Mövenpick Hotel du Lac Tunis opens its doors in Middle East
Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts has unveiled a new contemporary hotel
on the banks of majestic Lake Tunis, creating a business and
leisure destination with a difference in a prime area of the
Tunisian capital
Marking another milestone in the company’s North African
expansion strategy, Mövenpick Hotel du Lac Tunis has opened its
doors, featuring 189 contemporary rooms and suites and a raft of
exceptional dining, spa and meetings facilities.
Conveniently located in the city’s thriving Berges du Lac
business and diplomatic district, just ten minutes from
Tunis-Carthage airport and downtown Tunis, 15 minutes from the
trendy towns of Carthage, La Marsa and Sidi Bou Said, and within
easy reach of the city’s cultural sites, shopping malls and golf
courses, the new property has broad appeal, according to Marc
Descrozaille, president – Middle East & Africa, Mövenpick Hotels
& Resorts.
“With an enviable lakeside location, outstanding facilities and
major attractions on its doorstep, I am confident Mövenpick
Hotel du Lac Tunis will quickly establish a reputation as one of
the city’s most sought-after properties, popular with business,
leisure and wedding guests,” he said.
“Mövenpick’s signature hospitality style, which is centred on
our we make moments philosophy, will also make its mark in
Tunis, ensuring our guests experience a warm and personal
service and an unforgettable stay in this exciting Mediterranean
city.”
The property’s rooms and suites, some with balconies, feature
modern elegant furnishings and décor, the latest in-room
technology, and breath-taking city or lake views.
Mövenpick Hotel du Lac Tunis is Mövenpick’s third property in
Tunisia and its
23rd in Africa with five additional hotels set to open in the
region by 2020.
TUNIS, Nov.
16 (Xinhua) -- A total of 6.11 million tourists have visited
Tunisia by Nov. 10 in 2017, up 24 percent from last year,
Tunisian Minister of Tourism Salma Elloumi said Thursday. "We
hope for more tourist traffic in the last month of this year, as
tourism revenues have reached 929 million euros (1.1 billion
U.S. dollars)," Elloumi said in a parliamentary session. The
number of overnight stays has reached 11 million, against 9
million during the same period of 2016, she added. According to
the minister, the number of tourists who visited Tunisia from
July 1 to Nov. 10 exceeded the record number in 2014,
particularly thanks to the growth of 19.3 percent in European
markets. The Russian
market in particular has influenced the performance of the
Tunisian tourism sector with 513,000 tourist arrivals as of Nov.
10. Similarly, the German, British and Scandinavian markets have
grown 43.5 percent, 18.4 percent and 28 percent respectively.
Among Maghreb countries, Algeria is the largest market for
Tunisia with a growth of 33 percent, followed by Libya with a
growth of 17 percent. Elloumi also pointed to a significant
increase in the flow of Chinese tourists, saying 16,000 Chinese
tourists have travelled to Tunisia as of Nov. 10, an increase of
190 percent.
FIRST CRUISE OF 2017 ARRIVES AT TUNIS LA ROULETTE PORT
TUNIS
- The Viking Cruises ship Viking Sea left the La Goulette port
on Thursday, after arriving Wednesday with about 900 mostly
American passengers aboard in the first cruise-ship docking at
Tunis in 2017.
In
honor of the passengers, the Tunisian Culture Ministry and
Goulette Shipping Cruise (GSC) - the company under state
protection that manages cruises at the Tunis port - organised a
classical music concert at the port's tourist village.
"This
is an excellent opportunity to promote the image of Tunisia as a
nautical destination," said GSC marketing and communications
director Maha Ben Slimene.
The
first cruise ship to return to Tunisia after the interruption
due to the terrorist attack in 2015 was the luxury cruise ship
MS Europa of the German company Hapag-Lloyd Cruises, which
arrived on October 6, 2016.
German tourists ride camels after disembarking in
Tunis from the cruise ship MS Europa. Photograph: Mohamed Messara/EPA.
The first cruise ship to visit Tunisia since
59 tourists were killed in two terrorist attacks last year docked
this week in La Goulette, the port of the capital, Tunis.
The arrival of MS Europa has boosted hopes for a revival of the
country’s tourism industry, which nosedived following the deadly
beach attack in the resort of Sousse in June 2015 in which 38
holidaymakers died, and another attack in March 2015 when 21
tourists were killed by gunmen at the city’s Bardo museum, one
of the country’s main draws for foreign visitors.
The ship, carrying more than 300 passengers, mostly Germans, was
greeted on Thursday by musicians, dancers, camels and Tunisia’s
minister for tourism, Selma Elloumi Rekik. Local traders presented
disembarking holidaymakers with garlands of jasmine.
Security was tight for the visit, with armed police and soldiers
visible around the city’s medina, a Unesco-listed world heritage
site, and other tourist attractions.
Tunis was a regular stop on the Mediterranean cruise schedule until
the 2011 revolution, which sparked the wave of uprisings across the
Middle East known as the Arab spring. Last year’s attacks, which
Islamic State said it carried out, were a further blow for the
struggling sector.
Before 2011, the tourism industry contributed 7% of Tunisia’s GDP
and directly employed 400,000 people. Dozens of beach resorts have
closed since the Sousse attack after European countries warned
citizens to stay away. Tour operators and charter airlines struck
the north African country off their destination lists.
The British
Foreign Office still advises against
all but essential travel, saying the “threat from terrorism in
Tunisia is high. Further attacks remain highly likely, including
against foreigners.”
Malek Ghanemi,
the head of La Goulette’s cruise liner terminal, told Agence France-Presse:
“The arrival of the liner Europa does not in itself signal the
resumption of cruise liner activities in Tunisia. But it’s very
important because it sends out a positive and reassuring message.”
Some
politicians have argued that Tunisia needs to develop a new tourism
strategy, targeting wealthy visitors rather than offering cheap,
resort-based holidays.
A cruise
operator registered in Switzerland is planning a stopover in Tunis
in January, according to the tourism ministry.
DAR EL BHAR
The Medina of Hammamet is one of the most beautiful in the
world, completely surrounded by a wall that defends the
Mediterranean, would be floating in the sea like a ship.
Located on the wall and looking out over the Gulf of endless
white beaches, Dar El Bahr is the first major window of this
imaginary ship, in which pride Sidi Bou Hdid dome, next to
the house, resting on the bow.
Adapted to the mild forms of Arab coast constructs the house
maintains an air of absolute white light covering walls,
domes and traditional style floors. The internal floors are
marble and fully crossed arches of some of its rooms are
supported on columns and granite stone recovered in a
sensual fusion of Arabic and Roman Mare Nostrum fishing life
by the sea.
Taking inspiration from the fabulous summers 70s in Hammamet
enjoyed the first European travelers, decoration allows the
coexistence of plastic Panton functionality with modest
whitewashed wood furniture musharabía of local crafts.
A courtyard style vertebra Arab houses that make up the two
floors housing. On the street level floor is the master
suite and a guest room. On the first floor are the kitchen,
another guest room, dining room, living room and another in
the summer sitting room is completely open to the outside
neighbor to the terrace overlooking the sea and where there
is a small pool. Crown the house flanked by two terraces
fort and lighthouse where the view over the bay and the dome
of Sidi Bou Hdid is spectacular.
Entering through the door framed by a beautiful ancient
marble relief, found himself the central courtyard of Arab
houses that distributes stays, a resting bench at the
entrance and one in the center invite rest and nap. On this
floor are the magnificent suite and a guest room. A stone
fountain gives soul to the space with the soft sound of
water, a huge sculpture representing a tasbih welcomes us at
the bottom of the stairs leading to the first floor.
PATIO
Entering through the door framed by a beautiful ancient
marble relief, found himself the central courtyard of Arab
houses that distributes stays, a resting bench at the entrance
and one in the center invite rest and nap. On this floor are the
magnificent suite and a guest room. A stone fountain gives soul
to the space with the soft sound of water, a huge sculpture
representing a tasbih welcomes us at the bottom of the stairs
leading to the first floor.
SUITE
Two
levels make this space: the sleeping area is composed two
twin beds, lavishly wrapped by many cushions, has satellite
TV, the area is home to a hot bath for up to 4 people with
jacuzzi, a massage bed, a shower two sinks and a toilet. TV
with satellite connection. The spacious suite has a small
room-in closet with shelves, a seat, mirror and wardrobe
with safe and a bureau with another seat and computer and
internet WI-FI.
THE TERRACE
The location of Dar El Bahr is privileged and the
panoramic view offered: the bay, the dome, the fort and
the lighthouse.
There is a rest area where covered, cushioned feel alone
in the immensity of the sky and sea. On moonless nights
the view of the stars is impressive.
There is also a bar that serves bar area for
unforgettable evenings.
At
another level becomes the terrace solarium, two chairs
recovered from the sixties invite tan and joy.
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