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Paradise found
IN MUSCAT!
his stunning swimming pool in the
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Al Bustan Palace Hotel in Muscat,
in 200 acres of private beach and
lush green gardens with its
dramatic mountain backdrop, is about as
perfect as it gets.
And it’s all recently refurbished, by Certikin.
Oman, bordered by the United Arab
Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Yemen is one
of only two sultanates in the world – the
other being Brunei. The capital, Muscat, is
said to be one of the hottest cities in the
world – so pool company, Al Ansari is one
of Certikin’s busiest overseas distributors.
Oman is becoming a hot new holiday
destination and Al Ansari is responsible for
some of the most beautiful pools in the
region. The Al Bustan is typical of the sort
of lavish installations the company is
involved in.
Amongst the long list of Certikin
products used on the project are filters,
pumps, fluvo air loungers, air blowers,
ladders, skimmers, pipes and fittings. The company has received two large
Al Ansari, with its wide-ranging orders in Dubai with a combined value in
interests and employing over 1,000 excess of US$2m.
people, has been operating in Oman for The first is to supply equipment for 266
the last 34 years. Its client list includes pools, spas and plunge pools for a new,
the Oman Ministry of Defence (e.g. the prestigious villa complex, called Al Barari.
Olympic size pool at Wudal naval base The lengthy shopping list includes 1,900
and the Senior Officer’s Beach Club); pumps, 5,000 deck boxes, 2,900
Muscat Municipality; Petroleum transformers and 400 ozonators!
Development of Oman; Oman Police and They have also secured the second
the Director General of Projects and phase of a large development in Dubai,
Maintenance at the Royal Court. Jumeirah Park – which will entail providing
With temperatures not uncommonly equipment, such as automatic filtration kits throughout the Gulf and neighbouring
reaching 36 degrees C in July, there is a and pool covers, for 525 fibre-glass one countries. The region has enormous
large demand for domestic pools as well piece pools. Again the numbers required commercial potential and a dynamic high
as commercial. are huge, for instance 18,000 elbows, growth economy. We believe that the
Since the opening of the Certikin office 6,000 ball valves and 7,500 unions. setting up of the Certikin office has proved
in Dubai in January 2007, with Jon Maskell Certikin’s MD, Neil Murray, says: to be a worthwhile business strategy that
in charge of the helm, business has “Establishing a base in Dubai has provided we are now replicating in other countries
increased in the Gulf. a valuable link to our large customer base such as India.” spn
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