InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), the world’s most global hotel company, has
revealed that ‘InterContinental Residence Suites Dubai Festival City’ is in the final
stages of completion and bookings are now being taken for 1 November 2007
onwards.

The Suites are already proving popular with both regional and international
travellers, with the first booking being made by a prominent British businessman
who will stay in one of the luxury apartments towards the end of the year. Existing
InterContinental Residence Suites properties are successful high-end
accommodation options in both Beirut, Lebanon and within the Citystars
complex in Cairo, Egypt.

For travellers looking for up-scale, extended residential accommodation,
InterContinental Residence Suites Dubai Festival City offers 212 exceptionally
stylish apartments encompassing studios as well as one, two and three bedroom
suites. Located in the heart of the ambitious, mixed-use Dubai Festival City
development, the property also has a Royal Suite penthouse with stunning
panoramic creek views and its own spa treatment room.

“We have a truly international team with both local and international knowledge
giving us fantastic opportunity to provide a very personalised service to all of our
guests,” said Steven Greenwood, who has over 11 years of experience with IHG
and has recently been appointed as Hotel Manager, InterContinental Residence
Suites Dubai Festival City. “Making the property available for bookings from
November has re-confirmed the enormous demand for this type of upscale,
extended residential accommodation as the market in Dubai continues to
mature and diversify.”

All rooms within InterContinental Residence Suites, Dubai Festival City are kitted
out with top-of-the-line facilities such as high-speed, broadband Internet, 37”
plasma screen TVs and a fully-equipped kitchen. All apartments come complete
with maid and laundry services and 24-hour in-room dining is also available.
The Royal Suite is a spectacular 4000 square foot duplex with private elevator
access, a fully-equipped kitchen with Bosch designer appliances and a luxurious
lounge with a 50” LCD television. Other facilities include a boardroom, three
superbly appointed guestrooms, a fitness room and private spa treatment room.
The rooftop garden and private balconies provide breathtaking views of the
waterfront and the iconic Sheikh Zayed Road skyline.

Open to all guests, the food and beverage outlets include ‘Mezza Luna,’ a
casual Italian restaurant, a coffee shop offering take-away deli service, and
Level 17, a sophisticated lounge boasting a 180-degree view over the creek.
Residents also have the option of dining at one of the restaurants located at the
nearby InterContinental Dubai Festival City and Crowne Plaza Dubai Festival City
and signing it back to their InterContinental Residence Suites accommodation.
For those wanting leisure time, there is a 24 hour gym equipped with the latest
technology, including the ‘Kinesis’ wall, an indoor, 25 metre, temperature
controlled lap pool, a children’s splash pool and a spa pool on the sun deck.
For corporate travellers who regularly require on-site business facilities,
InterContinental Residence Suites has a 24-hour business centre, two meeting
rooms and two offices, both of which guests can hire to use as their own for the
duration of their stay.

InterContinental Residence Suites Dubai Festival City has its own management
and concierge teams, and while guests can enjoy additional facilities at the
nearby InterContinental and Crowne Plaza hotels via a complimentary shuttle
service provided throughout the development, it is a free-standing, fully serviced
hotel apartment concept.

With the Festival Waterfront Centre now open all three properties will have a
direct link to the shopping centre, which covers 2.1 million square feet and will be
home to more than 550 retail outlets and over 90 restaurants and cafés. While
shoppers can shop until they drop, golf fans are spoilt for choice with Dubai
Creek Golf Club just a few minutes away and Al Badia championship golf course
located within Dubai Festival City itself.

InterContinental Residence Suites Dubai Festival City meets brand standards
established by InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, offering high levels of comfort,
excellent service and a truly ‘in the know experience’ throughout the stay.