Dubai
Enjoy a four-course meal for two when you book a room at Ibn Battuta Gate Mövenpick between February 10 and 14. Room rates start at Dh1,095 per night and include a four-course dinner, breakfast and taxes. The offer is valid for a maximum of two people, per room, booking one- to five-night stays. The hotel's "month of love" offer is based on the best available room rate and is valid right through February. It comes with a 50 per cent discount on the second night booked, a welcome gift, breakfast and late checkout. For more information, call 04 4440 000 or visit
www.moevenpick-hotels.com
.
Ras al Khaimah
Choose from three luxury Valentine packages at Banyan Tree Al Wadi Ras al Khaimah for a special celebration. A one-night stay at a beachfront pool villa costs Dh5,500 per night, including a five-course set dinner for two at Sands Restaurant and a 90-minute spa treatment for two at Banyan Tree Spa. An Al Khaimah tented pool villa costs Dh6,050 per night and includes a five-course dinner for two at Saffron restaurant, entrance to a falconry show, archery and horse riding. Book a night in an Al Sahari tented pool villa for Dh7,150 per night and enjoy a romantic bath in your room and a 90-minute spa treatment for two. All prices include breakfast, a five-course dinner for two, a one-hour "rainforest experience" at Banyan Tree Spa, roses for female guests, resort credit of Dh500 per stay, and taxes. Visit
www.banyantree.com
or call 0 7 206 7777.
Oman
Spend Valentine's Day in the seclusion of a private beachfront villa hidden in the mountains on the Musandam Peninsula. For US$1,800 (Dh6,611) per night, the five-star Six Senses Zighy Bay Resort and Spa is offering a special package that includes breakfast in bed in the privacy of your own pool villa, a candle-lit dinner at the mountain top Sense on the Edge restaurant with views over Zighy Bay, a signature spa treatment (holistic, Swedish or energiser) per couple and a bath drawn in the privacy of your villa. The offer is valid for stays on February 14. Quote "Valentine" when booking. Call 00 968 26735 887 or visit
www.sixsenses.com
.
Prague
Emirates Holidays is offering a three-night holiday in Prague for Dh3,979 per person, including breakfast, accommodation in a classic double room at the luxurious Rocco Forte Augustine, a Unesco heritage-list building in the Malá Strana district. The package is based on two sharing and includes economy airfares, return transfers from the airport to the hotel and taxes. The offer is valid from February 1 to 28. Call 800 5252 or visit
www.emirates-holidays.com
.
Paris
Fly to the most romantic city in the world this Valentine's Day. Sofitel Paris Le Faubourg, a stylish, contemporary hotel located near Place de la Concorde, Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré and the main shopping district, has a "magnifique" romance package that starts from ?399 (Dh1,953) for two nights in a double room, based on two people sharing, with breakfast, a gift of roses or a box of chocolates, a 4pm checkout and taxes. Visit
www.sofitel.com
or call 00 33 1 4494 1414.
Singapore
The Royal Plaza on Scotts Hotel, a three-minute walk from Orchard Road, Singapore's shopping highway, has a getaway package for stays between February 11 and 14. Room rates start from S$328 (Dh937) per night, including taxes, for a superior room with free Wi-fi and complimentary minibar service. The first 50 couples to book the package receive a complimentary upgrade to a premiere category room worth S$140 (Dh400) and a welcome drink at Heat Ultralounge. For enquiries and reservations, call 00 65 6737 7966 or visit
www.royalplaza.com.sg
to book online.
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Starring: Bruce Willis, Toni Collette, Hayley Joel Osment
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Rating: 5/5
The Perfect Couple
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Liev Schreiber, Jack Reynor
Creator: Jenna Lamia
Rating: 3/5
The specs
Engine: 3.0-litre six-cylinder MHEV
Power: 360bhp
Torque: 500Nm
Transmission: eight-speed automatic
Price: from Dh282,870
On sale: now
It's up to you to go green
Nils El Accad, chief executive and owner of Organic Foods and Café, says going green is about “lifestyle and attitude” rather than a “money change”; people need to plan ahead to fill water bottles in advance and take their own bags to the supermarket, he says.
“People always want someone else to do the work; it doesn’t work like that,” he adds. “The first step: you have to consciously make that decision and change.”
When he gets a takeaway, says Mr El Accad, he takes his own glass jars instead of accepting disposable aluminium containers, paper napkins and plastic tubs, cutlery and bags from restaurants.
He also plants his own crops and herbs at home and at the Sheikh Zayed store, from basil and rosemary to beans, squashes and papayas. “If you’re going to water anything, better it be tomatoes and cucumbers, something edible, than grass,” he says.
“All this throwaway plastic - cups, bottles, forks - has to go first,” says Mr El Accad, who has banned all disposable straws, whether plastic or even paper, from the café chain.
One of the latest changes he has implemented at his stores is to offer refills of liquid laundry detergent, to save plastic. The two brands Organic Foods stocks, Organic Larder and Sonnett, are both “triple-certified - you could eat the product”.
The Organic Larder detergent will soon be delivered in 200-litre metal oil drums before being decanted into 20-litre containers in-store.
Customers can refill their bottles at least 30 times before they start to degrade, he says. Organic Larder costs Dh35.75 for one litre and Dh62 for 2.75 litres and refills will cost 15 to 20 per cent less, Mr El Accad says.
But while there are savings to be had, going green tends to come with upfront costs and extra work and planning. Are we ready to refill bottles rather than throw them away? “You have to change,” says Mr El Accad. “I can only make it available.”
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Engine: 6.2-litre supercharged V8
Power: 712hp at 6,100rpm
Torque: 881Nm at 4,800rpm
Transmission: 8-speed auto
Fuel consumption: 19.6 l/100km
Price: Dh380,000
On sale: now
Januzaj's club record
Manchester United 50 appearances, 5 goals
Borussia Dortmund (loan) 6 appearances, 0 goals
Sunderland (loan) 25 appearances, 0 goals