Le Meridien Al-Aqah Beach Resort has opened up a new undersea world with the new range of diving packages, launched in conjunction with the resort’s on site Al-Boom Dive Center. A double room with breakfast and two snorkel trips, with equipment, costs from 560 Emirati dirhams for two people mid-week
Dive packages with all tanks, weights and so on, costs from Dh300 per person. For those who want to try out scuba diving for the first time, there is a special introductory package, complete with accommodation and breakfast, plus instruction in the deep water pool and one open-water dive, priced from Dh400 (based on two people sharing a double room) or Dh500 single.
A joint venture between Emirates airline and the Hotel & Resort Investment Company, the hotel is located on a two kilometer sand beach on the Indian Ocean and has the United Arab Emirates (UAE)’s largest free-form pool, as well as a Wellness Center, tennis and squash courts, the Baywatch Village restaurant complex and four additional bars and restaurants.
Le Méridien is a global hotel group with a portfolio of more than 140 luxury and upscale hotels (38,000 rooms) in 55 countries worldwide. Properties are located throughout Europe, the Americas, Asia Pacific, Africa and the Middle East.
The company also enjoys a strategic alliance with JAL-owned Nikko Hotels, providing loyal guests access to an additional 42 properties around the world. Headquartered in London, Le Méridien Hotels & Resorts Ltd is owned by Nomura International Plc and managed by Terra Firma Capital Partners. — (menareport.com)
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