Marriott has two new senior appointments in the UAE
The appointments reflect the company’s new strategic direction to split its diverse portfolio into ‘Premium & Select’ and ‘Luxury’ brands.
Over 10 million travelers visited Abu Dhabi last year
Abu Dhabi has seen huge advances across all areas of tourism sectors, including the cultural, business, family-focused and medical sectors, with the cruise sector providing more than 350,000 visitors to the emirate in 2018.
UAE set to welcome nine million visitors by 2023, says ATM research
Looking to acquire their share of these high-growth markets at ATM 2019, will be the tourism boards from the UAE’s seven emirates.
MENA involved in Marriott’s 2019 growth plan
To expand its luxury footprint with more than 200 properties in the development pipeline, representing 20 new countries for the company’s luxury portfolio.
New GM for The Canvas Hotel Dubai MGallery by Sofitel
A Swiss hospitality expert, Iada was entrusted with the task of spearheading the re-branding of the five-star property in July 2018 by AccorHotels.
Exclusive: Breaking Boutique
A symbol of hospitality, Serge Trigano is also a pioneer of the current wave of new ‘lifestyle’ boutique accommodation concepts with the Mama Shelter brand. Here, he talks to HN about what we can expect from Dubai’s new Mama and the process of redefining cool
Hilton launches Signia Hilton brand focused on meetings and events
Signia Hilton will be a global brand with a carefully curated portfolio of hotels in top urban and resort locales and will include Signia Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek, Signia Hilton Atlanta and Signia Hilton Indianapolis.
Ascott lays regional growth strategy
Ascott, the world’s largest serviced residence owner-operator is on track to boost its MEA and Turkey property portfolio by an impressive 1,650 keys by 2020. To date, the global owner-operator’s total number of units in the region is 1,736 spanning seven countries across the Middle East, Africa and Turkey. Since...
AccorHotels unveils new lifestyle loyalty program
AccorHotels announced a disruptive and dramatic shift of its loyalty program into a fully integrated global platform by incorporating rewards, services and experiences across their entire ecosystem to bring value to everyday life. This new lifestyle loyalty program will recognize, understand, cherish, communicate with and reward guests like never before. It will grant...
Kuwait smooth sailing on rough seas
A review of the latest hotel performance insights and tourism-related developments in Kuwait by Philip Wooller, area director Middle East & Africa, for STR