HOTEL BOOKING FORM
HOTEL RATES
HOTEL DESCRIPTION |
ACCOMMODATION
Participants
shall cover their own travel and accommodation expenses.
Dubai, a busy
cosmopolitan city, caters to many International events all year around.
Participants are therefore strongly recommended to book their
accommodation as early as possible. The Dubai Congress Management (DCM),
part of the Dubai World Trade Centre, which provides conference
services, is managing all hotel requirements for this event. A number
of rooms have been secured at a range of selected hotels for the
symposium participants.
Please note
the deadline for hotel bookings is Wednesday 03rd January
2007, after which, the rooms held for this event will be released.
For additional information please email to
gsrdubai2007@dwtc.com
or
dcm@dwtc.com.
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VISA
A valid passport is obligatory.
Participants who need an entry visa should contact, well in advance, the
embassy or the consulate representing the United Arab Emirates in their
country. The TRA in collaboration with the local authorities will give
all necessary assistance to participants of the GSR07 in obtaining a
visa within the rules and procedures applied in the United Arab Emirates
Visa on Arrival:
The following Nationalities do not require visa to enter Dubai and can
obtain the entry stamp upon arrival at Dubai International Airport: GCC
residents, Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brunei, Canada,
Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Iceland, Ireland,
Italy, Japan, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Monaco, Netherlands,
New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, San Marino, Singapore, South Korea,
Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America,
Vatican.
For all other citizens, a visa
must be obtained prior to arrival in UAE. This can be obtained through
the UAE embassy or the consulate representation of the United Arab
Emirates, in their respective country. Alternatively, once you have
booked your hotel accommodation through DCM, the hotel will send you a
visa application form and confirmation of the application processing
fees. Please email to
gsrdubai2007@dwtc.com
or
dcm@dwtc.com
for hotel rates and visa assistance.
To obtain a
visa you will need to provide the following documents: a scanned copy of
the passport, a visa form duly completed and signed and a scanned copy
of the front and back of a valid credit card. Your passport must be
valid at least 6 months beyond the intended stay.
The visa information is
current and is subject to change without prior notice. For up-to-date
information on visa requirements, please visit the UAE Department of
Naturalization and Residency website on
www.dnrd.gov.ae/dnrd/VisitVisaInformationEng.html
The visa
rates currently applicable are between AED 180 (US$50) to AED 340
(US$94) depending on the processing time (Normal process or Urgent
process). The visa rates will be communicated by the hotel along with
the confirmation. Please note that the visa fees are non-refundable.
Please allow for 7 to 10 working days for a visa to be issued, keeping
in mind that the weekend in the UAE falls on Friday- Saturday.
Information On-Line:
http://www.government.ae/gov/en/visitors/uae/visas.jsp |
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COMMUNICATIONS
The
telephone network operated by the national telecommunication
organization ETISALAT is superb: local calls are free and direct dialing
is available to 150 countries.
The
international dial code for UAE is +971. Discountes rates for
international direct calls apply from 9 p.m. to 7 a.m. and all day on
Fridays and public holidays. There is a complete list of rates at the
back of each telephone directory. You do not need to use the emirate
access code when dialing an internal number in that emirate. In other
words to ring a number in Dubai from Abu Dhabi you must use the 04
prefix. If you are dialing a number in Abu Dhabi from another location
in that emirate you will not need to use a prefix.
Yellow page directories are
available for each emirate (see also
www.emirates.net.ae).
These can be purchased at ETISALAT offices.
Pay
phones, both card and coin operated, are located throughout the UAE.
Phone cards for local use (Dh30 or Dh45) are usually available from
ETISALAT offices, supermarkets, pharmacies etc. Coin operated phones
take Dh1 and 50 fils.
UAE
Exchange National Access Code
(International Access Code) |
Abu
Dhabi
- 02 (+ 9712) |
Khor Fakkan - 09 (+ 9719) |
Ajman - 06 (+ 9716) |
Ras al-Khaimah - 07 (+ 9717) |
Al Ain - 03 (+ 9713) |
Sharjah - 06 (+ 9716) |
Dubai - 04 (+ 9714) |
Umm al-Qaiwain - 06 (+ 9716) |
Fujairah - 09 (+ 9719) |
ETISALAT information service - 144 |
Jebel Ali - 04 (+ 9714) |
Directory enquiries - 180/181 |
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