The Radisson SAS Hotel Dubai Media City has underscored its reputation as a leading dining destination after its authentic Italian restaurant, Certo, received Italy’s top cuisine honours, the ‘Mangia Italia’, for excellence in food and service and the promotion of Italian culture.
The certification is awarded by the Accademia Italiana della Cucina – Italy’s non-profit institution tasked with safeguarding, together with the traditions of Italian cuisine, the culture and heritage of the nation’s food across the globe.
His Excellency Paolo Dionisi, Ambassador of Italy in the UAE and head of the Accademia Italiana della Cucina’s local chapter presented the certification at a special dinner at Certo.
Siegfried Nierhaus, General Manager, Radisson SAS Hotel Dubai Media City, added: “Chef Marco and the restaurant manager Kafka Pucciarelli and their team have shown true Italian passion , which is displayed in the food, ambiance, feel and understanding of everything they do. Certo is well known amongst connoisseurs because of the close attention paid to all aspects of Italian cuisine and history, and we are honoured to be the first Italian restaurant in Dubai to receive this recognition.”
The Radisson SAS, Hotel Dubai Media City was the first hotel to open in the free-zone and has helped transform the reputation of Media City from being the perfect working environment into the first choice for social happenings.
The 246-room property consists of two towers linked by a walking bridge on the second floor. It is home to two restaurants including the Italian restaurant Certo - awarded Best Italian Restaurant at the Time Out awards 2007 - two bars, the Tamanya rooftop terrace, 12 meeting rooms and the Senso Wellness centre.
The Rezidor Hotel Group is one of the fastest growing hotel companies in the world. The group features a portfolio of 288 hotels in operation and under development with more than 59 800 rooms in 47 countries (as per March 31, 2007).
Rezidor operates the brands Radisson SAS Hotels & Resorts, Regent International Hotels, Park Inn and Country Inns & Suites in Europe, Middle East and Africa, along with the goldpoints plusSM loyalty programme for frequent hotel guests. Rezidor has signed a worldwide license agreement with the Italian fashion house Missoni, in order to develop and operate a lifestyle hotel brand of the same name: Hotel Missoni.
In November 2006, Rezidor was listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange. With 41,7%, Carlson Companies is the main shareholder.
The Corporate Office of the Rezidor Hotel Group is based in Brussels, Belgium.
For more information on Rezidor, visit www.Rezidor.com
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Opennet joins Red Hat at Gitex Technology Week 2007
Leading Open Source distributor to share new Red Hat offerings including JBoss and Red Hat Exchange with Middle East corporate end users and channel partners
United Arab Emirates, 22 July 2007: Opennet Middle East & Africa, the Master Distributor and Certified Training Centre for Red Hat Linux products in GCC, Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, and all African French-speaking countries, has announced that it will be participating alongside its vendor, Red Hat on Stand A6-11 in Hall 6. Opennet will use the opportunity to meet its existing channel partners and customers to update them on new products and technology available from Red Hat including JBoss, RHEL 5.0 and Red Hat Exchange (RHX).
“Gitex is a very important time on our calendar (like any serious IT company in the region) and we use this opportunity to invite our partners and customers from around the region to meet the visiting VIPs from Red Hat,” said David Allinson, general manager, Opennet MEA. “Open Source is fast gaining momentum in the Enterprise Computing space and the launch of RHEL 5.0, RHX and JBoss applications just puts us ahead of our competition in positioning Red Hat as the Open Source leader in the Middle East.”
Opennet (representing Red Hat) will also be participating in a special debate, Build or Buy being organized by Dubai World Trade Centre. The debate that will be held on 9th September (day 2) is aimed at discussing the pros and cons of corporate organizations developing their own software and will involve some of the leading software vendors and IT developers around the region. These are part of the new Gitex conferences being introduced this year.
Opennet will also have its trainers and certified professionals available for consultancy on the company’s Red Hat training and certification courses and professional services.
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About Opennet MEA
Opennet MEA is the Master Distributor and Certified Training & Education Center of Red Hat Inc. in the following regions and countries: United Arab Emirates (UAE), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), Sultanate of Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco and all African French-speaking countries. Launched in 2003 in Dubai as head quarter for the Opennet Middle East & Africa operations, Opennet MEA aims to transfer its expertise on deploying Red Hat Linux to its covering regions by providing full range of consulting and professional services and assisting organizations and companies with the assessment, design and implementation of Linux solutions for ensuring high availability, reliability, performance, scalability and manageability within IT environments.
Opennet’s Major Share Holder is GMH, one of Tunisia’s Top 5 Holding Groups with more that $400 Million Total Sales in Various Industries for FY'2005.
For more information, please visit www.opennet.ae.
About Red Hat, Inc.
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