Following much success in the UK Jamie Oliver is to open a restaurant at the Festival Centre Canal Walk in Dubai Festival City. This follows many a celebrity chef to ply their trade in Dubai following in the footsteps of the likes of Gordon Ramsey and Gary Rhodes. The Dubai Festival city is a waterfront area covering 1300 acres of land by Dubai creek where there is broad mix of homes hotels offices restaurants and schools in the neighbourhood.

It is also home to the annual Dubai shopping festival and the summer surprises, this is a great place for Jamie Oliver to locate his restaurant and will be a great opportunity to provide his food to the many people who visit not only on a daily basis but while the festival is on there will be many people from outside of Dubai who can be enthralled by the cuisine available. There are of course many other outlets and restaurants that are already considered to be among the best in Dubai festival city.

These will be seen by many people as rivals but to Jamie Oliver this will just be a challenge to get stuck into, and to prove to diners outside of the UK that his food is second to none. Jamie’s Italian in London is without doubt one of the best Italian eateries that there is, the food is fresh tasty and an ideal restaurant to visit. Although bookings are not taken here it is a large enough restaurant to be able to turn up to and get a table. Peak times generally means a full house where the staff seem to cope admirably, with food excellently prepared each time, every time. The food is not greasy as you would find at some Italian restaurants where they use an  exuberant amount of olive oil, the food comes out with such a clean fresh taste you would think you were in Italy itself. The Dubai restaurant will be no exception to the excellent reviews that his outlets have had.

Its a good month for hotel & resort openings.  On October 10th 2010, the One and Only chain of hotels opened a branch of its hotel on the Palm Jumeirah, the hotel chain is known for its beautiful and exclusive locations around the world . The property was developed by His Highness Sheikh Bin Saeed Al Makthoum and Sol Kerzner who is the CEO and Chairman of Kerzner International, which is a parent company of the One & Only Resorts. The Palm Island provides a wonderful location which has an amazing view of the skyline of Dubai.

Sol Kerzner said of the opening of the resort "We believe the government's continuous commitment to developing tourism in the region combined with all the destination has to offer, its constant innovation and its easy international access make this the perfect place for us to expand the One&Only portfolio"

The resort features a wide array of specialist and luxury hotel rooms that are situated in two areas, the ‘Manor House’ houses 32 premiere rooms, 2 executive suites and the Grand Palm Suite spread over three levels with each of the rooms offering either an outdoor terrace or private pool with access to the beach and the private pool located down a few steps.

The resort has also got its own private beach and offers a limousine and town car service as well as valet parking, ticket sourcing service and shuttle services to the local theme park and shopping centres. It provides a nightly turndown service and provides complimentary newspapers.

There are three restaurants, a lobby, lounge, gym, juice bar, tennis court and a spa which will feature six treatment rooms. As well as a bar come lounge, a poolside bar and a coffee shop.

There is internet high speed wireless available as a surcharge.   The hotel has its own private water taxis as well as the road going limousines which can whisk you off to the many top restaurants, golf courses or numerous tourist attractions available in Dubai.

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Another high quality 5 star luxury hotel has opened its doors to the public run by the successful Swiss Mövenpick hotel chain, the hotel is aimed predominantly at the business traveller market with close links via the Dubai Metro, to the Dubai World Trade Centre exhibition centre and the local business community of Jebel Ali.

For the discerning travellers and high end niche guests you have a choice of 29 guest suites and inter connecting rooms. Mövenpick are notorious for servicing their guests with special offers including room upgrades and VIP privileges for meetings. This hotel takes Mövenpick’s tally to 67 hotels across its chain where every hotel learns more and more about looking after its customers needs and improving on the wonderful customer services that are offered, and the small comforts that are offered and enjoyed by its guests to ensure that complete satisfaction is offered.

With eight iconic restaurants provideing a culinary round the world travel with its diverse range of foods incorporating the cuisine choices that Ibn Battuta encountered on his travels, with food from China, Italy India, Morocco and Egypt.

The 396 luxury bedrooms over 10 floors are also themed from countries around the world with a different nation represented on each one, from Russia to China with the suites also of a national theme.

The hotel boasts a rooftop pool and onsite spa and access to beach facilities of the Mövenpick on Palm Jumeirah when they open later in the year.

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