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Manchester City have been crowned Premier League champions for the second time in three years after beating West Ham United on the final day of the season. The 2-0 win gave Manuel Pellegrini’s team the title during his first season in charge. Etihad Airways has been Manchester City Football Club’s main club partner since May, 2009. During that time the club has enjoyed considerable success,…
In advance of the conference on aircraft tracking being hosted by the International Civil Aviation Organisation in Montreal today, Inmarsat has confirmed it has proposed to ICAO a free global airline tracking service over the Inmarsat network, as part of the anticipated adoption of further aviation safety service measures by the world’s airlines following the loss of flight MH370. This service is…
The prestigious MENA Travel Award Gala Night took place on Wednesday, May 7th, 2014 during the last evening of the 2014 Arabian Travel Market, at The Conrad Dubai. Here's the comprehensive list of winners in each category: Best Golf Club: JW Marriott Cairo Best Spa: Sofitel The Palm, Dubai Best Car Rental International Brand: Budget Rent A Car, Jeddah Best Car Rental: Al Muftah Rent A Car, Doha Best…
Qatar Airways concluded its successful participation at the Arabian Travel Market (ATM), the leading travel trade exhibition in Dubai last week. The airline participated with a large delegation from Qatar, where it showcased its recent milestones and award-winning five-star service and hospitality at the airline’s brand new exhibition stand. The state-of-the-art stand witnessed an overwhelming welcome from…
Travel professionals and high-end travellers from around the world have voted Mövenpick Resort & Spa Tala Bay Aqaba ‘Jordan’s Leading Resort’ at the World Travel Awards 2014. The awards are globally recognised as the ultimate hallmark of quality and are often referred to as the ‘Oscars of the travel industry’. Over 500,000 votes were cast in this year’s edition of the World Travel Awards. The award…
Etihad Holidays, a division of Etihad Airways, has launched a new website providing UAE guests with a one-stop-shop that enables them to search, create, and book tailor-made holidays at any time of the day. The new website, accessed via etihad.com, offers dynamically packaged holidays at exceptional rates with many of the world’s leading hotel brands and also includes an extensive range of tours,…
A troupe of 1,600 papier-mâché pandas is set to descend upon HONG KONG this June, as part of an ongoing campaign by the WWF. ‘1600 Pandas World Tour in Hong Kong: Creativity Meets Conservation’ will see the pandas grace the city’s top 10 landmarks as part of the government’s ‘conserving central’ initiative. The 1,600 pandas, which come in six different shapes and sizes, represent the actual number of…
Donald Trump has bought Scotland’s Turnberry golf and hotel resort from Dubai-based group Leisurecorp for an undisclosed sum. They bought the complex, which includes a five star hotel, luxury self catering accommodation and a spa, for £52million in 2008. But since the financial downturn swept the globe, the course has been unofficially up for sale. The Turnberry resort, which has hosted The Open golf…
DOHA, Qatar – Qatar Airways will officially move to its new home at Hamad International Airport (HIA), the world’s newest state-of-the art hub, on May 27, 2014, when the world-class facility will become the new home for the national carrier of the State of Qatar. Qatar Airways, which has been operating out of Doha International Airport for 17 years, has grown from operating only a handful of aircraft…
Airport Show 2014, starting today at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre, is a 3-day event catering to B2B exhibitiors that deal in airport procurement, supplies, solutions and technology. This year the show will fit across a 12,600 square metres gross exhibition space with 250 exhibitors from 39 countries. This is the 14th edition of the show and it will run from 11- 13 May 2014.
A "scandal" seems to have broken out in the British media with the revelation that Pizza Express restaurants in England use Halal chicken for their chicken pizzas. The pizza chain never kept this fact a secret and had posted information about using Halal chicken on its website. Apparently they do not mention it in their menu so the Islamophobic Sun created a fuss over it. A number of Subway restaurants in…
Concluding four days of travel trade business, Reed Travel Exhibitions, the organiser of Arabian Travel Market (ATM) 2014, which comes to a close today (8 May), reports that visitor numbers topped 23,000, up by over 2,100 or more than 10% on 2013 figures. The record-breaking show, now in its 21st year is the largest travel trade exhibitor showcase in the Middle East, accommodated over 2,700 exhibitors with 120…
Turns out 2015 is a big year for the cruising industry with two major lines celebrating milestone birthdays. Princess Cruises will mark its 50th anniversary and has launched a special commemorative itinerary to Mexico that will retrace its maiden journey with ports of call to Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlan and Manzanillo. The 14-day cruise will depart December 3 — 50 years to the day after the line’s…
To commemorate the official opening of Royal Pavilion Villas by Qasr Al Sarab, General Manager Patrick Both and Area General Manager Wael Soueid presented the Director of Promotions and Overseas Office at TCA, Mubarak Al Nuaimi with a framed picture of the latest all villa offering from Anantara Hotels Resorts & Spas. Royal Pavilion Villas is a resort within a resort featuring 10 luxurious pool villas, located…
The Indonesian Vice Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy, Mr. Sapta Nirwandar, is in Dubai taking part in the Arabian Travel Market with a large group of exhibitors. The country that is made up of more than 18,000 islands is a destination that was visited by more than 150,000 tourists from the Middle East last year. Mr. Nirwandar wants to increase that number beyond 200,000 in 2014. Indonesia offers lush…
New York's legendary luxury jewelry designer Tiffany & Co. has arrived on one of the most famous boulevards in the entire world, the Champs-Elysées. The 10,000 square-foot store is comfortably situated at the intersection of the Champs-Elysées and Rue la Boétie within view of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. This new three-story flagship store's interior design includes a custom chandelier of cascading…
The most expensive restaurant in the world is set to open its doors in June at the Hard Rock Hotel in Playa d’en Bossa, Ibiza. The restaurant, SubliMotion, will only allow 12 diners at a time, feeding them a whopping 20-course gastro-sensory meal and charging more than $2,000 by the end of it. So what makes SubliMotion so unique? Well, for starters, the restaurant is literally a virtual light show, with…
Dubai's Zuma Japanese restaurant has made it to No. 77 among the Top 100 restaurants in the world. They are the highest ranked restaurant in the MENA region and the only one to have been on the list for three successive years. Ajaz Sheikh, Managing Director for ZUMA Middle East and Turkey said: “To be listed in the World’s 50 Best ranking just once was an incredible achievement; to be recognized for the…
