Guests visiting Jumeirah at Saadiyat Island Resort can travel with a clear conscience when it opens on November 11, knowing that the hotel is completely free from single-use plastic straws and bottles. General manager Linda Griffin says guests will be given reusable plastic water bottles on arrival at the hotel, which can be filled at water stations serving local filtered water.
The initiative comes as part of the resort’s commitment to sustainability and efforts to minimise impact on the natural environment of Saadiyat Island. Situated on 400 metres of protected sand dunes which are home to indigenous Hawksbill turtles, the resort will boast 293 guestrooms when it opens, including 64 suites, eight villas with private pools and six panoramic suites with floor to ceiling glass walls that open up to spectacular beach views.
Outside, three infinity pools spill down from the all-white, contemporary style resort to the turquoise waters of the Arabian Gulf, and tranquillity abounds in the spa, where 14 treatment rooms and a grand Moroccan hammam invite guests to surrender to indulgent treatments. There’s also a traditional Arabic Rasul room, hydrotherapy pools, salt and steam rooms and a VIP couple’s suite with private entrance.
When not dining at the resort’s eight restaurants, bars and lounges, guests can enjoy sunrise yoga and long walks on the beach, which extends nine kilometres around the coast of Saadiyat Island. The cultural hub around Louvre Abu Dhabi, which will ultimately be home to the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, the Zayed National Museum, is a stone’s throw from the resort, completing the trifecta of nature, beach and culture for which Saadiyat is known.