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First Group wins award for Dubai hotel property

Millennium Place JVT Dubai, one of the latest hotel projects from leading Dubai-based property developer The First Group, has received a Highly...
ART Rotana to kick-off breast cancer awareness drive

Leading five-star hotel ART Rotana will kick off the official Think Pink breast cancer awareness drive with the first ‘Pink Brunch’...
Former Jumeirah CEO to share the secrets of success

Gerald Lawless, chairman of the World Travel and Tourism Council, will share his inside knowledge of building Dubai as a destination, as well as...
Qatar's new transit visa rules facilitate easy entry

Qatar Tourism Authority, Qatar Airways and the Ministry of Interior have revised the tourism visa scheme available to transit passengers in a...
Dubai hotel room inventory to cross 76,000

Dubai’s hotel room inventory is expected to hit 76,500 by the end of the year, up 14 per cent from 2015, with 9,300 keys across 31 new...
Emaar Hospitality Group unveils new beachfront project in Dubai

Emaar Hospitality Group, the hospitality & leisure business of global developer Emaar Properties, today unveiled the first and only...
Largest UAE-made superyacht for Monaco show

Made by Gulf Craft, the largest UAE-built superyacht, the Majesty 155, has arrived in Monaco as part of the company’s participation at the...
Tourism Ireland, Emirates launch UAE sales mission

Tourism Ireland, CEO, Niall Gibbons made a special visit to Dubai yesterday to open the Emirates Airline and Tourism Ireland Sales Mission at...
Dubai Airports to boost A380 contact stands

Dubai Airports has commissioned work on a project that will expand the number of A380 contact stands at Dubai International Airport’s...
Wyndham Dubai Marina welcomes new hotel manager

Wyndham Dubai Marina has announced the appointment of Jo-Ella Moore as its new hotel manager.

Moore, who joins the 32-storey,...

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Regional News & Features

The year of resilience

September 2016955

Evpar from Middle East hotels continues to go down for the second quarter of the year, as reported in the 2016 Interim Results Announcement by ...

News Update

The Biltmore Hotel Tbilisi opens doors

September 20161000

Rising above the skyline of Tbilisi like an alien spaceship, The Biltmore Hotel Tbilisi, makes a modern landmark in the capital city of Georgia, which is ...

Japan

Japan is for everyone

September 2016890

'In Japan, everything is clean, tidy, beautiful and well-organised,' says Hisashi Michigami, Consul General of Japan in Dubai, with a smile. 'This is not ...

South Korea

South Korea zeroes in on Mice travel

September 20161231

South Korea is doing its best to ramp up business tourist arrivals and the hope is that Hallyu (Korean pop culture) and Hansik (local food) will lend a ...

Golfing and Golf Holidays

Putting the best foot forward

September 2016967

The recently concluded 2016 Summer Olympics at Rio de Janeiro in Brazil marked the revival of golf at the Olympics, since it was last played more than a ...

Tools & Tech

Travelport appoints operator in Tanzania

September 2016904

Travelport has announced a new operator agreement with TP Services in Tanzania, marking a new chapter for the travel and tourism industry, which is forecast ...

Destination Reports

Turkey’s land of fairy chimneys

September 2016859

A few reasons why Cappadocia should be on your travel radar: one, it is a geological anomaly dotted with towering honeycombed rock pinnacles dubbed ...

Aviation

Invest in localised apps and mobile sites

September 2016718

Airline passengers are far more likely to carry a smartphone than most consumers. They also use these devices at every key point during their trips: from ...

Hotels

The Peninsula 'palace'

September 2016657

Katara Hospitality, the leading global hotel owner, developer and operator based in Qatar, has welcomed the announcement of The Peninsula Paris being awarded ...

Speaking out

Breaking the visa barrier

September 20161043

How does it feel to roast in Dubai’s summer sun, while dressed up in your business suit? I found out first hand as I was at the end of beeline at 8am outside ...

Travel & Hospitality Partners

Bay La Sun, a relaxing getaway

The Biltmore Hotel Tbilisi opens doors

Travelport appoints operator in Tanzania

Salalah Rotana launches ‘Family Rooms’

SWISS launches new brand

On the move

People & Places

The Address Dubai Mall opened doors to Qix Club, a destination for toddlers to pre-teen children, ideal for parents who want to shop in The Dubai Mall, while ensuring their little ones are suitably occupied and taken care of. Staﬀed by experienced child supervisors, and with a variety of activities on offer, it charges Dh50 ($14) per child per hour.