Preferred Hotels & Resorts, one of the world’s largest independent luxury hotel brands and a global provider of sales, marketing, and distribution services to member hotels, has announced a new leadership position in the Middle East. Strengthening its global sales team, Çağlar Göncüler has joined Preferred Hotels & Resorts as Director, Global Sales – Middle East. Based in Dubai, Göncüler will strengthen the brand's presence across the region and support the commercial success of its member hotels.

AEGEAN continues to strategically expand its network, further strengthening Greece’s international connectivity and reinforcing Athens’ position as a key hub in the region.

The European Commission recently  launched a new initiative to boost women's employment across the Middle East and North Africa.

Wizz Air recently relaunched flights to Jeddah and Amman and reconfirms the restart of Abu Dhabi and Dubai on October 25. These being three of the Middle East’s most popular destinations, reconnecting travellers with the Arabian Peninsula.

In line with the existing on-sale schedule, Wizz Air will progressively restore 12 routes and 49 weekly services to Jordan, the UAE and Saudi Arabia over the winter season.

In the first half of this year, there were 1,321 million overnight stays in tourist accommodations across the EU, a 1.7 percent increase compared with the first six months of 2025, (1,299 million). 

RadissonHotel Group has collaborated with Accenture in launching an AI-powered hotel discovery app in ChatGPT, helping travellers move from trip intent to search, comparison and planning through natural conversation.