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People & Places         The Six Senses Hideaway Zighi Bay celebrated its second anniversary with a  birthday cake presented by general manager, Rochelle Kilgariff (centre), to assembled hosts who all joined together to blow out the candles. Seen here: Phillip Best, project manager – engineering; Jorrit Gerritsma, food and beverage director; Kilgariff, Wayne Lunt, resort manager; Ahmed Alv, chief engineer and Demeiter Vaubell, director of sales and marketing.         The Ibn Battuta Gate, Dubai’s latest mixed-use gateway development of offices, apartments, a hotel and robotic car park is ready for handover to Seven Tides. Seen here, Brett Whalley head of corporate services at Asteco ‘hands over the gate’ to Michael Scully managing director of hospitality at Seven Tides. The hotel is expected to open its doors in May 2010.         The Lebanese American University joined Rotana Hotels, accompanied by Mark Timbrell, general manager of Gefinor Rotana  and Lara Daniel, area director of marketing and communications, to participate in a food distribution campaign for 1,500 orphan children. Every package included a sandwich, desserts, milkshake, fruit and chocolate.         Dino Bustani, general manager of the Mövenpick Resort Aswan, recently welcomed the famous American Actor, Christopher Meloni and his family during the Christmas holidays. Seen here, Meloni with his wife Sherman welcomed by Bustani.         Beach Rotana Abu Dhabi launched two green initiatives to increase energy conservation and staff awareness. The installation of 4,400 energy saving light bulbs in guest rooms and throughout areas of the hotel and the ‘Green Avenue’ aimed at increasing staff awareness and participation in all of the property’s environmental efforts this year. Seen here general manager, Moritz Klein cuts the green ribbon at the launch.         Holiday Inn Dubai – Al Barsha hosted a cocktail party to thank its corporate clients for the support provided to the hotel since its opening. Seen here, Hina Bakht, Reda Moukhtar, general manager of the property with Ghida Reda and Adel Anis.