Land Rover and Al Tayer Motors take the world’s best polo players off-road

Press release

Published January 12th, 2012 - 12:51 GMT

Al Bawaba

As the players warm up for the 2012 UAE Nations Cup, official title sponsors for the fourth consecutive year Land Rover and Al Tayer Motors, treated the world’s No.1and No.3 polo players(Pablo Macdonough and Juan Martin Nero) to an off-road driving experience in the Dubai desert.

Led by a professional driving instructor, Land Rover and Al Tayer Motors gave the polo players a chance to test their off-road driving skills in a fleet of 2012 Range Rovers, ahead of this week’s polo tournament. The 2012 UAE Nations Cup is taking place at the Desert Palm Resort and Spa, the finals of which will be on Friday, 13^th January 2012.

Background Information

Al Tayer Group

Established in 1979, Al Tayer Group is a privately-held, diversified company with operations in 12 countries in the Middle East and beyond. With over 7,800 employees from 95 different nationalities, the Group has its headquarters in Dubai, UAE.

Al Tayer Group operates leading, quality-focused businesses in automobile sales and service, luxury and lifestyle retail, perfumes and cosmetics distribution, engineering as well as interiors contracting. The Group’s portfolio includes several of the world’s leading brands such as Armani, Bvlgari, Banana Republic, Ford, Ferrari, Gucci, Gap, Harvey Nichols and Maserati. The Group operates over 180 stores across multiple markets in theMiddle East. In addition, Al Tayer Group has investments in commercial real estate, contracting, supply chain management, precision tools manufacturing and travel agency services.