Sales & Marketing Middle East External Articles

October 16, 2009

Pilgrims to Mecca to be tempted by luxury hotel | telegraph.co.uk

Raffles is opening a luxury hotel in Mecca that will offer weary pilgrims a taste of the high life, including a coffee sommelier, a chocolate room and 24-hour butler service. The new hotel will provide accommodation that varies wildly from the basic fare normally experienced by Muslims executing the fifth pillar of Islam. The pilgrimage to Mecca typically involves great hardship, including months spent travelling on foot and sleeping in the open air while en route.

telegraph.co.uk

Saudi Arabia

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August 27, 2009

Dubai hotels incentives pay off as visitors return

Dubai hotels experienced a substantial improvement in performance last month following sharp declines in revenues in the first half of the year, as promotional efforts start to have an effect. Occupancy levels for Dubai hotels increased last month compared with June, but were down from last year. Occupancy was 65.1 per cent last month compared with 71.7 per cent in July of last year.

thenational.ae

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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June 22, 2009

Saudi Hotel sector gets major boost as religious tourism in Saudi grows by 30 per cent in first quarter 2009 | albawaba.com

The Elaf Group of Companies, a business organisation serving the Saudi Arabian travel, tourism and hotel industries, has announced that it has recently launched a major expansion initiative in the Saudi hotel sector, driven by a significant surge in religious tourism, which according to recent reports has achieved a remarkable 30 per cent growth in the first quarter of 2009. Elaf has particularly prepared for the new Umrah season that started in February 2009, noting a considerable growth trend as around 3.5 million pilgrims are expected to visit the Kingdom in the current Umrah season

albawaba.com

Saudi Arabia

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June 18, 2009

All about the Hydropolis Underwater Hotel, Dubai | designbuild-network.com

Currently under construction in Dubai, Hydropolis will be the world's first luxury underwater hotel. It will include three elements: the land station, where guests will be welcomed, the connecting tunnel, which will transport people by train to the main area of the hotel, and the 220 suites within the submarine leisure complex. It is one of the largest contemporary construction projects in the world, covering an area of 260 hectares, about the size of London's Hyde Park.

designbuild-network.com

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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June 9, 2009

Bomb rips through Pakistan hotel | cnn.com

ee suicide attackers shot their way onto the grounds of a five-star hotel in the northwest Pakistani city of Peshawar and set off a car bomb, killing at least seven people and wounding dozens, officials said. Peshawar Police Chief Safwat Ghyour said about 40 people were wounded in the attack on the Pearl Continental Hotel, which is often frequented by foreigners and diplomats.

cnn.com

Peshawar, Pakistan

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May 27, 2009

Abu Dhabi cuts hotel guest target | maktoob.com

Abu Dhabi has cut its target to more than double the number of hotel guests staying in the emirates by 2012 due to the impact of the global economic downturn, the chairman of the Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority (ADTA) said on Monday. Sheikh Sultan bin Tahnoon al-Nahyan said the authority has reduced its forecast by 15 percent to 2.3 million guests annually by 2012, down from 2.7 million guests, in a sign of how the downturn is hitting the emirate's economy.

maktoob.com

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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May 19, 2009

Dubai tourism takes hit in Q1 as hotel nights fall | guardian.co.uk

Dubai's tourism industry slowed in the first quarter with hotel guest nights falling 16 percent and revenues dropping 15 percent as a global recession hit the sector, official data showed. Gulf commerce and trade hub Dubai, which attracts more visitors each year than any Arab country outside of Egypt, hosts a major shopping festival in the first quarter that typically attracts streams of regional visitors.

guardian.co.uk

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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April 8, 2009

Abu Dhabi to have 4,000 new hotel rooms | ameinfo.com

The Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority has said that it estimates that the emirate will have an additional 4,000 hotel rooms by the end of 2009. The added units will bring the UAE capital's total room numbers to 17,000, including hotel apartments.

ameinfo.com

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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April 6, 2009

Middle East: RevPar at heart of all new hotels' strategy | business24-7.ae

Hotels in the Middle East, as in other parts of the world, are looking at ways to increase revenue per available room (RevPar) penetration in a contracting market, according to senior hotel executives. John Podaris, Associate Director, Tri Hospitality Consulting, told Emirates Business: "We understand hotels in the region are constantly evaluating the market and adjusting their sales and marketing strategies to ensure their competitiveness, particularly in these challenging economic conditions."

business24-7.ae

United Arab Emirates