Concorde El Salam Hotel Cairo, a leading five-star hotel has launched a series of New Year promotional packages, running from December 1 to January 4 aimed specifically at residents in the GCC region.

The hotel is offering special rates of US$80 per person per night on a bed & breakfast basis, staying in either a superior garden or superior city view room, or in one of the recently renovated cabana pool side rooms, which includes breakfast served daily on your private terrace and an evening BBQ or dinner at La Veranda restaurants

For New Year, the hotel is offering a special package for just US$280 per person which includes a New Year’s Eve party complete with dinner and live entertainment featuring superstar Hakim, singer Mahmoud El Assily, belly dancer Ala Koushner & singer Sabrine El Negaly as well as an overnight stay.  

Moteia Ismail, chairman of the Owning Company of Concorde El Salam Hotels in Egypt, said: “With both leisure and business travellers in mind, we want the whole guest experience to be welcoming and comfortable.”

The luxury Concorde El Salam Hotel Cairo, which combines traditional Georgian architectural style with contemporary elegance, boasts323guest rooms including suites with free wi-fi Internet in all rooms and outlets.

The hotel features an ‘Executive Floor’ with executive rooms and a private executive lounge which has been specially designed to meet the demands of business travellers, while leisure guests can take advantage of the hotel’s cabana pool side rooms.

Food and beverage options include the signature La Veranda outdoor arena, offering a variety of Italian, Oriental, sushi, seafood dishes as well as a BBQ with live entertainment from May to November, Abou Auof Cafe serving traditional Egyptian cuisine, Italiano Italian restaurant, Le Marquis Lounge & Lobby Bar, Testa Rossa Café serving an Italian coffee blend as well as L’Auberge, Lounge Bar, offering live entertainment & serving International cuisine.

The hotel offers guests a well-equipped fitness centre offering massage with Thai masseuse, an outdoor heated swimming pool, glass squash court, tennis courts, an equestrian training school and a beauty salon.

The hotel also features nine large and well-equipped banquet and meeting rooms suitable for conferences and board meetings as well as for large weddings and special events.

Ismail added: “With Royal suites, executive suites, corner suites and cabana pool side rooms providing total luxury and relaxation, excellent leisure and meeting facilities and a wide-range of food and beverage outlets, the hotel is fully-equipped with everything the modern traveller requires for either a business or leisure trip to Cairo.”

The tourism industry in Egypt recorded a strong performance in 2017, according to the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism.600,000 visitors from Saudi Arabia and the rest of the GCC were welcomed, 25 per cent of the total number of tourists visiting Egypt. Looking ahead, this trend is expected to continue as a series of new attractions and investments are taking place in the country.

In terms of flights, it’s now easier than ever for GCC tourists to travel to Cairo as they are granted entry visa upon arrival at the airport. Saudia, Egypt Air and Flynas operate direct flights from Riyadh and Jeddah to Cairo International Airport; Oman Air and Egypt Air both fly direct from Oman; Kuwait Airways, Egypt Air and Jazeera operate services from Kuwait and Gulf Air flies in direct from Bahrain.

From the UAE, Emirates and Egypt Air, both fly direct to Cairo from Dubai International Airport; Etihad and Egypt Air operate services from Abu Dhabi International Airport and both Air Arabia and Egypt Air fly direct from Sharjah Airport. – TradeArabia News Service