More than 2.8 million guests checked into hotels in Abu Dhabi in January-October, figures released today by the Tourism & Culture Authority Abu Dhabi (TCA Abu Dhabi) show. This was 25 per cent higher than in the same period last…
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Abu Dhabi water and electricity price rises change face of the local economy
Higher electricity prices for everyone, charges for water consumption by Abu Dhabi nationals and a stinging increase in power use by industry during peak hours in summer are among the features of the most sweeping change in modern history in…
Da Vinci, Manet, Matisse, Monet, and Van Gogh to come to Abu Dhabi in 2015
Paintings by some the world’s most celebrated artists will be among the works that will be lent to the Louvre Abu Dhabi which opens in December next year, the Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority (TCA Abu Dhabi) announced yesterday.…
New finance announced for Arab filmmakers by Abu Dhabi
SANAD, the development and post-production fund of the Abu Dhabi Film Festival (ADFF), has announced the second cycle of grant recipients for 2014. They include nine projects by Arab filmmakers. The SANAD fund is part of ADFF’s support for Arab…
Fitch Ratings affirms AA rating for Abu Dhabi
Fitch Ratings announced on 16 August that it has affirmed Abu Dhabi’s long-term foreign and local currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) at AA with a stable outlook. The issue ratings on Abu Dhabi’s senior unsecured foreign and local currency bonds…
Australian visitors to Abu Dhabi rise in 2014
The number of Australians staying in hotels in Abu Dhabi rose to almost 17,000 in the first five months of 2014, according to figures released by the Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority (TCA Abu Dhabi) today. This was 8…
Etihad Airways’ revenue rises 28 per cent year-on-year to $3.2bn in first half
Etihad Airways today announced that its revenues in the first half of 2014 rose to $3.2bn, 28 per cent higher than in the same period of 2013. Passengers carried by the airline in the period rose to 6.7m, 22 per…
Abu Dhabi says hotel occupancy leaps to 78 per cent in January-May; aims for 3.2m visitors in 2014
The Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority (TCA Abu Dhabi) said today that more than 1.4m guests stayed in Abu Dhabi hotels in January-May 2014, a 30 per cent increase on January to May 2013. Hotel occupancy in the emirate…
Abu Dhabi on target for 3.2m hotel guests in 2014: TCA Abu Dhabi
The number of people staying at Abu Dhabi hotels rose to more than 1m in the first four months of the year and the emirate is on target to hit its 2014 target of 3.2m hotel guests, the Abu Dhabi…
More than 28,000 hotel rooms to open in UAE by 2016: JLL
The number of hotel rooms in the UAE will rise by 30 per cent by the end of 2016 according to figures in a new report about the hospitality sector of the emirates published today by JLL. JLL said that…