Technical
Q. What is Silverlight and do I need to download it?
A. Silverlight allows us to offer you a rich, engaging an interactive user experience. It has allowed us to create MyJumeirah BETA.
For you to enjoy the MyJumeirah experience you will need to download the Silverlight plug in available here www.microsoft.com/getsilverlight/ (Jumeirah are not responsible for content on external sites)
Q. What is BETA?
A. BETA is prototype software and is a stage of software development that encourages feedback from users in order to gain full insight into how useful the software is and if there are any bugs. Users are encouraged to give feedback and offer ways of enhancing the software’s features before a full software release is planned.
MyJumeirah BETA has been released in this format as we want to ensure this development is something truly useful and engaging. We expect you to find small bugs and see better ways of using the tool. Therefore your feedback is of huge importance to us ; please explore and discover MyJumeirah BETA and make sure you pass on your valuable feedback.
Q. What is my wishlist?
A. Your wishlist is made up of restaurants, hotels, activities and events that catch your eye as you’re browsing through Jumeirah.com or the MyJumeirah Universe. It is essentially your key to unlocking the full and exciting MyJumeirah experience.
Adding an item to your wishlist allows you to drag and drop it into your Itinerary Planner, where you can book hotel rooms, make restaurant reservations and plan your entire holiday right down to the smallest detail.
Your wishlist gives you the opportunity to create your dream vacation and allow us to make recommendations that are personalized to your tastes and desires.
Q. How do I create a wishlist and how can I add items to it?
A. As you explore MyJumeirah BETA or Jumeirah.com you are given the opportunity to add any page that interests you to your wishlist. Just click on the ‘add to wishlist’ button available on all pages.
Once you’ve added a few items to your wishlist, you’ll need to access it to take advantage of it. Simply go to the MY Jumeirah BETA section and log in to your MyJumeirah account or register as a new MyJumeirah member. Once you’re logged in, your wish list will be available for you to browse and use from the MyJumeirah homepage as well as the Itinerary planner.
Q. How do the recommendations work?
A. The recommendations we offer you, are based on the areas of the site you have previously visited or added to your wishlist, along with the most popular route or products that other users have also visited. The way you move through the site shows us the types of hotels and restaurants you’re interested in which in turn allows us to make recommendations to you that will hopefully be of interest. It
Q. How often are the currency rates updated?
A. The currency exchange widget is linked to a real time currency exchange and therefore is always up-to-date. Please see Jumeirah Terms & conditions
Q. How do I delete my account?
A. We really hope you don’t want to, however if you would like to delete your account please contact webmaster@jumeirah.com and we will ensure your account and details are removed from our database within 48 hours. Additionally, the next phase of development will include the ability to instantly delete your own account.
Q. How do I add widgets to MyJumeirah BETA?
A. When you log into MY Jumeirah BETA all the widgets we have available at present are shown automatically. However you can manage which ones you would like to see by clicking on the Add Widget button positioned just above the weather widget.