Emirates Palace scoops Sound & Stage Awards for Best Venue in Region

 
Confirming its position as a leader in delivering technologically advanced event facilities, the Emirates Palace has won the award for the Best Venue of the year 2009 in the Middle East by the Sound & Stage magazine, the region's leading information resource for the professional audio-visual, lighting design and live staging production industries.
 
The luxury resort’s flagship auditorium facility, site of many high-profile conferences, world-class cultural shows and live entertainment, was chosen as the Best Venue of the Year, beating an elite list of competitors from all across the region.
 
The Emirates Palace was recognised by the Middle East’s number one entertainment technology and production industry magazine
for its advanced audio-visual, lighting design and live staging production systems. It boasts of high standards of excellence in technical service and support.
 
Hans Olbertz, General Manager of the Emirates Palace said the iconic hotel had bagged the award for the second running year.
''The Award is yet another vote of confidence in the hotels' superior AV services at its conference, meeting and other event facilities as the Palace introduces state-of-the –art technology for the convenience of its guest and clients,'' Mr. Olbertz said.
 
''The Award recognises the hotel's excellence and leadership in applying the most advanced AV technology and delivering best world class event venue. Given its modern AV services, he added, the hotel has become the preferred venue for hosting major local, regional and international events.
 
''Emirates Palace is proud to be the venue of choice for high-profile political, economic, cultural and musical gatherings and festivals. He paid rich tribute to the professionals of the audio-visual, lighting design and live staging production industries in the Palace for their talent, creativity and dedication which have
altogether enable the hotel to excel in this field.
 
With its flagship advanced technology-based auditorium facilities, the Emirates Palace is playing a leading role in the Middle East region’s professional audio-visual, lighting design and live staging production industries which are developing at an unprecedented rate.
 
The luxury resort hotel boasts a state-of-the-art auditorium with a seating capacity of 1, 100. The auditorium features a built-in theatrical stage, a cinema quality theatre system with a 35mm film projector, in-house broadcast and editing facilities, simultaneous translation booths, and professional sound systems, which produce exceptional audio quality and accepts input from a variety of sources including DVD and DAT format players.
 
 Emirates Palace houses the most luxurious and technologically advanced meeting facilities also include a main ballroom that can accommodate up to 2500 guests, over 40 meeting rooms, a Media Centre and a Business Centre.