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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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…
Abu Dhabi wins world travel market award
Abu Dhabi has won the city destination of the year award for the second consecutive year at the UK’s Travel Agents Choice Awards during London’s World Travel Market this week. Nearly 1,000 UK travel agents voted in the awards, which…
Dubai residential prices to fall by up to 10 per cent in 2015: JLL
Activity in Dubai’s real estate market was subdued in the first quarter of 2015, according to a report released today by JLL. “The Dubai real estate market continued to experience subdued activity during the first quarter of the year. Residential…
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…
Abu Dhabi reports 25 per cent increase in hotel guests in 2014
Almost 3.5 million people checked into hotels in Abu Dhabi in 2014 — a rise of 25 per cent on the previous year’s figure, the Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority (ADTCA) says is a statement. This compares with the…
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…
Visitors to Abu Dhabi 25 per cent higher in January-October
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…
MEED Oman Tourism Day told 66 per cent increase in number of Omani hotel rooms planned
Al Bustan Palace, Oman. 28 October 2014. STR Global Middle East & Africa executive director Philip Woolmer told the MEED Oman tourism Day that STR’s September hotel census showed that there are plans to build 6,000 new hotel rooms in…