Tourism & Hospitality | Sunday 24 April, 2016 5:21 pm

Arabian Travel Market 2016 opens tomorrow

Over 26,000 visitors expected to attend Middle East’s largest travel trade event with 2,800 confirmed exhibitors, 64 national pavilions, over 50 seminar and technology theatre sessions, and several new show features including the launch of the first ever Wellness & Spa Lounge and ATM...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Sunday 24 April, 2016 5:05 pm

flydubai Cargo wins at the SCATA Awards

flydubai’s Cargo division has received the award for “Cargo Operator of the Year” at the tenth annual Supply Chain and Transport Awards (SCATA). The award recognised flydubai Cargo’s growth in the last year as it continued to provide increased accessibility to previously...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Sunday 24 April, 2016 3:38 pm

Amadeus Launches Touchless Solutions to Empower Travel Companies

Amadeus Gulf, a leading provider of advanced and innovative solutions for the travel industry, is launching a suite of cutting edge robotics and touchless solutions at the Arabian Travel Market 2016. Amadeus Touchless Solutions will help travel companies automate their processes and deliver much...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Sunday 24 April, 2016 11:37 am

Top Middle Eastern travel agencies get a glimpse of the future of travel from Sabre

Top travel agencies from the Middle East were given a sneak peek into the future of travel at an innovation event hosted by Sabre Corporation (NASDAQ: SABR), a leading global technology provider to the travel and tourism industry.   The event, hosted at Sabre’s EMEA headquarters in...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Sunday 24 April, 2016 11:33 am

DAMAC Properties Showcases Full-Fledged Array of Hospitality Brands at ATM 2016

In just two years since its inception, DAMAC Hotels & Resorts, the hospitality arm of luxury real estate developer, DAMAC Properties, has announced that the number of its keys across the GCC will reach 15,000 by 2021.    The hospitality arm includes four distinct hospitality...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Sunday 24 April, 2016 11:29 am

ETIHAD AIRWAYS LAUNCHES INNOVATIVE MOBILE APP TO REIMAGINE THE TRAVEL EXPERIENCE FOR GUESTS

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, has launched a mobile application for the iPhone that enables guests to organise and manage their journey with even greater ease as the airline continues to adopt innovative technology to reimagine the flying experience.   Etihad Airways...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Sunday 24 April, 2016 11:26 am

Emirates Grand Hotel to make strong presence at ATM 2016

Emirates Grand Hotel, a 47-storey tower conveniently located in the heart of Dubai’s business and commercial, is set to showcase its facilities and summer offerings at the Arabian Travel Market (ATM) 2016. As a stand-alone property, Emirates Grand Hotel will present the hotel’s...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Sunday 24 April, 2016 11:20 am

Global Village Starts Countdown for 21st Season With Doors Opening on 1st November

Global Village has started the preparations for its 21st season that will open its doors to guests for 159 days from 1st November to 8th April 2017. The announcement comes just two weeks after the park completed a record breaking 20thanniversary season when they welcomed 5.3 million...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Saturday 23 April, 2016 10:43 am

Chefs make Italian Dishes at the Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival

There’s nothing more entertaining than a chef who can also make duck noises and who can look through cored zucchini halves as if they were binoculars. Young children and their parents visiting the Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival were treated to a special cooking session by Italian...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Saturday 23 April, 2016 9:43 am

Encroaching on History

 The remnants of Ain Zubaidah project, which was launched more than 1,200 years ago by the wife of Abbasid Caliph Haroon Rashid to quench the thirst of Hajis and Umrah pilgrims, stand testimony of Queen Zubaidah’s generosity and farsightedness. A few years ago, late King Abdullah had...

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