THE SULTAN of Oman, Qaboos bin Said al Said, who was holidaying at a Limassol hotel the last few days left Cyprus happy, according to one report, leaving a €3,000 tip for the staff and gold watches for the hotel’s managers.
According to yesterday’s Alithia, the Oman leader stayed almost a week at the luxury Le Meridien Hotel in Limassol.
The Sultan reportedly arrived last Thursday with a 200-strong delegation in two private Boeing 747s. Members of his entourage arrived earlier in a Lear Jet to prepare the grounds for his visit, overseeing the refurbishment of the fourth and fifth floors of the luxury hotel. A military C-130 transport plane also arrived from Oman bringing his two limousines, said the paper.
On leaving the hotel, he left tips of €3,000 to the staff, and gold watches worth €5,000 each to the managers of the hotel. Members of his delegation remained behind while the Sultan is due to return to the hotel in June after further trips to Europe, starting with Croatia.
The Sultan reportedly refused invites for meetings from prominent political and economic figures in Cyprus, stressing that his visit was purely for leisure.
According to an article in Politis last week, the Sultan stayed in the €3,000-a-night presidential suite, bringing with him a delegation including 30 personal chefs, decorators, advisors but no women, and six containers full of equipment and personal belongings.
Le Meridien yesterday refused to comment on the report, citing the need to protect the privacy of its guests.
Cyprus Mail
