Business Traveller (Middle East)
Radisson steps on Dubai pedal amid corporate rebrand
RECENTLY REBRANDED RADISSON
HOTEL GROUP continues to expand in Dubai with Radisson Blu Hotel Dubai Waterfront among its latest launches.
The 432-room hotel, located in Business Bay, contains 34sqm Standard Rooms, Business Class rooms and suites and Superior Rooms (both 43sqm), 45sqm Junior Suites, 64sqm Family Rooms, 61sqm one-bedroom suites and accessible rooms. Business Class and suite guests can access the lounge. F&B includes The Larder (Nordic), Fire Lake Grill House and Cocktail Bar, Abraj (light bites), Makar (Scottish), Gotha nightclub, Republic (Lebanese) and Madison (New York loftstyled bar). Executives can access a ballroom and 11 meeting rooms. Online rates for stays mid-April start from AED560 per night.
It follows the opening of Park Inn by Radisson Dubai Motor City and Radisson Blu Apartments Dubai Silicon Oasis last December.
The motor-themed hotel has 67 Superior Rooms overlooking the racetrack, an upsidedown vintage replica Ferrari in the lobby – complementing the Formula DXB Park Inn car outside – and colourful tyres alongside its walls as well as four themed meeting rooms (Paddock, Chicane, Apex and Podium) which can host up to 200 guests.
The 229 Silicon Oasis apartments comprise studios, one- and two-bedroom apartments and come with kitchen facilities and free high-speed wifi.
The ground floor Larder restaurant serves an international lunch and dinner menu and the lounge café is opposite, close to three meeting rooms which can host up to 45 delegates. Separate male and female outdoor pools and gym facilities are also available.
Other changes have seen Radisson Blu Hotel Dubai Deira Creek recently complete the nine-month renovation of its 288 rooms, meeting rooms and exterior. Alongside 600 local artworks are 55-inch Apple TVs – and the popular Fish Market has had a makeover.
Under the new corporate structure which leverages more on the Radisson name, the group portfolio comprises Radisson Collection, Radisson Blu, Radisson, Radisson Red, Park Plaza, Park Inn by Radisson, Country Inn & Suites by Radisson and Prizeotel. Rewards members earn the following: • Club: 20 points per $1 spent
Silver: 22 points per $1 spent • Gold: 25 points per $1 spent
Platinum: 35 points per $1 spent