Global hospitality industry leaders including CEO of Hilton Worldwide Chris Nassetta are among the speakers confirmed to address the annual Arabian Hotel Investment Conference (AHIC) which is being held at the Madinat Jumeirah in Dubai on 25-27 April 2017. The…
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Iran aims for 20m tourists
Deputy head of the Iran Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts & Tourism Organisation Morteza Movahed For full coverage of Middle East business, see MEED Iran’s aiming for 20m tourists in 10 years time compared with 5.2m foreign visitors in the year ending…
Accor plans Iran joint stock company
Accor Hotels’ Ibis and Novotel in Imam Khomeini International Airport was opened in 2015 Accor Hotels of France is planning to set up a joint stock company in Iran to manage its Iranian hospitality business, the 12th annual Arabian Hotel…
Saudi Arabia leads visitors to Dubai
The tourism market in Dubai continues to be dominated by visitors from Saudi Arabia, India and the UK, according to the Middle East Hotel Market Insight report issued by Deloitte and STR Global today. KSA drove the largest number of…
Qatar on track for 3 million visitors in 2015
The number of foreign visitors to Qatar rose by 7 per cent in the first half of 2015 and is on track to grow to 3 million in the year as a whole, the Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA) said in…
Rove Hotels plans 10 projects by 2020
Emaar Hospitality Group says 10 Rove Hotels are to be opened in central Dubai and elsewhere in the region by 2020 as part of Emaar Properties’ developing hotel strategy, according to a statement issued yesterday. Rove Hotels is a brand developed…
Jumeirah Group aims for 20 more hotels: Reuters
Jumeirah Group president and chief executive Gerald Lawless said in an interview yesterday that the hotel company he leads plans to have a total of 20 more hotels in different parts of the world by 2018. At present, Jumeirah, part…
Carlson Rezidor considers Saadiyat Island resort: The National
The Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group is considering plans to run a resort and an hotel on Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi, the Abu Dhabi daily The National reports this morning “Resort hotels also attract their own level of business travellers as people…
Chinese visitors to Abu Dhabi rose 166 per cent in 2014
The number of visitors from China recorded in Abu Dhabi rose by 166 per cent in 2014 to 120,350 and the emirate is stepping up its campaign to attract more. Twenty hotels, two attractions and a luxury shopping mall across…
Qatar reports rise in visitors in 2014 and forecasts hotel rooms to increase 25 per cent in 2015
Qatar enjoyed strong increases in visitor numbers, hotel occupancy and room rates in 2014, a report issued by the Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA) this week shows. It forecast the number of hotel rooms is forecast to increase by one quarter…