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…
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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…
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…
MEED Kurdistan Projects conference told Golden Tulip negotiating Erbil projects
The Golden Tulip hotel group is agreements for new projects in Erbil and is open to other opportunities in Iraqi Kurdistan, the MEED Kurdistan Projects Conference was told this morning. “We have a couple of projects under negotiation in Erbil,”…
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…
Ritz-Carlton says no new Dubai hotels planned: Gulf News
Ritz-Carlton, the luxury hotel brand of Marriott International of the US, has no plans to develop further hotels in Dubai before 2020, the Dubai daily Gulf News today reported Ritz-Carlton global operations officer Bob Kharazmi as saying. There are two…
Bids invited for Sir Bani Yas Island hotel concession
Abu Dhabi’s Tourism Development & Investment Company (TDIC) today called for bids for the 30-year concession to build and operate a three-four star hotel beachside resort on Sir Bani Yas Island in the west of the emirate of Abu Dhabi.…
Abu Dhabi room rates to rise despite new hotels: The National
Average hotel room rates will rise despite the opening of new hotels in the UAE capital, Millennium & Copthorne Hotels Middle East & Africa CEO Ali Alzaabi is reported as saying this morning by the Abu Dhabi daily The National.…
Deloitte and STR Global report Saudi Arabians are top visitors to Dubai
A total of 1.4m Saudi Arabians visited Dubai in 2013 and the kingdom was the leading source of tourists for the emirate in the year, according to the the first Middle East Hotel Market report by Deloitte and STR Global.…