UAE Ranked 2nd Friendliest Country for Tourists in Middle East
A country can attract tourists with it beautiful nature, interesting history and big events. However, many travelers state the locals’ attitude towards them as...
Top Fastest Growing Countries for Travel and Tourism
Over the last decade, tourism has become one of the most thriving sectors of the global economy. This industry provides millions of jobs all...
UAE airports to handle over 85 million passengers in 2013
With their spirits sky high about the multi-billion dollar airports expansion programme, the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states are increasingly exploring the airport...
Dubai Prepares to Welcome 15 Million Visitors by 2015
Dubai’s tourism sector is one of main factors that help the city’s economy to grow and develop so much in the past decades. The...
Experts Predict 2 Billion International Travelers in 2020
Today, tourism and travel industry is reaching brand new heights. The main reason for this is that governments around the world clearly see the...
UAE ranked 28th in Travel ‘&’ Tourism Competitiveness Report 2013
The United Arab Emirates continues to lead the region at 28th overall, up two places since the last assessment, according to the Travel '&'...
Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2013 Revealed
Switzerland, Germany and Austria are top performers in the fifth Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report, which ranks 140 countries according to their attractiveness and...
Emirates Announces the Launch of “Share a Smile”
New multi-lingual campaign connects people through the humourous side of language
Emirates, one of the world’s fastest growing airlines today unveiled a new campaign...
Top 5 Luxury Travel Trends in 2013
Are you familiar with the term “luxury travel”? If not, we will explain it for you. Luxury travel is not about spending a huge...
Wellness tourism popularity set to grow in 2013
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This year’s biggest spa trend will be the so-called wellness...
DSF Means Big Business For Dubai Hospitality Sector
Main hotel groups report healthy growth in guest arrivals and occupancy levels after gearing up early with DSF promotions and offers
For Dubai hospitality...
World Travel Awards starts 2013 global search with call for nominations
World Travel Awards (WTA), “the Oscars of the travel industry,” is issuing a call to those organizations that aspire to be recognized as the...
dnata to Represent Club Med in the Gulf Region
dnata today announced its appointment as the exclusive general sales agent (GSA) for Club Med holidays across the UAE, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait.
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First Dubai Green Festival in April
Department of Tourism and Commercial Marketing launches "Dubai Green Festival" activities in April 2013
For seven exciting days in various locations across Dubai
DTCM has initiated...
International tourism hits one billion
One billion tourists have travelled the world in 2012, marking a new record for international tourism – a sector that accounts for one in...
World’s greatest brands revealed at “Travel Oscars”
World Travel Awards (WTA) has capped its year-long search for the most popular travel and tourism brands in the world with its glittering Grand...
Dubai Hotel Occupancy Rate at 79.0% Year-to-date
Dubai's average hotel room rate increased by 8.7% year-to-date
The ME Hotel Benchmarking Survey for October 2012 was released today by Ernst & Young.
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Uninterrupted Luxury with Emirates’ New Transfer Shuttles
Emirates’ First Class and Business Class customers can now look forward to a seamless, premium travel experience, with the introduction of new, bespoke transfer...