Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2009

The Canadian Formula 1 Grand Prix will be replaced by the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in 2009, according to a decision made by the World Motor Sport Council. The Emirate authorities have issued a proposal according to which the race should take place on an urban circuit during the night, but the Council has not yet decide upon that.

The celebration of the Grand Prix will take place on the 15th of November 2009 and it will be the last of a season which will start in Australia on the 29th of March and which comprises 18 races. The only race on the American continent will be the one organised in Brazil.

The Grand Prix of Spain is scheduled for the 10th of May, the one of Europe -once more celebrated on the urban circuit of Valencia- on the 23rd of August and the one in Brazil on the 1st of November.

The FIA will be the one in charge of the organization of all the above mentioned events and they are seriously thinking about applying a strategy of cost reduction starting 2010.

Park Hyatt Dubai

The United Arab Emirates have always been a great tourism market and the country’s touristic potential is, nowadays, highly appreciated by international hotel chains, such as Hilton, Kempinski, Sheraton, Continental.

The Hyatt group owns more than 365 hotels in 45 countries and it comprises brands like Hyatt Regency, Grand Hyatt, Park Hyatt, Hyatt Place and Hyatt Summerfield Suits. They already own four hotels in the United Arab Emirates and the new Park Hyatt they are planning to build in Abu Dhabi would be the third Park Hyatt in the region.

The hotel will be built in the cultural district of Saadiyat Island , it will be surrounded by a golf course and the clients will be able to enjoy the wonderful view of the Persian Gulf from the 9-kilometer long private beach.

The Hyatt Abu Dhabi Hotel and Villas will be built in association wiht Abu Dhabi National Hotels, and the project will be coordinated by Peter Fulton (S-W Asia Hyatt Managing Director) and His Excellency Saif Mohammed Al Haieri (Chairman of ADNH).

The hotel will have over 270 rooms and 40 villas, a variety of international restaurants and will occupy a surface of 75000 square meters. The grand opening is scheduled to tale place in 2010.