Celebrating its maiden flight to the GCC region, the Four Seasons Private Jet touched down in Dubai for the first time yesterday evening at DC Aviation Al-Futtaim VVIP FBO and hangar facility at Dubai World Central.
In a major move aimed at supporting Abu Dhabi's position on the global tourism map, Rotana, one of the leading hotel management companies in the Middle East, Africa, South Asia and Eastern Europe, and Farah Experiences, a leading provider of world-class entertainment experiences, today signed a strategic partnership agreement aimed at supporting the growth of leisure tourism in Abu Dhabi and promoting the emirate's unique tourist attractions and experiences in key international markets.
Speaking on a panel discussion today at the Hotelier Middle East Great GM Debate held in Dubai, Ferghal Purcell, General Manager of The Ajman Palace Hotel stressed on the massive Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions (MICE) opportunity in the region. The industry wide annual conference, that brought together the strongest line-up of speakers, gave hoteliers a chance to discuss the most pressing issues and challenges posed by the current geopolitical and economic factors.
#BeTheHost, an Emiratisation initiative by Jumeirah Group, the global luxury hotel company and a member of Dubai Holding, has been recognised in two categories at the 13th Annual International Business Awards, one of the most prestigious awards in the communications industry.
Residents in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region preferred to celebrate Eid Al Fitr closer to home this year, confirms data released by trivago, the world's largest hotel search that compares rates from more than 1 million hotels on more than 250 booking sites.
Internet Moguls, a 360-degree strategic digital solutions company has been announced as an official Digital Marketing Agency for Ramee Group of Hotels. Presently, the Ramee Group operates 42 hotels, resorts and apartments in India, UAE, Oman and Bahrain. Internet Moguls, on the other hand, is the digital marketing agency for the hospitality industry and helps its clients to drive its revenues through digital techniques. As an official digital marketing agency, Internet Moguls will handle all the digital services that includes Website Designing & Development, Search Engine Marketing, Search Engine Optimization, Social Media Marketing, Online Reputation Management to Email Marketing and much more. Moreover, it will also take 'digital hospitality' training classes to impart digital marketing knowledge to its hotel partner.
Mondo Hospitality has been using eRevMax solutions for the past few years and has benefitted from improved brand exposure and online revenue. Headquartered in Dubai, Mondo Hospitality operates multiple serviced apartments in UAE and Malaysia and believes in delivering "locations that work". Two of their key properties - Suha Hotel Apartments and Al Barsha Hotel Apartments have been using RateTiger Shopper and Channel Manager to monitor and optimize room rates and availability across multiple online sales channels from a single platform.
New Orleans -- hospitalityPulse Inc., the technology leader in automated room assignment solutions, will be presenting its fully integrated suite of products at HITEC designed to significantly enhance a hotel's traditional and mobile check in processes. In addition to the company's popular roomPulse and PulseLink room assignment solutions, hospitalityPulse will unveil new tools in Booth 1713 that will transform traditional transactions into guest interactions by enabling front-desk agents to focus more closely on their guests.
With exceptional quality and consistent service as one of the main pillars of HMH vision, the group aims to capture maximum potential market share in the GCC, and specifically the UAE, to create and boost its brand equity.
To capitalise on a growing hospitality industry, Naseba has partnered with Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP) to produce the 19th Edition Hotel Technology Summit, which kicked off on March 21st in Riyadh.
UNWTO Secretary-General, Taleb Rifai, has expressed the Organizations' full confidence in the recovery of tourism in Egypt during a recent visit to the country. On the occasion, Mr. Rifai met with Egypt's President, Abdel Fattah el- Sisi, in the presence of the Egyptian Minister of Tourism, Hisham Zaazou. The President reiterated his full support to the tourism sector and its utmost determination in ensuring that Egypt is a safe, attractive and leading tourism destination saying "if tourism recovers, Egypt will recover".
Preferred Hotels & Resorts and Katara Hospitality, two of the world's leading hospitality companies, have entered into a master partnership agreement for the recently launched Murwab Hotel Group, Katara Hospitality's standalone hotel operating division. Effective immediately, four of Murwab Hotel Group's existing luxury hotels in Qatar and Switzerland have been brought into representation of Preferred Hotels & Resorts, and five additional properties that are currently under development in Europe and the Middle East will join over the course of the next 18 months.
Hospitality Management Holdings made a special presentation today on the changing face of luxury hotels at Dubai Hotels & Leisure Summit organised by CMS in association with Colliers International. In addition, he participated in a panel discussion sharing valuable insights on trends and development in the regional hospitality sector, owner and operator relations, emergence of mid-market sector, M&A activity and future outlook of the industry.
Laurent A. Voivenel, CEO of HMH- Hospitality Management Holdings addressed the Global Hospitality Summit in Dubai with a special presentation on 'Reshaping Luxury Hospitality to Welcome & Win Over New Generation of Guests'. Organised by Marcus Evans from 18-19 January, the two-day premium forum was attended by leading hotel experts and developers who exchanged key business insights from the industry.
Yassat Gloria Hotel & Apartments and Trust International Join Forces for Distribution
The Global Restaurant Investment Forum (GRIF), the world's leading event for the restaurant investment community have opened nominations for the inaugural Global Restaurant Awards, which is an endeavour to recognise the businesses that form the backbone of the world's leading restaurants and restaurant brands. This unique concept has been developed in collaboration with The Caterer part of the Travel Weekly Group in the UK, which is now Europe's largest B2B travel and hospitality Media Company. The Caterer owns and operates the UK's leading awards events in hospitality and catering, and the wider group runs over 130 annual events across tourism and hospitality worldwide.
Outrigger Enterprises Group has opened a sales and marketing representation office in Dubai covering the Middle East region. Middle East experts, Dubai-based Gulf Reps Ltd., will be responsible for supporting the development of a Middle East strategy to drive sales for Outrigger Resorts' nine premium beachfront properties across the Indian Ocean, Asia and the Pacific.
IDeaS Revenue Solutions, the leading provider of revenue management software solutions and advisory services today announced an agreement with the award winning Rotana Hotel Management Corporation to become Rotana's exclusive revenue management system partner. This partnership will see IDeaS G3 Revenue Management System (RMS) implemented in the group's existing hotels and future openings.
Four Seasons Hotel Amman continues to set the benchmark in luxury travel, this time by inspiring guests to share images of memorable travel experiences while staying at the Hotel. Be it an iPhone or an SLR, guests can take to their cameras to capture the beauty of Amman – widely hailed as a camera-ready destination by renowned photographers such as Zohrab Markarian. Guests can feature their pictures on social media using the hashtags #ExperienceFS and #FocusFS.
Emaar Hospitality Group, the hospitality subsidiary of global property developer Emaar Properties, is showcasing its luxury lifestyle brand The Address Hotels + Resorts, its boutique hotel brand Vida Hotels and Resorts while also preparing for the upcoming launch of its new mid-market brand Rove Hotels and what promises to be a new iconic building, Dubai Opera.