THE RED SEA INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL

Jerusalem, 3 December 2009

THE RED SEA INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL
WITH MAESTRO VALERY GERGIEV
WILL TAKE PLACE IN EILAT 14-16 JANUARY 2010


Eilat, Israel's southernmost resort, will host for the ninth consecutive year, the highly popular Red Sea International Music Festival from 14-16 January 2010. Maestro Valery Gergiev, one of the world’s leading conductors, will return to the festival as the artistic director, conducting 250 musicians and soloists from the Mariinsky Choir, the Children’s Choir and the orchestra of the Mariinsky Opera Company (Kirov) from St. Petersburg in three concerts.

For the first time, the opening concert on 14 January - Verdi’s La Traviata - featuring the orchestra, choir and soloists of the Mariinsky Opera (Kirov) will be conducted by Israeli conductor Dan Ettinger

Gergiev will conduct the other concerts: three works by Stravinsky including Les Noces (15 January) and Berlioz’s Les Troyens on 16 January, with the first part offered as a matinee (13:00) and the second performance in the evening at 21:00.

The concerts will take place in a specially-built pavilion in the Eilat Port, and chamber music concerts will also take place at the theater in the Isrotel Royal Garden Hotel.

The festival, which is sponsored by the Ministry of Tourism, Eilat Municipality, Eilat Hotels Association, Ministry of Culture and the Negev Development Authority, attracts music lovers from around the world who enjoy the unique combination of the finest classical music performed by international musicians and the warm winter sunshine of Eilat. http://www.redseaclassicalfestival.com/

DAN EILAT VOTED AS ONE OF TOP TEN HOLIDAY RESORTS

1 December 2009

DAN EILAT VOTED AS ONE OF TOP TEN HOLIDAY RESORTS
IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA BY CONDE NAST


The Dan Eilat hotel, situated on the north beach of Eilat Bay has been selected by readers of Conde Nast Traveler as one of the top ten holiday resorts in the Middle East and Africa. Placed seventh, in between the Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi, and Shangri-La's Barr Al Jissah Resort and Spa, Muscat, Oman the Dan Eilat hotel attained a score of 79.3 and was the only Israeli hotel to be included in the list.

Conde Nast, a well known and popular magazine in the tourism industry published the list in their November edition after carrying out a survey in dozens of countries throughout the world, involving 700 hotels., When it was opened at the end of 1995, the Dan Eilat hotel was heralded as setting a new standard for Israel’s resort hotels, with unique interiors and furnishings, high levels of service and excellent facilities.

Eilat, situated at Israel's southernmost tip where the Red Sea meets the Eilat desert mountains, is Israel's premier vacation resort, with year-round sunshine, an array of water sports, desert activities, unique tourist attractions and lively night life. Tourists fly directly to Ovda (40 minutes from Eilat) on charter flights from East and West European and Scandinavian cities in the fall and winter seasons, often using Eilat as a base to visit Masada, the Dead Sea, Jerusalem and beyond.