & Resorts and Habi-

tat for Humanity together as leaders,hand in hand, will support and provide

simple housing solutions for local com-munities in need. Both represent a greatcorporate citizenship by serving to es-tablish, and build homes. This in returnwill raise awareness about the vital needfor a positively economical and healthyshelter for the families across the African

region.Through the generosity of Mvenpick

Royal Palm Hotel guests, and Habitat forHumanity, Tanzania will be able to lever-age their contributions to improve thelives of hundreds of families with goodhousing, drinkable water, and healthyliving conditions.

The humanistic cause will not only af-fect the families of Tanzania in need, butwill greatly affect nations in need, mak-

ing the world a better place to have hopeand simply live.

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