Home-Based Travel Agent - July 2008 - (Page 43) Heather Galbraith is the property’s associate director of sales, and can be reached at heather.galbraith@jumeirah. com. Madinat Jumeirah (www.madinat jumeirah.com). Madinat Jumeirah is strategically located between Jumeirah Beach Hotel and Burj Al Arab. Of the three, its architecture is the most Arabian in design and style. The property actually consists of three separate sections: two boutique hotels, Mina A’ Salam and Al Qasr, which both offer 292 rooms and suites; and Dar Al Masyaf, clusters of 29 Arabic summer houses. Rates at Mina A’ Salam and Al Qasr start around $815, while the 108 Arabian Summerhouse Deluxe rooms of Dar Al Masyaf run around $925 per night. The most exclusive villa, the Royal Malakiya Villa, costs $10,000 per night. The neatest part about the resort is that everything is connected via waterways that are serviced by abras. The whole experience is very reminiscent of Venice. Madinat Jumeirah also has its own souk that offers about 75 different shops, and even has a Starbucks. Agents with questions can contact Saskia Schuller, the resort’s associate director of sales, at saskia.schuller@ jumeirah.com. mass development behind and get out into the desert, at least for an afternoon. Lama Desert Tours (www. lamadeserttours.com) offers desert safari tours, where customers can do everything from riding camels to hopping into a 4x4 and traversing the hilly desert landscape. Another Dubai must is the Dubai Museum, housed within the restored Al Fahidi Fort that was erected around 1787. It is open daily and the price of admission is only three dirhams—less than $1. A history of Dubai’s growth panels a wall of one exhibit, while kids and grownups alike will get a kick out of all the scimitars on display. There is also a gift shop onsite. —DE Things to Do Visitors to Dubai should try to put the Enroll today, exclusively at UNIVERSITY w w w . t a u n i v. c o m JULY/AUGUST 2008 Home-BasedTravelAgent 43 http://www.lamadeserttours.com http://www.lamadeserttours.com http://www.madinatjumeirah.com http://www.madinatjumeirah.com http://www.tauniv.co
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