Tourists account for the largest shares of it
Dubai restaurants record reservations that exceed expectations for "New Year's Eve"
Reservations rates have reached almost perfect “full booking” rates in restaurants overlooking Burj Khalifa.
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Restaurant officials in Dubai confirmed that there was a large demand that exceeded expectations, and exceeded last year's rates, on restaurant reservations for New Year's Eve celebrations, pointing out that tourists monopolize the largest shares of reservations.
They explained to «Emirates Today» that the restaurants witnessed an early demand for reservations, at a time when the percentage of reservations reached 70% in the internal areas of the restaurants so far, and reached almost complete rates in the external areas with views of Burj Khalifa.
field monitoring
And "Emirates Today", on a tour of restaurants overlooking the site of the New Year's Eve celebrations in the Burj Khalifa region, monitored a difference in prices, depending on the view, and how close the restaurant is to Burj Khalifa, as it ranged between 1,500 and 4,000 dirhams per person, including food and drinks in external areas. for restaurants, while it ranged between 600 and 2500 dirhams per person in the interior areas of restaurants.
above expectations
"The current period is witnessing high levels of demand for reservations for New Year's Eve celebrations," said Ali Badran, director of the "Awani" restaurant in the "Dubai Mall," pointing out that reservations exceeded expectations, and at rates that exceeded their counterparts during the past year, supported by a rise in The turnout is from tourists, who accounted for 70% of the total reservations, especially in the outdoor area of the restaurant.
He added, "The percentage of reservations so far in the outdoor area of the restaurant has reached 80%, and 70% in the internal area of the restaurant, while it is expected that we will reach full rates with the continued growth of reservations."
In turn, the director of Siraj Restaurant in the Souk Al-Bahar area, Uday Adnan, confirmed the presence of a remarkable turnout in reservations to celebrate New Year's Eve, with almost complete reservation rates in some places of the restaurant, and rates exceeding 70% in other places in the restaurant.
He said, "The large turnout of Arab and foreign tourists has boosted the demand for reservations to follow the New Year's Eve celebrations in Dubai," pointing out that reservations were made early and more than four weeks ago, at rates that exceeded last year's reservations.
Early preparations
In the same context, the director of the "Zahr El Lemon" restaurant, Mostaine Ibrahim, said, "The external areas overlooking the celebration area facing Burj Khalifa witnessed the largest percentages of reservations for New Year's Eve, compared to the internal areas."
And he continued, "Reservations rates, in general, exceeded the similar period of last year, with the increase in tourism activity to the country, which reflected positively on restaurants during New Year's Eve," stressing that restaurants are making early preparations to receive customers, who made advance reservations to watch the celebrations. , which Dubai is famous for on a global level.
Price variance
For his part, the first supervisor of the "Al-Hallab" restaurant in the "Dubai Mall", Bashir Jedidani, attributed the huge variation in the prices of New Year's Eve reservations to the location of the restaurant, and the view of the celebration site, which makes it normal for the reservations of the interior areas to be in restaurants. Less and at rates up to half the value of those on the outdoor terraces of restaurants overlooking the celebrations area.
He said, "Arab and foreign visitors accounted for large proportions of restaurant reservations during the night of celebrations."
Tourism and business
Director of Operations at the "Tonino Lamborghini Marie Nostrum" restaurant, Danny Thomas, said, "The increase in reservation rates at rates that may reach full rates in Dubai restaurants, during New Year's Eve, comes in light of the boom in tourism activity in large proportions, and the growth of business sectors, which is Which reflects positively on the restaurant business.
high demand
The general manager of the “Lounge Nova” restaurant, Konstantinos Constantino, confirmed that there was a great demand for restaurant reservations on New Year’s Eve, in light of the preference of a large number of customers to follow the celebrations and spend the night in restaurants that accompany the celebration of that night, which raised the rates of reservations. .
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