Despite the pandemic headwinds that the global hospitality industry has had to contend with over the past two years, new hotel development in prime tourism destinations in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman and the UAE, remains substantial even by global standards.
Following two years of intensive research and development, innovation and transformation through its Greenliner programme to tackle aviation decarbonisation, Etihad Airways in collaboration with Environment Agency Abu Dhabi has launched the Etihad Mangrove Forest to provide guests, corporate accounts and partners the ability to adopt mangroves in Abu Dhabi to reduce their carbon footprint.
Expedia recently released its annual Vacation Deprivation study, finding that Americans took six fewer vacation days (less than 12 days) than the global average in 2021, leaving the majority feeling vacation deprived (59 percent) and more burned out than ever (72 percent).
Porto Hotels and Resorts has announced the appointment of Karim el Herazy as Porto Said Resort & Spa’s Hotel general manager.
The International Humanitarian City (IHC) has forged strategic cooperation with the team behind the International Humanitarian Summit (IHS), an independent forum committed to improving the state of the world to promote dialogues for regional and global humanitarian development.
Travel Trade MENA speaks to Ramesh Ganeson, general manager, LEGOLAND Dubai Resort, about this unique product, and its impact in the UAE, the GCC and abroad.
Swiss-Belhotel International has announced the de-branding of Swiss-Belhotel Doha owned by the Al Majid Family of Qatar. Effective from February 01, the hotel is no longer part of the Swiss-Belhotel International portfolio.
Mandarin Orieintal Hotel Group has announced that it will manage a new resort on a private island in The Maldives that is scheduled to open in 2025.
Business travel expenditure in the Middle East is forecast to rise by 32 percent this year, following a predicted 49 percent increase during 2021, according to a report by the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) published in November 2021.
The German National Tourist Board (GNTB) has been named winner of the TOP 100 Innovator Award for its use of digital solutions such as its Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbot and Augmented Reality (AR) filter.
