04/30/2012

Marriott focusing on MEA

The world’s leading lodging company, which has seven brands in MEA, is expected to add 11,000 rooms by 2016 to double its existing room capacity and become one of the biggest hotel operators in the region.

04/26/2012

'Golf in Abu Dhabi' takes aim on lucrative Asian inbound market

Abu Dhabi's diverse and multi-faceted golf tourism proposition has received a glowing thumbs-up from specialist Far East trade representatives eyeing potential new golf destinations, following a highly successful showing at the four-day Asian Golf To

04/25/2012

Al Maryah Island takes shape in Abu Dhabi

Beneath this podium the size of 400 football fields, which now houses Abu Dhabi's new central business district, is a maze of service roads, buildings and corridors.

04/16/2012

Private air travel gets fresh wings

Anjet is not an airline. Neither does it own any aircraft. The firm is the middleman between the rich and private air transportation.

03/26/2012

The Five-Star Hotel of Kings

It is earned after achieving the five star requirements, and then some. Le Meurice Hotel in Paris was the first to achieve the discerning distinction, although this emblematic avant-garde Parisian hotel seduced me in other ways.

03/12/2012

Abu Dhabi freezes new hotel licenses - paper

However, none of the already issued licenses will be revoked even if construction of the hotels has not begun, said al-Rroya al-Eqtisadiyya, quoting Naser al-Riyami, an official in the emirate's tourism authority.

03/09/2012

CVC hires UBS to sell Australia hotel group

The whole of Mantra Group, which operates more than 130 hotels and resorts across Australia and New Zealand, is up for sale, said the source, who was not authorised to talk to media.

03/07/2012

Harcourt puts five-star flagship hotel in Chelsea on the market

The hotel is operated Wyndham Group International. Its sale will be led by Colliers International. Last night, property sources in London said they believed the hotel, which was bought for £63 million, will sell for more than £80 million.

03/05/2012

Ten travel ideas for women

Each year around the world, the achievements of women are feted on International Women's Day on March 8.