Tourism & Hospitality | Sunday 11 October, 2015 12:47 pm

Boeing Celebrates Delivery of Oman Air’s First 787 Dreamliner

Boeing [NYSE: BA] and Oman Air today celebrated the delivery of the airline’s first Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The airline ordered six 787-8s in November 2011 as part of its expansion plans.    “We are delighted to receive our first Dreamliner which combined with Oman...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Saturday 10 October, 2015 5:25 am

ROCCO FORTE HOTELS IS RATED MORE POPULAR THAN ALL OTHER EUROPEAN HOTEL GROUPS IN THE WORLD

A new study by luxury consulting agency, Luxury Branding, on the world leading luxury hotels for 2015, has reported The World’s Most Popular Luxury Hotel Brands. The independent analysis of 2.25 million travellers’ was conducted using reviews on TripAdvisor. With consistently excellent...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Saturday 10 October, 2015 4:02 am

RARE AND ENDANGERED SEA DRAGONS MEET THE PUBLIC AT JEDDAH’S FAKIEH AQUARIUM

Fakieh Aquarium, one of Jeddah’s premiere cultural and tourism institutions located on the city’s beautifully renovated North Corniche, continues to grow and fascinate as it branches out from its Red Sea origins to display strange and wondrous sea creatures from around the...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Saturday 10 October, 2015 3:00 am

ETIHAD AIRWAYS ANNOUNCES EARLY ARRIVAL OF SIGNATURE A380 SERVICE, INCLUDING THE RESIDENCE BY ETIHAD, TO NEW YORK’S JOHN F. KENNEDY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E), today announced that its award-winning Airbus A380 service, which features the only commercially available three-room suite in the sky: The Residence by Etihad™, will begin flying between Abu Dhabi (AUH) and New...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Friday 9 October, 2015 3:54 pm

Dubai expects 14m tourists in 2015, 15m in 2016

The emirate of Dubai is expecting 14 million tourists by the end of the current year and 15m in 2016, according to Marc Bennett, senior vice-president, International Operations of the Dubai Corporation of Tourism and Commerce Marketing. Bennett’s remarks came during the 11th Natalie Tours...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Friday 9 October, 2015 1:18 pm

UNWTO praises ‘amazing’ tourism development

The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has praised the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage (SCTNH) for its development projects across the country. Omar Valdez, executive head of the UNWTO’s Themis Foundation, said that his organization was also working closely with the...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Friday 9 October, 2015 3:26 am

Etihad Airways Engineering Expands Capability 
With New Paint Hangar

Etihad Airways Engineering, the Middle East’s leading aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) provider, has expanded its existing capability for painting aircraft at premises adjacent to Abu Dhabi International Airport with the conversion of Hangar 5 into a state-of-the-art paint...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Thursday 8 October, 2015 1:28 pm

Etihad Airways Hosts 250 Dutch Travel Industry Leaders In Abu Dhabi

Etihad Airways is playing host to 250 leading travel industry representatives from The Netherlands. The delegation has arrived in Abu Dhabi for the ANVR (Algemene Nederlandse Vereniging van Reisondernemingen) Dutch Association of Travel Agents and Tour Operators Conference 2015.   The...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Thursday 8 October, 2015 1:02 pm

Rotana an-Track to ADD 1,500 Rooms to Under-Served Saudi Hotel Sector by 2017

This is, indeed, a boom time for the travel industry, but it is just a part of a larger trend across MENA of both leisure and business travel that is noticeably increasing demand, especially, on the hotel industry. Particularly in the Arab countries, hotels are working furiously to meet this demand ...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Thursday 8 October, 2015 12:48 pm

flydubai expands its network in Russia adding Nizhny Novgorod and Novosibirsk

flydubai, today, inaugurated flights to two new destinations in Russia, Nizhny Novgorod and Novosibirsk, making it the first Dubai-based airline to serve these cities.  Offering one of the most comprehensive networks from the UAE the carrier now operates to 10 destinations in Russia. The...

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