Tourism & Hospitality | Thursday 6 August, 2015 3:49 am

ETIHAD AIRWAYS SCORES HAT TRICK AT AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS TRAVELLER AWARDS

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has won three accolades at the Australian Business Traveller Awards, including the coveted title of Best Airline. It also won the awards for Best First Class and Best Arrivals Lounge.   The awards were determined by a ...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Thursday 6 August, 2015 2:15 am

Rotana launches new luxury hotel in Dubai

Rotana has announced the launch of a new luxury 5* hotel and serviced apartment project in Dubai. An agreement paving the way for the new hotel was signed last week between Nasser Al Nowais, Chairman of Rotana, and  H. E. Mohamed Khalifa Bin Yousef Al Suwaidi. Situated in the heart of the...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Thursday 6 August, 2015 1:07 am

Mohammad Hassan Basudan – Director of Sales at flynas

flynas is pleased to announce the appointment of Mohammad Hassan Basudan to the position of Director of Sales in KSA. Basudan moves into the role from his previous position as Regional Director of Sales in the Western Region which he has occupied since 2011. The position additionally saw him...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Wednesday 5 August, 2015 3:23 am

Dubai to build world’s largest indoor ski resort

Dubai announced Tuesday it would build the world’s largest indoor ski resort, with a 1.2-km run. Dubai’s current indoor ski resort, opened in 2005 in the Mall of the Emirates, remains the largest in the world, according to the Guinness World Records website, boasting a 400-meter...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Wednesday 5 August, 2015 12:06 am

Oman Air appoints new Country Manager for Oman

Oman Air has announced the appointment of Jamal Al Azki as Country Manager for the Sultanate of Oman (Centre). His new role is based in the Omani capital of Muscat. Al Azki took up his new position on 1st July and previously held the position of Country Manager, UK and Ireland, for Oman...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Tuesday 4 August, 2015 1:35 pm

ETIHAD AIRWAYS SELECTS PROS REVENUE MANAGEMENT CLOUD SOLUTION

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, and PROS® (NYSE: PRO), a big data software company, today announced the signing of a strategic agreement that will see the airline migrate its PROS Origin & Destination (O&D) revenue management solution to the cloud...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Tuesday 4 August, 2015 12:49 pm

Turkish Airlines adds a new route to the Central Asia Region

Turkish Airlines, ranked the “Best Airline in Europe”* for the fifth consecutive years, adds yet another city to its Far East network.    Today, the second-largest city of Tajikistan and the capital of the northernmost province of this country, Khujand joined the network ...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Tuesday 4 August, 2015 12:14 pm

Mandilicious Opens Second Outlet in Jeddah to Cater to Growing Demand

Mandilicious, the world's first restaurant chain to serve the slow-cooked ‘Cuisine of Arabia’ in a food court setting, has opened a new outlet in the Al Salaam Mall in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The launch comes following the agreement between Raddah Investment and Mandilicious to expand ...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Tuesday 4 August, 2015 6:15 am

SR100,000 limit for health insurance for visitors: Official

Health insurance cover for visitors to the Kingdom has been fixed at a maximum of SR100,000 and they will all come under the purview of the Saudi health insurance companies and those licensed to carry out electronic sales.    Muhammad Bin Sulaiman Al-Hussein, secretary general of...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Tuesday 4 August, 2015 2:11 am

Vinoderm, Swiss skin brand with antioxidant grape extracts, launches in the UAE

Vinoderm, a well-known Swiss brand developed by Skin Concept Laboratory and manufactured at their state-of-the-art factory near Zurich, Switzerland have launched its products in the UAE. All Vinoderm products are derived from ‘Pinot Noir’, a variety of elite red grapes cultivated at the ...

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