BWH Hotels (BWH) announced plans for significant growth of its portfolio in the Middle for the current year and beyond.

Kanoo Travel, the first IATA member agency in the GCC and a prominent force within the Middle East’s travel industry, announced its association with Travel Leaders, the international network that is part of Internova Travel Group, one of the world’s largest travel service companies and a top-tier corporate travel management company in the US.

As the global airport industry, comprising over 40,000 ICAO-coded airports and revenues exceeding USD173 billion, work its ways to become carbon net-zero by 2050 through enhancing infrastructure, technology-based operational efficiencies, robust controls and benchmarked excellence, the Airport Show, from May 09 to 11, will have a sharp focus on sustainability and innovation. 

20 companies from the French aircraft interior and maintenance sector participated in the new edition of AIME & MRO Middle East, which was held simultaneously in Dubai on March 01-02.

Held under the patronage of the UAE Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure, in association with Seatrade Maritime Club, Seatrade Maritime Logistics Middle East (SMLME) is all set to take place on May 16 – 18.

In 2022, international travel and tourism has continued to recover as the world reopens and COVID-19 restrictions are lifted. Globally, international tourist arrivals increased by 130 percent in January 2022 compared to January 2021, according to the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNTWO), and within the Middle East region, tourism now accounts for nearly nine percent of GDP.

The sustainable trends of green airlines, eco hospitality, sustainable attractions, locally sourced produce and forward-thinking government initiatives will represent key focuses at Arabian Travel Market (ATM) 2023, which will take place at Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) from May 01-04 next year.

Premier Inn MENA has appointed Eduard Jimenez as commercial director to drive revenue growth at the company’s expanding portfolio of hotels in the region.

The transformation of Sheraton Hotels & Resorts – a global brand within Marriott Bonvoy’s portfolio of 30 extraordinary hotel brands – continues to gain momentum in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) with five redesigned properties exemplifying the modernised design concept: Sheraton Amsterdam Airport, Netherlands; Sheraton Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Sheraton Frankfurt Airport, Germany; Sheraton Grand Krakow, Poland; and Sheraton Djibouti, Djibouti. The refreshed hotels join the growing number of properties around the world displaying the brand’s design transformation, with nearly 50 hotels globally including four other properties in EMEA that are expected to be completed by year’s end.