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Abu
Dhabi hotel 'regrets' Christmas tree spending
Monday December 20, 2010 08:28:23 AM,
WAM
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Abu Dhabi:
The Emirates Palace Hotel here that boasts a Christmas tree
decorated with gold and gems has "regretted" that it may have
taken the holiday spirit a bit too far.
The hotel regrets "attempts to overload the tradition followed by
most hotels in the country with meanings and connotations that do
not fall in line with the professional standards which the
Emirates Palace Hotel keenly respects and complies with," it said
in a statement.
The tree is part of an annual tradition followed by most hotels in
the UAE and the rest of the world, it said, adding the sole
ownership of the tree is Style Gallery that paid all the costs of
making and decorating the tree. "The hotel is just a venue for
exhibiting the tree."
The owner will take back the jewels after the Christmas
celebrations, it said.
"Putting the Christmas tree is not a novelty, rather it is a
tradition meant to share in celebrating occasions that guests hold
while they are away from their home countries and families," the
statement said. It is also based on "UAE's values of openness and
tolerance".
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