EXPERIENCE FUTURE OF TRAVELLING AT MARRIOTT
If you are at the Arabian Travel Mart (ATM) from May 4 to 7, check out Marriott Hotels’ Teleporter. Pre-selected visitors of the Marriott International booth get to see a virtual version of a new Marriott Greatroom lobby, travel to a black sand beach in Maui, Hawaii and to the top of a skyscraper in downtown London. While “travelling”, they will experience 4-D elements — the feeling of the warm sun on their skin, breeze in their hair, rumble of waves under foot and ocean spray in their face — to make the experience feel extremely lifelike. Introduced globally late last year, the unique 4-D immersive and sensory travel experience is a result of a partnership between the hotel brand and Academy Award-winning content and experience studio, Framestore.
Marriott Hotels will be present on stand #HC6750 in the USA Pavilion at Shaikh Saeed Hall 2, Dubai World Trade Centre.
PAMPER YOURSELF AT ANGSANA BALACLAVA
For a chilled-out laid-back summer head to Angsana Balaclava Mauritius. Savour a lunch “under the sea” aboard a submarine, surrounded by colourful fish and a shipwreck or two or relax with a “Rainmist experience” including a 50-minute body massage followed by a Turkish bath, body polish and Vichy rain shower on a heated bed at the award-winning spa and finish the day on a romantic note watching the sunset on a glass-bottom followed by dinner on the beach with a personal chef and butler. Visit during August and catch Kiteival, the annual kite-surfing festival.
The Live for Spa* package starts from Dh1,560 per night per room and includes half board, daily 90-minute spa experience, yoga session and gym, sauna, hammam and vitality pool access. For more information and reservations log on to angsana.com
ETIHAD STARTS DAILY FLIGHTS TO LONDON FROM ABU DHABI
Etihad Airways introduced a second A380 on the Abu Dhabi-London Heathrow route yesterday. Flights EY11 and EY19 will depart Abu Dhabi everyday at 2.55am and 8.35am respectively and flights EY12 and EY20 leave Heathrow at 9.30am and 3pm on the Airbus A380. For more information visit: etihad.com
