flydubai, the Dubai-based airline, recently announced the start of flights to AlUla in Saudi Arabia, becoming the first UAE carrier to operate this route from Dubai.

Leading independent hotel management company, Aleph Hospitality, has entered the Ugandan market with the signing of a management contract to operate two boutique hotels; Masheda Palms in Buyala and A’lure Hotel & Suites in Kampala. Aleph Hospitality’s portfolio now stretches across six countries on the African continent.

Khimji’s House of Travel, one of the leading travel management companies in the Sultanate of Oman, has signed a multiyear agreement with Sabre Corporation, a leading software and technology company that powers the global travel industry, to expand its operation and fuel its growth.

For the first time since its opening in 2019, Qasr Al Watan’s esteemed majlis, ‘Al Barza’ is now open to visitors at the Palace of The Nation.

A total of 1,080 deals were announced in the global travel and tourism sector during 2021, which is an improvement of 1,3 percent over the 1,066 deals announced during 2020, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.