THE recently-opened Traders Hotel, Dubai, has announced exclusive introductory rates for meetings held at the new deluxe property in Deira.

Full-day delegate rates start at Dh119 per person (based on a minimum of 25 participants) including tea/coffee on arrival, morning and afternoon tea breaks, lunch and a variety of added extras. This opening offer is available for meetings held throughout the summer and ends on September 30.
The Traders Hotel, Dubai, is the ideal choice for medium-sized functions and smaller more intimate gatherings. All meeting rooms and ballrooms are contemporary in design and feature state-of-the-art audio-visual equipment, broadband internet access and wireless connectivity.  A dedicated and experienced events management team ensures functions run smoothly from start to finish.
The hotels’ Samail Ballroom can accommodate up to 300 people for a reception.  Accessible directly from the lobby, the Ballroom is pillar-less and can be divided into two. Two additional meeting rooms and a boardroom, also on the lobby level, are part of the Business Centre.
Lavish banquets prepared by the hotel’s culinary team, comprising staff from over 10 countries guarantee a memorable dining experience whether for an elaborate celebration in the ballroom or a business luncheon in one of the meeting rooms.
The business centre is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week and caters fully to the requirements of busy meeting organisers, business travellers and conference delegates. Features and services include fax, internet, photocopying, wireless connectivity, full secretarial services and two individual PC workstations.
The ‘Meeting Promise’ is on offer to all event organisers booking events with over 30 rooms at any of the Shangri-La or Traders hotels worldwide and includes a range of exclusive benefits in addition to a dedicated meeting services specialist assigned personally to each event.
The one-stop-shop events management specialist is the key contact, co-ordinating between the event organiser and the various departments within the hotel on the planning and logistics, as well as post-event guest satisfaction evaluations.
The Meeting Promise comprises the benefits including  a written proposal and quotation for the event on the next working day, an events concierge to handle all messages and details for meetings, upgrade to a larger guest room for the organiser, free use of a mobile phone for local calls throughout the stay for easy communication,  free local telephone calls, free guest room broadband internet access where available, free use of an in-room fax machine and printer, 15-percent discount on all business centre services and free delivery of left-behind materials (excluding props) to a local office.
Event organisers will also be given a special pin to ensure even greater recognition and assistance from all hotel staff.