Tourism & Hospitality | Thursday 10 December, 2015 3:06 pm

Turkish Airlines and Avianca Brazil Sign Code Share Agreement

Turkish Airlines has signed a code-share agreement with its fellow Star Alliance member Avianca Brazil. The Brazilian company stated it will add its code (O6) to selected flights operated by the partner, offering its customers access to Istanbul and connections to several destinations in the world. ...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Thursday 10 December, 2015 1:23 pm

British Airways to launch the new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner on its Jeddah route from July 2016

British Airways has announced that its new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, complete with a new First cabin, will start flying to Jeddah from July 2016. British Airways has also confirmed it will be flying the new 787-9 Dreamliner to Dubai from July 2016, its second UAE destination, following the launch ...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Wednesday 9 December, 2015 5:11 pm

Arab Aviation and Media Summit 2015 concludes with positive outlook for regional aviation and tourism

The fifth Arab Aviation and Media Summit (AAMS) concluded yesterday with speakers in broad agreement about the positive outlook for the Middle East’s aviation and tourism industry, despite the potential impact from a number of existing and emerging challenges.    More than 200 ...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Wednesday 9 December, 2015 1:05 pm

UAE spa revenues to hit AED 8.3 billion by 2017

By the end of 2015, the UAE’s spa industry is forecast to achieve revenues of AED 5.5 billion, rising to AED 8.3 billion by 2017, making it one of the most valuable tourism-related industries in the Middle East, with the MENA region the second fastest-growing market in the world for spas...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Wednesday 9 December, 2015 9:33 am

Marina Mall Abu Dhabi’s ‘mammoth’ surprise

Giant footsteps were imprinted in Abu Dhabi as Marina Mall unveiled the UAE’s latest historical attraction, a 15,000 year-old Woolly Mammoth. In the presence of His Highness Dr. Sheikh Sultan Bin Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Advisor to the President of the UAE and Chairman of the National...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Wednesday 9 December, 2015 2:51 am

ETIHAD AIRWAYS SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH SWISS-AS TO DRIVE GROUP-WIDE MAINTENANCE STRATEGY

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, today announced the signing of a strategic relationship agreement with Swiss AviationSoftware (Swiss-AS), which will enable the airline and its equity partners to move to a common maintenance platform, and provide them with ...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Tuesday 8 December, 2015 12:53 pm

Etihad Airways James Hogan Named One Of The 25 Most Influential Business Travel Executives In 2015

James Hogan, President and Chief Executive Officer of Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has been recognized as one of the 25 most influential business travel executives by Business Travel News (BTN), the premier industry publication for corporate travel...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Tuesday 8 December, 2015 2:31 am

Prince Sultan: Take care of historic mosques

The mosque plays a significant role in strengthening relations between the people and helps promote unity and integrity among citizens, asserted Prince Sultan bin Salman, president of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage (SCTNH). The SCTNH chief made this remark during a session...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Monday 7 December, 2015 2:28 pm

Serving you an English festive holiday

Christmas is the perfect time to treat your loved ones and for those who are travelling throughout the festive season, Heathrow’s Terminal 5 – the home of British Airways – is full of popular stores. To help festive shoppers narrow down what to choose, British Airways recently...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Monday 7 December, 2015 12:02 pm

Alzheimer's village opened in Al-Diriyah

Riyadh Gov. Prince Faisal bin Bandar inaugurated the “Alzheimer’s village” at Al-Bugairi neighborhood of the historical city of Al-Diriyah here on Saturday.  He also launched a number of projects of the Saudi Alzheimer’s Disease Association (SADA) and hailed the...

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