Tuesday 10 February 2009

Dubai forced to battle for custom

Sol Kerzner, who still runs a hotel business at the age of 73, has operated through four economic crises, from the recession of 1987 to the collapse in air travel after 9/11.

“But this is the worst,” says Mr Kerzner in an interview from Dubai’s latest hotel resort, the Atlantis.

Less than three months after his hotel hosted hundreds of celebrities for its grand opening, Mr Kerzner says occupancy at the resort is holding up at around 70 per cent.

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