Dubai’s Kempinsky Hotel, located at the Mall of the Emirates, has been named Middle East’s leading leisure hotel at the 15th annual World Travel Awards. Source: www.ameinfo.com
The Ritz-Carlton group has said that it plans to open 10 more hotels in the Middle East by 2012. The group currently has five regional hotels with more hotels planned in Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, Egypt, Kuwait, Oman and other parts of the UAE, including a launch in Dubai’s financial district by mid-2009. Source: www.ameinfo.com
Dubai currently leads global hotel statistics with an average room rate of $283 in 2007, according to Gerald Lawless, executive chairman of Jumeirah Group . Meanwhile, other Gulf cities also topped the $200 mark. Lawless said that the room rates will not fall as more hotels open .However, the average rates now being enjoyed may […]
Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi National Hotels (ADNH), the hotel, tourism, transport and catering group, will work on an internal five-year development plan in tandem with the plans announced by the Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority (ADTA) to develop the sector, an official said. ADTA has recently announced that it plans to increase the number of tourists […]
The Metropolitan Hotel Dubai on Shaikh Zayed Road is launching a new chill-out lounge ââ¬â€  I2. The lounge will offer guests champagnes, wines and cocktails together with an assortment of light lounge fare. There will also be daily performances by a DJ who will spin a mix of 70ââ¬â„¢s, 80ââ¬â„¢s and modern day lounge music. […]
The Thai New Year, known as Songkran, was celebrated for the third year in a row , by the Thailand ââ¬â€œbased hotel group Dusit Thani ,at its Dubai property last week. Guests were invited to watch one of Thailand’s most cherished traditions, the Water Ceremony, along with other captivating dance performances. Songkran, one of the […]
With more than 800 exhibitors from 46 countries,nine halls and 17,000 sq metres of exhibition space at Dubai International Exhibition Centre,the Hotel Show is once more round the corner. The Middle Eastââ¬â„¢s leading supplies exhibition to the regionââ¬â„¢s ever expanding hospitality and leisure sectors will open on June 8 and run till June 10. […]