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Emirates launches global sale slashing 25% fare
Emirates, one of the world’s fastest-growing international airlines, is celebrating the New Year by offering exceptional discounts on airfares to more than 100 cities, when booking from now until January 9, 2012. Customers can save up to 25 per cent off all published First Class, Business Class and Economy Class fares departing between 22 January and 30 June 2012, when travelling round-trip to any destination on Emirates’ extensive global network.
Dubai hotels 2011: Dubai hotel visitors up this year
Dubai’s hotels received 6.6 million guests in the first nine months of the year, up from more than 5.9 million between January and September last year, the Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) said. Total revenue of the emirate’s hotels and hotel apartments increased by 19 per cent to Dh10.96 billion (US$2.98bn), according to the data.
Grand Excelsior hotel opens in crowded market
In a sea of mid-range lodgings and hotel apartments in Al Barsha, Dubai, a Dh400 million (US$108.9m) hotel with a cruise ship theme was launched yesterday, but not all was smooth sailing. The Grand Excelsior hotel was aspiring to be a five-star property, but it has opened with a four-star rating from the Government on its door, as it continues to make the changes necessary to achieve the higher rating.
Dubai hotels post biggest jump in occupancy in region
Hotel occupancy in Dubai witnessed a 10.5 percentage points increase in July 2011 year-on-year, the biggest such increase within the region, global consultancy Ernst & Young said in its Middle East Hotel Benchmark Survey. Occupancy in Dubai hotels rose to 80.8 per cent in July 2011, up from 70.3 per cent in July 2010.
Hilton plans rapid expansion across Middle East
Hilton Worldwide says it plans to expand its presence in the Middle East by nearly 80% over the next three to four years led by a push to rapidly grow its existing portfolio of hotels in Saudi Arabia. The hotel chain announced this week that it plans to open 10 hotels across the Middle East and Africa in 2011. Already this year the company opened its 10th hotel in theUAE in Ras Al Khaimah, as well as its first in Jordan and Sharjah.
ILTM Ultratravel Forum at ATM 2011 focuses on luxury offerings in Middle Eas
According to a press release key travel buyers attended the ILTM Ultratravel Forum at Arabian Travel Market 2011, which focused on new range of luxury range products and attractions across the Middle East. Speaking at the Forum, Sir Rocco Forte, Founder of Rocco Forte Hotels
Hello Dubai
Sunny outlook for UAE as tourist figures are on the up. The United Arab Emirates, including Abu Dhabi & Dubai, are enjoying healthy tourist figures, according to the Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority & Dubai International.
Hotel waits for airport’s take-off
The weak performance of a Premier Inn hotel built to accommodate passengers using the delayed Al Maktoum International Airport is hampering the company’s performance in Dubai, the managing director says. Nevertheless, the budget chain still manages to turn a profit in Dubai, he says.
