Tony Williams, Vice President Resorts and Projects Emirates Hotels & Resorts

Dubai. Hotels change a region's infrastructure, but seldom with an environmentally friendly approach: The Arabian Emirates Hotels and Resorts are investing 253 million US dollars in their new 473-room Cap Ternay Resort & Spa that will be created on the main island of the Seychelles in 2010. It is the group's most extensive international investment and one of the largest on the Seychelles ever. With two resorts in one, the "biggest swimming pool in the world" and 700 employees, the hotel group enables lifestyle guests used to luxury as well as price-conscious families to go on holiday. Emirates made sure to get the backing of the Seychelles' government, as it did already with the Wolgan Valley Resort in Australia and the Al Maha Desert Resort in Dubai. Within the scope of its expansion strategy, the hotel group counts on a balance between these "sanctuary resorts" and the "city destinations".