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The UAE, Dubai and Emirates Airline have now secured over 60 open or highly liberal aviation agreements, following further recent liberalisation success in Latin America, Africa and Europe. The 60th and 61st agreements, with Brazil and Panama, the latter concluded last month, are the latest negotiations in 2010 that allow carriers of each partner country to offer largely open services between each…
The 1967 Lamborghini Mura, owned by Mr.Imtiaz Shaikh, was adjudged ‘Best of Show’ at the Emirates Classic Car Festival held in Downtown Dubai organised by Emaar Properties in association with the Automobile & Touring Club of the UAE (ATCUAE) and with the support of Ministry of Culture, Youth and Community Development, as part of the UAE National Day celebrations. The very prestigious “FIVA Award” was granted…
Stay and Dine packages - Dhs 1,950 for two nights over Christmas and Dhs 2,150 for two nights to mark the New Year The 396-room Ibn Battuta Gate Hotel in New Dubai has launched two festive packages that include accommodation and dining. For Christmas, a two-night stay for two people arriving on December 23 or 24 is on offer for Dhs 1,950 per room, including breakfast with a choice of either Christmas Eve…
In celebration of the festive season, Swarovski - the world's leading brand of cut crystal with over 115 years of traditions - presents the Crystal Christmas Tree at Statue Square in Central, Hong Kong in collaboration with the Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) for Hong Kong WinterFest to be held from 29th November 2010 to 2nd January 2011. With this scintillating Christmas tree, Swarovski brings an enchanted world…
Dubai, U.A.E. - flydubai's inaugural flight to the Armenian capital, Yerevan, touched down yesterday afternoon, making it the 25th operational route for Dubai's first low cost airline. flydubai CEO, Ghaith Al Ghaith said: "Yerevan is another fascinating destination that has been added to the flydubai route network; it's a route that once again underlines flydubai's expansion, offering passengers somewhere new…
KLM has announced plans to start its own space shuttle by 2014, rivalling Virgin Atlantic the only other player in the sub-orbital flight market. The Dutch flag-carrier said November 17 that it will support Space Experience Curacao by allowing members of its frequent flyer program Flying Blue to redeem points for space flights, as well as including it in future KLM vacation packages. KLM also intends to…
The Travel Foundation, Royal Caribbean Cruises’ Ocean Fund and Museum for African Art, have all been presented with the 2010 World Tourism Awards in a ceremony at World Travel Market, the premier global event for the travel industry. The three winners at the thirteenth annual World Tourism Awards - co-sponsored by Reed Travel Exhibitions, American Express, Corinthia Hotels and International Herald Tribune -…
Exhibition stands have been singled out as bigger, brighter and more interactive than ever before according to a panel of industry experts unveiling the Best Stand Awards at World Travel Market, the premier global event for the travel industry. The judges for the WTM Best Stand Awards were : Bill Richards, Senior Partner at Tram Research; Paddy Power, Group Sales & Marketing Director, Early Action Group, Jim…
Some of the United Kingdom’s most high-profile travel and tourism brands could be purchased by wealthy Middle Eastern businessman, predicts the WTM Global Trends Report. The report, in association with Euromonitor International, predicts Middle Eastern businesses are among the frontrunners for some of the UK industry’s most well known brands, including the Savoy, Grosvenor House, Claridge’s, the Berkeley and…
Paul Kerr, CEO of Small Luxury Hotels of the World, attended ITB Asia in Singapore last week. During the show Mr Kerr shared the latest developments at the luxury hotel brand which is celebrating its 20th anniversary next year. Small Luxury Hotels of the World now has a portfolio of 519 small independent hotels in more than 70 countries worldwide. The brand has seen robust and positive growth in 2010 including an…
Al Maha Desert Resort and Spa in Dubai will join Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide Inc. as the latest addition to its Luxury Collection portfolio, effective today. The hotel will be renamed ‘Al Maha, a Luxury Collection Desert Resort and Spa, Dubai’, with Emirates retaining ownership of the resort and Starwood Hotels and Resorts overseeing the management of the property. Designed and built following the…
World Travel Market, the premier global event for the travel industry, will benefit from an improved transport service at WTM 2010. The Docklands Light Railway (DLR) has just completed successful testing of increasing the frequency of trains to every two minutes 30 seconds during peak times of WTM 2010. This means there will be as many as 24 trains an hour serving ExCeL, London during the busiest…
The only dedicated travel catering services exhibition for the MENA region and one of the largest events of its kind in the world, The International Travel Catering Exhibition (ITCA Dubai), which opened on Sunday 31 October, bringing to market new product launches designed specifically for the in-flight, cruise and rail travel sector. The event serves as a central meeting point for this niche global industry,…
Lufthansa has posted an operating profit of 783 million Euros in the third quarter of the current business year, 565 million Euros more than in the same quarter of the previous year. The good result is the consequence of the increasingly positive development of demand in passenger and freight traffic, and the success of the cost-cutting programmes in all of the business segments, as well as of the realized…
According to Dr Fred Prata, Head of Research at the Norwegian Institute for Air Research, the likelihood of another volcano eruption seriously disrupting aviation is a “near certainty” but next time it can be better managed. The disruption which cost the industry $3 billion in lost revenues could happen again, according to Dr Prata, who is delivering the keynote at a special session, part of the interactive…
YTL Hotels won 'Merger & Acquisition Deal of the Year' at the 21st Hotel Investment Conference Asia-Pacific (HICAP) in Hong Kong on 15 October for the acquisition of Niseko Village, a premier ski destination in Hokkaido, Japan. The award was voted by more than 700 attendees that included hotel investors, financiers, developers and top industry professionals in the Asia-Pacific region. YTL Hotels was among 10…
As tourism regains momentum following the worst economic downturn in its recent history, the sector is well aware of the importance of working together towards common objectives and staying abreast of the latest tourism trends and developments. World Travel Market (WTM) 2010 provides such a venue and will set the stage for the 4th annual United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Ministers’ Summit, as well…
DUBAI, UAE, 26th October 2010 - More than 100 bowlers will be hoping to strike it lucky at the fifth World Airline Bowling Cup (WABC) hosted by Emirates this week. They will be flying the flag for 13 international airlines at the event, which will be held at the Dubai International Bowling Centre from 28th to 30th October. The bowlers will compete for trophies in the Singles, Doubles, Masters and Team…
