Shangri-La and Traders Dragons Prepare for Abu Dhabi Dragon Boat Festival 2010

ABU DHABI, UAE, August 17, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Shangri-La Hotel, Qaryat Al Beri, Abu Dhabi, is pleased to be hosting the third Abu Dhabi Dragon Boat Festival, part of Adrenaline Sports Live presented by RANI, on 8th and 9th October 2010.

As the main sponsor of the Dragon Boat Festival, since its inception in 2008, Shangri-La Hotel, Abu Dhabi hosts corporate teams for training days at the hotel's beach every year and entered its own teams into the competition. This year, the Shangri-La and Traders Dragons team is a culmination of colleagues from both Shangri-La Hotel and Traders Hotel in Abu Dhabi.

As in previous years, the hotel will host the festival on the 1km stretch of beachfront that overlooks Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque. The festival will then end with an award ceremony and celebratory barbeque party on Traders Hotel beach.

Dragon Boating is a thrilling water sport full of adrenaline, sportsmanship, strategy and technique. It is also a sport that is about positive team spirit, being healthy, making friends and having fun. Companies are encouraged to enter their corporate teams for this year's festival early, due to the enormous popularity of this growing sport.

Adrian Rudin, general manager, Shangri-La Hotel, Qaryat Al Beri, Abu Dhabi, said: "The Abu Dhabi Dragon Boat Festival (part of Adrenaline Sports Live presented by RANI) is a great success every year and our involvement again for 2010 is important as an Asian hospitality company. We see dragon boating as the perfect sporting activity to sponsor and we are delighted to be holding the third festival at our Hotel again this year."

"We will once again be entering the competition ourselves with our dynamic Shangri-La and Traders Dragons team. We have some talented colleagues on the team and we are hopeful that we will do well again this year," Rudin added. To register a team today, email [email protected]

Hong Kong-based Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts currently owns and/or manages 66 hotels under the Shangri-La and Traders brands with a rooms inventory of over 30,000. Shangri-La hotels are five-star deluxe properties featuring extensive luxury facilities and services. Shangri-La hotels are located in Australia, Canada, mainland China, Fiji, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Maldives, Philippines, Singapore, Sultanate of Oman, Taiwan, Thailand and the United Arab Emirates. The group has over 40 projects under development in Austria, Canada, mainland China, France, India, Macau, Malaysia, Philippines, Russia, Qatar, Seychelles, United Kingdom and the United States. For more information or reservations, please contact a travel professional or access the website http://www.shangri-la.com.

Adrenaline Sports Live presented by RANI is the region's festival for adrenaline-fuelled sports and holidays and includes water, land and urban activities, competitions, demos and "Have a go" sports trials and is to be held at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre from the 7th - 9th of October 2010.

Tickets are now on sale for the event through http://www.timeouttickets.com and, with limited spaces available, Adrenaline Sports Live presented by RANI is inviting potential sponsors and exhibitors to take part; for more information contact Matt Tarrant on +971-(0)-2-06-4471 or [email protected]. Also, follow Adrenaline Sports Live presented by RANI on Twitter @AdrenalineLive and join the Adrenaline Sports Live presented by RANI Facebook group.

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For more information please see http://www.adrenalinesportslive.com or http://www.shangri-la.com

Adrenaline Sports Live presented by RANI

Local clubs, associations, agencies and companies that are interested in finding out more about Adrenaline Sports Live, presented by RANI should contact the organisers, UBM Middle East for information, on +971-2-406-4471 or email [email protected]

Adrenaline Sports Live presented by RANI is the region's festival for adrenaline-fuelled sports and holidays. Adrenaline Sports Live presented by RANI is organised by UBM Middle East, and is one of the four founding partners of the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Company.

Adrenaline Sports Live presented by RANI includes sports demonstrations, "Have a Go" sports trials, competitions and the following festival zones -

    - Water
    - Land and Urban
    - Adventure Tourism
    - Retail and Clubs

Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts

Hong Kong-based Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts currently owns and/or manages 66 hotels under the Shangri-La and Traders brands with a rooms inventory of over 30,000. Shangri-La hotels are five-star deluxe properties featuring extensive luxury facilities and services. Shangri-La hotels are located in Australia, Canada, mainland China, Fiji, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Maldives, Philippines, Singapore, Sultanate of Oman, Taiwan, Thailand and the United Arab Emirates.

The group has over 40 projects under development in Austria, Canada, mainland China, France, India, Macau, Malaysia, Philippines, Russia, Qatar, Seychelles, Turkey and United Kingdom. For more information or reservations, please contact a travel professional or access the website at http://www.shangri-la.com.

    For media enquiries please contact -

    Adrenaline Sports Live presented by RANI
    Abdul Karim Samaan
    Grayling Momentum
    +971-4-390-1630
    [email protected]

    Shangri-La
    Natalie Glorney
    Director of Communications
    Shangri-La Hotel, Qaryat Al Beri, Abu Dhabi
    United Arab Emirates
    Tel: +971-2-509-8617
    Fax: +971-2-509-8670
    Email: [email protected]

    For digitised pictures of the group's hotels, please go to
    http://www.shangri-la.com/imagelibrary

SOURCE United Business Media (UBM Middle East)