Traders Hotel, Dubai launches special Meetings and Events rates

The recently opened Traders Hotel, Dubai has announced exclusive introductory rates for meetings held at the new deluxe property in Deira.

Full day delegate rates start at AED119 per person (based on a minimum of 25 participants) including tea/coffee on arrival, morning and afternoon tea breaks, lunch and a variety of added extras. This exclusive opening meetings offer is available for meetings held throughout the summer and expires 30 September 2004.

The Traders Hotel, Dubai is an ideal choice for medium sized functions and smaller more intimate gatherings. All meeting rooms and ballrooms are contemporary in design and feature state-of-the-art audio-visual equipment, broadband internet access and wireless connectivity. A dedicated and experienced events management team ensures that functions run smoothly from start to finish.

Ballroom and Function Rooms

The Samail Ballroom (Samail is a place of exceptional natural beauty in the Sultanate of Oman) can accommodate up to 300 people for a reception. Accessible directly from the lobby, the Ballroom is pillar-less and can be divided into two.

Two additional meeting rooms and a boardroom, also on the lobby level, are part of the Business Centre.

Lavish banquets prepared by the hotel's culinary team, comprising staff from over 10 countries, guarantee a memorable dining experience whether for an elaborate celebration in the ballroom or a business luncheon in one of the meeting rooms.

Getting down to Business

The business centre is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week and caters fully to the requirements of busy meeting organisers, business travellers and conference delegates. Features and services include fax, internet, photocopying, wireless connectivity, full secretarial services and two individual PC workstations.

The Meeting Promise

The Meeting Promise is on offer to all event organisers booking events with over 30 rooms at any of the Shangri-La or Traders hotels worldwide and includes a range of exclusive benefits in addition to a dedicated meeting services specialist assigned personally to each event. 

The one-stop-shop events management specialist is the key contact, co-ordinating between the event organiser and the various departments within the hotel on the planning and logistics, as well as post-event guest satisfaction evaluations.

The 'Meeting Promise' comprises the following guarantees and benefits for the event organiser: 

· a written proposal and quotation for the event on the next working day 
· an events concierge to handle all messages and details for meetings 
· upgrade to a larger guest room for the organiser
· free use of a mobile phone for local calls throughout the stay for easy communication 
· free local telephone calls 
· free guest room broadband internet access where available 
· free use of an in-room fax machine and printer 
· 15% discount on all business centre services
· free delivery of left behind materials (excluding props) to a local office

In addition to these benefits, event organisers at Traders Hotel, Dubai will be given a special pin to ensure even greater recognition and assistance from the hotel staff.