REGIONAL Escapes

Corniche is its all-day dining restaurant serving breakfast in the morning, buffet themed nights throughout the week and the urban brunch on Friday which is known to be a great day out!

Walk along the ‘restaurant gallery’ and you’ll see restaurant after another as if you’re in an entertainment arcade but these outlets are not silly or tacky. They are of a five-star quality. There is ‘Salsa’ serving Tex Mex and a newly refreshed menu is being launched imminently.

There is a well renowned Indian restaurant called Taj Rasoi serving a Pan-Indian menu of crowd-pleasing dishes. Asia Live offers up an Asian fusion feast that will have your mouth watering with fabulous flavours.

The hotel is well maintained. We stayed in a sea facing Executive Suite which was gorgeous. Spacious, elegant and traditional. The bed was second only to the greatest night’s sleep I’ve ever had in my life. I swear the mattress moulded to my body shape! The view looked out over the sea at the new Doha of the now iconic West Bay skyline and the entire Corniche. Though only seven floors high in the old hotel, I’d wager that you’d struggle to find many better views to watch the sunset than from a room at the Doha Marriott Hotel!

For reservations and more information please call THE DOHA MARRIOTT HOTEL on 4429 8888

@dohamarriott

We’ve slept on some of the comfiest beds in the world when it comes to luxury hotel stays (and even more boutique or budget properties) so a good night’s sleep is at the top of the list when staying at a 5-star hotel. But what about when you’re camping outside for the night or spending a long lazy day on the beach? Being at one with nature needn’t be a rough time and, thankfully, Marriott Hotels has the answer.. It all comes down to the brand’s TestBED programme across the Middle East & Africa. Marriott Hotels takes pride in staying ahead of the curve, and in a continuing effort to find cutting-edge technologies that provide guests with the best. First launched by Marriott Hotels across Europe in 2016, a unique 10-week accelerator programme gives start-ups the opportunity to test their products within an operating Marriott Hotel in a major city. The programme is open to seed and early stage start-ups with products or services that are ready to pilot in a live hotel environment. It offers them an invaluable opportunity to gain worthwhile feedback from guests and associates to help further develop and perfect their product. Participating start-ups are hand-picked in an effort to uncover those that can revolutionise a guest’s stay, reinventing the hotel experience throughout the region. Those selected are also be offered mentoring and global exposure. This time around, it’s the versatile Beachill that makes the cut. An eco-friendly solarpowered beach mattress that can even charge guests’ mobile devices and cool their drinks. The mattress features a built-in solar-powered 7-watt charging station with a USB 2.0 output, a 2-litre thermo-storage fridge where you can preserve both your hot and cold beverages, and a heat- and water-proof pocket to help keep your valuables safe, all pulled together with Dralon Acrylic fabric imported from Spain and an ergonomically-designed finish to ensure absolute comfort as well. It’s easily pulled apart and put back together, so that it’s ultra-portable and easy to carry, making it the ultimate leisure companion whether you intend to use it at the beach, a campsite, or even your own living room. It’s fully waterproof, sun proof and anti bacterial, designed in an ergonomic way to give the best comfortable experience. Not only, that but Beachill is made from two main parts, the pillow and the body. The pillow can be easily removed and it contains the main features. The mattress is made of lightweight material and can be easily carried and folded.

GO: Learn more about Beachill and the TestBED programme online at www.marriotthotels.com.