Hala Badri, director general, Dubai Culture and Arts Authority (Dubai Culture), affirmed that Dubai and the UAE, with the vision H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, ruler, Dubai, will remain a beacon of creativity, beauty, and innovation, and a hub for knowledge and hope for a brighter future for humanity.
Preferred Hotel Group - which operates independent hotel brand Preferred Hotels & Resorts, new sustainable hotel brand Beyond Green, and leading provider of consultancy services, PHG Consulting - is pleased to welcome Kirk McDonald as director of global sales and development in the Middle East.
The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is pleased to join all relevant Thai public and private agencies to welcome Saudia’s inaugural flight on the Jeddah-Riyadh-Bangkok route that symbolises a return of cordial Saudi-Thai relations, following the historic visit to Saudi Arabia by Thailand’s prime minister, general Prayut Chan-o-cha, in late January.
Antoun Massaad, CEO, Cedar Rose, visited the Expo 2020 Dubai with the Cyprus International Business Association (CIBA) delegation as part of the Cyprus National Day celebrations.
Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, announced the addition of four new boutique destinations to its global network with direct flights to two destinations in Italy, a new destination in France and in the UK.
COVID-19 has accelerated the need for companies within the travel and tourism industry to rapidly invest in digital strategies including the global online travel market which is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of eight percent to reach USD765,3 billion between 2022 and 2025, according to GlobalData.
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.