On our Facebook page, we recently reported that JLT now has a weekly farmers’ market. You can find out more about that here.

This coming Friday, another new event is taking place in JLT:

Meanwhile, at the hotel and McGettigan’s, we’re gearing up for St. Patrick’s Day 2013.

You can find out what McGettigan’s offers by checking out their blog “St. Patrick’s Day in Dubai” – here at the Bonnington, we’ve already raised the flags and the menu for our special St. Patrick’s Day dinner is ready, too:

Our Golden Book had a busy time, too, recently, and here are some of our latest guest comments. Don’t forget – you can follow this on Twitter with hashtag #guestcommentswednesday:

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You can book you places by calling us on +97143560000, emailing cavendish[at]bonningtontower.com, or even online via our Facebook page or website.

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First up, our hotel basketball team won the 2013 Dubai inter-hotel championship! Congratulations to Cezar & his team!

Secondly, our hotel towels were awarded the 2013 UAE Fluffies Award for the fluffiest hotel towels in the United Arab Emirates. Our towel won in the contest, which was launched by radio station Dubai 92 and judged by the stations breakfast show presenters Catboy and Posh Anna together with Katie Heskett from Ahlan!. The Bonnington towel won based on its fluffiness, but also sheer size (see picture), beating the Moevenpick Ibn Battuta into 2nd place and also leaving towels from The Address Hotels + Resorts, Rotana, JW Marriott Marquee, and the One & Only trailing behind.

Thirdly, Gulfood 2013 finished last week and, like 2012, some of our chefs excelled in the show’s Salon Culinaire!

Congratulations to Nuwan Abeyrathna and Indika Wickramatunga! Nuwan won a bronze medal for his bread showpiece, while Indika got a merit for his petits fours display.

Don’t forget! Mother’s Day is coming up! We’ve got a special menu for dinner in our Cavendish Restaurant. You can find out more and book online on the Cavendish’s Facebook page.

Last, but not least, a shout-out to our colleagues from Healey’s Bar & Terrace! Not only do they have a fantastic March offer, which allows you to enjoy a shisha and the cocktail of the day for only AED 49/person, but they have also been nominated for “Best Ladies’ Night” in the 2013 TimeOut Dubai Music & Nightlife Awards!

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Time for some public service announcements:

We’ve recently made some changes to our airport transportation and we no longer offer shuttle busses to/from the airport. If you are holding a confirmed booking for shuttle transportation, you will receive a complimentary upgrade to limousine pick-up & drop-off.

Limousine pick-up or drop-off to/from Dubai International Airport, terminals 1 & 3 is now available for AED 225/way. Please contact us for rates for terminal 2.

We can also arrange transportation to/from Abu Dhabi Airport at AED 450/way and Sharjah Airport at AED 400/way.

Please also note that our local authority, DMCC, recently installed & activated access control barriers in our cluster. Hotel guests or visitors to our restaurants & bars arriving with their own cars should proceed up the ramp and drop the car with our valet parkers for complimentary valet parking. Guests booked in one of our serviced residences will benefit from having an allocated parking space for self-parking. Upon arrival, Reception will advise you of your parking place number & issue you with an access card.

There is also a new public parking, which is currently free, on the left of our cluster.

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We’re calling all our Scottish friends in Dubai and guests who’ll be with us over Burns Night: Come and join us for the very first Burns Night dinner in our Cavendish Restaurant on 25th January:

Our second dinner is for all romantics out there! Yes, Valentine’s Day is coming and where better to spend it in Dubai than our Cavendish Restaurant with gourmet food & fine wines?

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A very merry Christmas and a happy New Year from all of us here at the Bonnington Jumeirah Lakes Towers! We’d like to thank you for your support in 2012 and are looking forward to an exciting 2013!

Our Christmas Day lunch was a sell-out as every year, but we still have a few seats available for our New Year’s Eve Gala Dinner in our Cavendish Restaurant. Here’s the menu:

Whether you’re joining us for dinner on New Year’s Eve or not, our Healey’s Bar & Terrace is ready to welcome you at any time throughout the evening. There’s no cover charge and you’re welcome to brings friends:

We’re also closing our Golden Book for 2012 and bring you a few more guest comments we received over the recent weeks.

We always like to hear from our guests, whether through messages on Facebook or Twitter, comments in our Golden Book, or on our comment cards.

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We’re preparing for the upcoming festive season and hope to see you around over Christmas & the New Year.

Did you see that our monthly gourmet wine dinners were recently reviewed by two high-profile food bloggers?

Read what they had to say here or here.

Our next wine dinner in the Cavendish Restaurant is on Tuesday, 11th December 2012, and we’ll reveal the theme a little closer to the date on the Cavendish’s Facebook & Google+ pages. The last event was quite busy, so it’s worthwhile booking in advance.

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The show takes place in our Almas ballroom, just across the road from the Bonnington.

Doc Brown is an underground rapper who worked with, among others, De La Soul and Mark Ronson. In 2008, Doc Brown put down one mic and picked up another after working as a “slang consultant” on a Lenny Henry sitcom, written by Danny Robins and Dan Testell for Radio 4.

Jimmy McGhie’s career was kickstarted in 2005 after reaching the finals of the prestigious ‘BBC New Talent’ competition and performing in the ‘Amused Moose Hot Starlets Showcase’ at the Edinburgh Festival. He then began working full time as a stand-up comedian performing in theatres, clubs, arts centers and universities all over the country and abroad.

Alistair Barrie has been performing professionally for nearly an entire century… this one. Much in demand as both a headline act and MC, he has played all over the UK and Ireland, as well as further afield including the States, Australia, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Belgium, Prague, Dubai, Doha, Abu Dhabi, Norway, Hong Kong, Macau, Malta, Cyprus, Singapore, Bahrain, Indonesia, Mumbai, Athens (during riot season) and the middle of the North Sea.

After-show venue: McGettigan’s JLT

As always, our Golden Book has been busy during the last few weeks, and we’re happy to bring you another #guestcommentswednesday with excerpts from our comment book at reception.

Are you planning to attend this year’s Formula One races in Abu Dhabi? Why not stay at the luxurious and conveniently located 5 star Bonnington hotel in Jumeirah Lakes Towers, Dubai? Our hotel is a mere 40 minutes drive from Yas Island giving you the opportunity to experience all the city of Dubai has to offer during your stay!
We are offering a special room package which includes deluxe accommodation, breakfast for 2 in the Cavendish restaurant and private transportation to and from the Yas Island race track, all this starting from AED 949 per night! For more information, check out our website.

Have you already heard about our Interconnecting Rooms promotion? A great way for extended families to enjoy privacy and space with an endless range of facilities to make your stay more comfortable. Enjoy two interconnecting Deluxe Double Rooms (can also be set up as Twin Rooms). One price. Twice as nice.

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Diana, who joined the Bonnington’s pre-opening team in 2009 as Assistant HR Manager and was promoted to HR & Quality Manager in 2011, not only oversaw the successful pre- and post opening process, but also implemented a host of HR, training, and quality initiatives, which were fundamental in assuring consistently low staff turnover, high employee satisfaction, and continuously rising guest satisfaction scores.

“I congratulate Diana for being included in this year’s shortlist for this award and the entire Bonnington Hotel  & McGettigan’s Irish Pubs team will surely support her on 31^st October. We all wish her the very best and hope that she will win on the night!,” said GM of Bonnington Tower, Bruno Guilloux.

Diana has the full support of all her colleagues, who praise her cheerful and understanding nature, excellent organization skills, dedication, and reliability.

Having seen the Bonnington team grow from 60 employees to over 400 employees, including Dubai’s most popular Irish Pub chain, McGettigan’s, Diana said, “It’s a true pleasure working for the Bonnington and I really enjoy the freedom I am given by the owners to manage the company’s HR, training, and quality responsibilities and I enjoy being there for our colleagues and encouraging them to achieve their best at all times.”

Now in its eighth year, the Hotelier Middle East Awards recognises a broad range of front and back of house roles, from laundry managers to chefs, marketing experts to concierges and spa professionals to engineers. This year there are 19 award categories.

The Hotelier Middle East Awards are a celebration of excellence. The winners truly are the heroes that make the difference.

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