Tourism & Hospitality | Friday 2 January, 2015 1:57 am

2015 packed with amazing celestial treats

Several amazing astronomical treats are likely this year, starting with a meteor shower on Saturday, an astronomer said here on Thursday.This would be followed by solar and lunar eclipses, and planets moving in unusual patterns later in the year, said Zaki Al-Mostafa, a Saudi professor at the...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Friday 2 January, 2015 12:29 am

Rixos unwraps fourth luxury hotel in Kazakhstan

Rixos Hotels has recently hosted a gala dinner in honour of celebrating the grand opening of ‘Rixos Khadisha Shymkent’ the first luxury hotel in Southern Kazakhstan, and fourth edition in the country.Mr Bugra Berberoglu CEO of Rixos Hotels said, this is “Rixos' 4th hotel in the...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Thursday 1 January, 2015 10:26 am

Saudia extends domestic ticket validity to one year

The national carrier also announced starting a new mechanism called "Reserve and pay" so as to enable more domestic passengers to avail its services.According to the mechanism, passengers can take advantage of the available seats on an instant basis instead of the current system of allowing a set...

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