Jumeirah Doubles the Fun

Award-winning Wild Wadi Water Park announces two exhilarating additions

Dubai, 17 November 2008- Jumeirah, the Dubai-based luxury hotel group and a member of Dubai Holding, has unveiled expansion plans for Wild Wadi Water Park with the arrival of the latest rides available in the market. Wild Wadi has been Dubai’s favourite family destination for the last nine years and the new rides, which are a first for this region, can be enjoyed by the entire family, providing thrilling hours of fun for all ages (some height restrictions apply). Jumeirah will add these two exciting new rides - ‘Tantrum Alley’ and ‘Behemoth Bowl’ – to Wild Wadi Water Park in 2009.

‘Tantrum Alley’ is a ride that incorporates two large sections of downhill waterslides and two exciting tornadoes. Guests seated on a four-person tube will travel downhill to enter the first tornado where they slide back and forth several times, then circle around and around in the eye of the storm before exiting and hitting the second tornado, after which they splash out into the pool.

The equally adventurous ‘Behemoth Bowl’ consists of two large sections of downhill waterslides and the looming ‘Bowl’. Guests are seated on a four-person tube, travelling downhill to the bowl, where they are hurtled into a spiralling spin and then dropped into the slide, ending with a screaming splash in the pool.

Chris Perry, General Manager of Wild Wadi Water Park, commented:

Wild Wadi is all about fun and is an ideal place for families to escape the hustle and bustle of everyday life. As water park industry leaders, we remain committed to Jumeirah’s promise to STAY DIFFERENT™ and offer our guests the latest wild rides that cannot be found anywhere else in the region.

In order to prepare the park for these incredible slides, Wild Wadi will be closed from January 22 until February 11, 2009, and will reopen on February 12, 2009. After this date, the park will continue operating while Tantrum Alley and Behemoth Bowl are being constructed, with a minimum disturbance to the guests. Once the slides are in place the thrill will never be the same again.

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About Jumeirah Group:

Jumeirah Hotels & Resorts are regarded as among the most luxurious and innovative in the world and have won numerous international travel and tourism awards. The Dubai-based luxury international hotel management group encompasses the world renowned Burj Al Arab, the world’s most luxurious hotel, the multi-award winning Jumeirah Beach Hotel, Jumeirah Emirates Towers, Madinat Jumeirah and Jumeirah Bab Al Shams Desert Resort & Spa in Dubai, the Jumeirah Carlton Tower and Jumeirah Lowndes Hotel in London and the Jumeirah Essex House in New York.

 The Group’s activities are, however, not restricted to hotel and resort management. The Jumeirah Group portfolio also includes Jumeirah Living, the Group’s luxury brand of serviced residences offering effortless living in luxurious surroundings; global spa brand Talise Wellness; The Taste Department, the company’s dedicated restaurant division; Wild Wadi water park; The Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management, the region’s only fully accredited third-level academic institution delivering specialised degree programmes in hospitality management; and Jumeirah Retail, with its 15 stores and dedicated luxury online store www.jumeirahcollection.com.

Building on this success, Jumeirah Group became a member of Dubai Holding in 2004, a collection of leading Dubai based businesses and projects, initiating a new phase of growth and development for the group.

Jumeirah has extensive expansion plans to grow its portfolio of luxury hotels and resorts into key gateway or letterhead cities and aspirational resort destinations worldwide. Currently, the Group has several luxury five-star properties under development in the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait, Maldives, Bali, Thailand, China, Argentina, Spain, England, Scotland and the US Virgin Islands. In 2009, the Group is eagerly anticipating the grand opening of Jumeirah HanTang Xintiandi in Shanghai, Jumeirah’s first hotel in the Asia Pacific region.

For further information please contact:

Jumeirah Group Corporate Communications
Samantha Dancy – Public Relations Manager, Gulf Region
PO Box 214159 Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Telephone: +971 4 3647959
Fax: +971 4 3016655
E-mail: samantha.dancy@jumeirah.com
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