The Emirates Pearl and the Atlas Group - Saturday, May 20, 2006
Joint project between Tourism Development & Investment Company (TDIC), the company charged with leveraging the tourism assets of the Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority (ADTA), and the Atlas Group, a leading telecommunications company in the UAE to provide a new contemporary five-star coastal landmark - The Emirates Pearl.
The hotel and serviced apartment resort, including an iconic 240 metre-high tower, will be built at a cost of Dhs500 million ($136 million) on the capital Khalidia coast, oposite the prestigious seven-star Emirates Palace Hotel.
The business and leisure resort centres around the 47-storey tower conceptualised in a new generation podium style designed by Austrian award-winning architect Dennis Lems.
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