CHI Hotels & Resorts to Operate Second Hotel in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

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CHI Hotels & Resorts has announced that as from 1st October of this year it will be operating its second hotel in the highly popular Red Sea resort of Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt – The Ramada Plaza -Naama Bay – Sharm El Sheikh.CHI signed a 15-year technical services and management agreement with the owning El Salam Company for Tourism Development, led by its chairman Mr Salim Hamza El Nasharty, for the operation of the converted and partly refurbished 254 bedroom hotel.

Previously known as the Royal Plaza Hotel since its opening in 2004, the Ramada Plaza – Naama Bay – Sharm El Sheikh is located on a vast tract of land measuring some 11,000 square metres, just three minutes from the town centre and 300 metres from the seafront promenade. It also has its own private beach 500 metres away at Sharm El Maya, which can be reached by hotel minibus.

Facilities at the refurbished hotel include a restaurant, piano bar, two swimming pools, a rooftop Spa and gymnasium, pool and beach bars, a spacious meeting room, several retail shops, 24-hour room service and an in-house laundry. Most bedrooms have a balcony and are equipped with satellite TV, minibar, air conditioning, direct-dial phones and in-room safes. Bathrooms feature shower/tub combinations and hair dryers.

The Tiran Island Hotel and Residences and the Corinthia Resort Hotel are owned by Cyrene Tourism Investment Corporation of Egypt, headed by its owning chairman and CEO Mr H Mansouri.

Sharm El Sheikh is a city on the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt and has become a leading tourist resort thanks to its dramatic landscape, year-round dry and temperate climate and long stretches of natural beaches. Its waters are clear and calm for most of the year and have become popular for various water sports, particularly scuba diving and snorkelling, which are considered to be among the best in the world. Coral reefs and marine life, unmatched anywhere in the world, offer a spectacular and dazzling time for divers. All around are Bedouins, colourful tents, mountains and sea.

Close to the hotel, Naama Bay is the heart of Sharm El Sheikh and features all the amenities one could expect of a top class tourist resort, including casinos, discos and nightclubs, golf courses, windsurfing and other water sports, horses and camel riding, desert safaris, and nearby ancient attractions. At night the pedestrian promenade is vibrant with life, there are street cafes, restaurants and many bazaars selling local products and souvenirs.

Daniel Fountain / 29.08.2010

Editor, Hotel Designs

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