Desert Island Resort '&' Spa by Anantara developed by Tourism Development '&' Investment Company (TDIC)Tourism Development '&' Investment Company (TDIC), a master developer of cultural, residential and tourism destinations in Abu Dhabi, has been voted one of the world's greatest hotels by Conde Nast Traveller, as published in the magazine's Gold List 2010 in the January issue.
Travel experts and magazine editors select Sir Bani Yas Island resort for second consecutive year.
As one of the world's premier travel magazines, Conde Nast Traveller compiles a Gold List of the world's greatest hotels as voted for by the magazine's editors and travel experts using six criteria: service, location, food, rooms, leisure facilities, and ambience and design. This year, 108 hotels from around the world made the list and Desert Islands Resort '&' Spa by Anantara was the only one from the UAE to be chosen for the best location category and one of three hotels in Africa, Middle East and Indian Ocean.
This is the second accolade that Desert Islands Resort '&' Spa by Anantara receives from the leading travel magazine. In April 2009, only six months after its opening, the five-star luxury resort was named one of the world's hottest hotels in the Conde Nast Traveller's 2009 Hot List; and was thus a proof that TDIC had set a new benchmark for tourism in the UAE and the region.
Desert Islands Resort '&' Spa by Anantara, located on Sir Bani Yas Island, just 250 kilometres southwest of Abu Dhabi in the emirate's Al Gharbia (Western Region) attracted over 25,000 guests from around the world in its first year of operation. The island, originally the private retreat and royal nature reserve of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the late founder and President of the UAE, reopened to the public in October 2008.
The opening of the 64-room boutique resort managed by award-winning Thai hospitality group Anantara Resorts has ensured that the island is firmly placed on the global tourism map." - Emirates News Agency, WAM
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