Executive travel: The Dubai hotel that is serious business for executives and shoppers alike – The National

Executive travel: The Dubai hotel that is serious business for executives and shoppers alike – The National

Sofitel Downtown Dubai has a floor with 11 meeting rooms of various sizes and configurations, as well as a VIP club lounge. On casual inspection Sofitel Dubai Downtown seems almost too chic to engage with the planet's transient business community.. But a closer look inside this distinctive tower on Sheikh Zayed Road reveals a hotel that's not just a convenient retreat for shopped-out visitors returning from nearby Dubai Mall.. What most leisure guests won't see is the floor dedicated to meeting rooms - 11 of various sizes and configurations, with the audio visual-equipment you'd expect from a quality hotel and the option of natural daylight or blackout curtains.. Like other meeting spaces, it is supported by extensive breakout areas in which guests can refresh and huddle.. "We are 30-35 minutes away by metro from the Expo 2020 site," says Klaus Assmann, general manager of the hotel, which last year celebrated its fifth anniversary.. While the Expo metro extension is to power up, Sofitel Dubai Downtown will arguably offer both business and leisure travellers a canny mix of accessibility with city centre convenience.. Mr Assmann says his ratio of business travellers to leisure guests is "pretty equally spread", although adds, perhaps