Begin Your Download at Holiday Inn Express Internet City

Where: Tecom Zone, Knowledge City, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

March 10, 2009 at 3:48 PM | by juliana | 0 Comments

When we discovered there was a Holiday Inn Express Dubai Internet City, we thought the hotel chain was just using a clever gimmick to draw in guests. But no, there actually is a real place called Dubai Internet City. According to its website:

Dubai Internet City is a strategic base for companies targeting emerging markets in a vast region extending from the Middle East to the Indian subcontinent, and Africa to the CIS countries, covering 2 billion people with GDP $ 6.7 trillion.

Ok, so that's a little too much business and geek-speak for us to understand but naturally all these companies heading to Dubai Internet City are going to need a place to stay. In comes the Holiday Inn Express.

Interestingly enough, the hotel is actually part of a "major business district" that includes not only Internet City but Knowledge City and Media City as well. God, this might be the ultimate Geek heaven.

The hotel's website is sadly void of any good room photographs (there are some that are slightly bigger than thumbnails) nor are there any virtual tours. From what we could see, the rooms do look pretty fancy and modern for a Holiday Inn but it's hard to tell. However, the site does mention that the hotel has WiFi in all of the public areas. As it should. This is Internet City afterall!

Wanting more, we skipped on over to TripAdvisor to see what this place is like. The reviews are fairly positive too with many guests complimenting the staff, the modern decor and the amenities (plasma TVs). However one reviewer said the hotel is not in a great location to explore the city of Dubai as a whole (including all that glitzy, glamorous ridiculuxe stuff.)

Rates here start at a decidedly un-Dubai price of $122 a night.

[Photo: FranciMilano]

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