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Dubai Tourism completes roll-out of e-Ticketing and e-Permit
Dop: Oct 5, 2015 Source: Zawya N:1139
Dubai: The roll-out of the integrated electronic ticketing and permit system has been completed, according to a statement on Monday from the Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (Dubai Tourism).
KSA likely to see 30 million religious tourists by 2025
Dop: Oct 3, 2015 Source: Zawya N:1138
FRANKFURT, Oct 1 ( Reuters ) - Global demand for air travel continued to rise in August, driven by robust growth in Asia-Pacific and the Middle East, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said on Thursday.
Air passenger traffic in terms of revenue passenger kilometres rose 7.1 percent in August, against an 8.2 percent increase recorded for July, IATA said in its monthly passenger data release.
'Tourism could replace oil' as main source of revenue
Dop: Oct 1, 2015 Source: Zawya N:1140
FRANKFURT, Oct 1 ( Reuters ) - Global demand for air travel continued to rise in August, driven by robust growth in Asia-Pacific and the Middle East, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said on Thursday.
Air passenger traffic in terms of revenue passenger kilometres rose 7.1 percent in August, against an 8.2 percent increase recorded for July, IATA said in its monthly passenger data release.
Demand for air travel grows 7.1 pct in August - IATA
Dop: Oct 1, 2015 Source: Zawya N:1137
FRANKFURT, Oct 1 ( Reuters ) - Global demand for air travel continued to rise in August, driven by robust growth in Asia-Pacific and the Middle East, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said on Thursday.
Air passenger traffic in terms of revenue passenger kilometres rose 7.1 percent in August, against an 8.2 percent increase recorded for July, IATA said in its monthly passenger data release.
"The major airports in the country are set to be busier than usual with a high frequency of incoming and outbound tourists in the country."
Hoteliers around the country are gearing up to welcome thousands of guests as many hotels are expected to run at full occupancy on the Eid Al Adha period.
UAE Hotels set to benefit from Eid break
Dop: Sep 20, 2015 Source: HotelierMiddleEast.com N:979
Al Faisaliah Spa receives top honour at World Spa Awards
Dop: Sep 20, 2015 Source: Trade Arabia N:958
"Al Faisaliah Spa..top recognition at World Spa Awards"
Al Faisaliah Spa by ESPA, located within the luxury Al Faisaliah Hotel in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, was among the celebrated winners at the inaugural World Spa Awards held in Vietnam last week.
Dubai Parks and Resorts launches Helmi Programme
Dop: Sep 18, 2015 Source: Zawya N:1079
Dubai: Dubai Parks and Resorts has launched its ‘Helmi Programme’. The programme offers Emiratis training in the USA to hire more than 1,000 UAE Nationals. Emiratis are offered to gain expertise in the operations and management of theme parks in Orlando, USA.
Abu Dhabi courts European visitors in Paris as record numbers of French visitors travel to the emirate
Dop: Sep 16, 2015 Source: Zawya N:1078
ABU DHABI, 16th September, 2015 (WAM) -- A delegation of Abu Dhabi?s tourism stakeholders will be highlighting the emirate?s attractions to a European audience when they participate in France?s leading B2B industry show dedicated to the travel industry later this month.
"UAE could become a serious rival to theme park world leader Orlando."
The UAE is slowly transforming itself into the global entertainment and leisure capital as theme park revenues in the region are expected to shoot up by 78 per cent, from $470 million in 2015 to $837 million in 2019, said a report.
UAE 'set to become global theme park destination'
Dop: Sep 11, 2015 Source: Trade Arabia N:927
"Revenues currently touch $470 million"
Dubai: Theme park revenues in the UAE are expected to increase by 78 per cent from $470 million (Dh1.72 billion) in the current year to $837 million in 2019 as new theme parks open, according to data from consultancy Euromonitor International.
UAE theme park revenues to rise to $837m by 2019
Dop: Sep 10, 2015 Source: GulfNews N:953
Looking into the Future: Dubai’s top 10 projects coming in 2016
Dop: Sep 9, 2015 Source: Buzo N:1077
Peer into the future of Dubai’s ambitious cityscape with these images of ten of the top projects underway for the emirate. More world records, and pioneering construction for the ever expanding city…
UAE spa tourism likely to double by 2017: Report
Dop: Sep 4, 2015 Source: Business intelligence N:1076
UAE. A report published by Euromonitor International for The Leisure Show Dubai 2015 reveals that the UAE spa market is booming with revenues of US $411 million forecast for 2015, while the Global Wellness Institute (GWI) reports the UAE is leading spa tourism in the Middle East and North Africa with visitor numbers set to double by 2017.
Inside the world’s biggest day spa in Dubai
Dop: Sep 2, 2015 Source: Gulf News N:893
What makes Beauty Connection Spa a cut above the rest
Dubai: A Dubai-based beauty chain has added another feather in the emirate’s embellished cap by setting up the biggest day spa in the world.
Bahrain named best Middle East expat destination ahead of UAE
Dop: Aug 31, 2015 Source: buro247 N:891
Maldives Marketing and PR organises GCC roadshow
Dop: Aug 31, 2015 Source: Gulf News N:830
Bahrain beats UAE to be named top Middle East expat
Bahrain: In a global review of expat destinations around the world, Bahrain comes in 17th place, beating out all other Middle East destinations. According to the InterNations Expat Insider 2015 survey.
Roadshows target GCC residents
Dubai: The Maldives Marketing and PR Corporation, which is Maldives Tourism’s tourism arm, has launched a series of roadshows within the GCC from August 23 to 27, according to a statement on Sunday.
Maldives Tourism aims to double GCC visitor numbers
Dop: Aug 25, 2015 Source: Gulf News N:812
Maldives eyes GCC, South American guest markets as euro depreciates
Abu Dhabi: Maldives Tourism said it was hoping to double visitor numbers from the Middle East, with a focus on GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) travellers as the country works to its goal of attracting a total of 1.5 million guests by 2016.
Soviet-era boarding houses and basic flats are being rented out at daily rates approaching a third of Ukrainians’ average monthly incomes
ODESSA, Ukraine: Irina Chapravska has just snapped up the last room of a luxury hotel that costs 300 ($335, Dh1,229.50) a night and offers a panoramic view of Ukraine’s serene Black Sea coastline.
Farewell Crimea: Ukraine holidaymakers flock to Odessa
Dop: Aug 23, 2015 Source: Gulf News N:796
The San Francisco-based ‘sharing economy’ app will be advised by local venture capitalists on how to adapt to sell to Chinese travellers
San Francisco: Airbnb has formed a partnership with China Broadband Capital and Sequoia China to help the apartment-sharing app expand into the Chinese market.
Airbnb targets booming China demand
Dop: Aug 23, 2015 Source: Gulf News N:795
Dubai set to host 6,000 Chinese execs as tourism push continues
Dop: Aug 21, 2015 Source: Gulf News N:866
Dubai will welcome 6,000 members of the worldwide Chinese insurance and financial industry next week for a prestigious awards ceremony as tourism chiefs continue to chase visitors from China.
The 2015 International Dragon Award Annual Meeting will be held outside Asia Pacific for the first time and it comes at a time when the emirate’s inbound visitor numbers from China are hitting new highs.
Chinese visitor numbers up 25 per cent in Dubai in H1 2015
Dop: Aug 19, 2015 Source: Gulf News N:794
Spending by Chinese tourists in the emirate declined by 7 per cent: analyst
Tourists at Dubai Mall. China was one of Dubai’s top 10 tourism source markets in 2014, having ranked seventh, followed by Kuwait, Russia and Germany.
The number of Chinese overnight visitors in Dubai grew by 25 per cent in the first six months of this year, but their spending has dropped, according to a top tourism official.
GCC tourists seen to flock to Egypt
Dop: Aug 2, 2015 Source: Kaleej Times N:656
Egypt's regional tourism office in the near east has been shifted from Istanbul to Abu Dhabi, disclosed Sami Mahmoud, chairman of the Egyptian Tourism Authority.
"The move is part of the distinctive Egyptian-UAE relations, which have seen a remarkable progress on political and economic levels over recent years," he said.
Mahmoud expected the activity of the office to help increase Egypt-bound GCC and Arab tourism from 17 per cent to 25 per cent by the end of the current year.
Summer tourism booms in Dubai
Dop: Aug 1 , 2015 Source: Kaleej Times N:655
To make the best of the tourist rush, tour operators in Dubai have been rolling out comprehensive travel packages.
Tourists, especially women, love the fact that Dubai is safe. This is one reason why the hotel business in the Emirate is doing well. During and after Eid, overseas visitors, especially from the GCC countries, thronged the Emirate. It helped that the Dubai Summer Surprises (DSS) festival that began on July 23 (right after Eid) is on till September 5.
Egypt expecting 45% rise in Emirati tourists this year
Dop: July 27, 2015 Source: The National Business N:654
Egypt expects a 45 per cent jump in Emirati tourists this year, the chairman of the Egyptian Tourism Authority (ETA) said at the launch of the Abu Dhabi office yesterday.
This year Egypt will receive 80,000 Emiratis, up from 55,000 last year, said Samy Mahmoud, the ETA chairman.
R Hotels to invest Dh150m in Ajman as emirate aims to boost tourism
Dop: July 19, 2015 Source: The National Business N:653
The Ajman-based R Hotels plans to invest Dh150 million on a mid-markethotel as the emirate seeks to draw 5 million tourists a year by 2021.
Construction on the 182-room property, located alongside Ramada Beach Hotel Ajman, is expected to start this quarter.