New chief executive officer appointed at DUR
Al-Otaibi was a member of the Saudi Commission for Tourism & National Heritage which prepared for the Saudi hotel regulations.
Four new brands in the Middle East for Swiss-Belhotel
Swiss-Belhotel International has announced the launch of four new brands in the Middle East in 2019. Coming to the region for the first time are Grand Swiss-Belresort (Bahrain), Swiss-Belsuites (Bahrain), Swiss-Belboutique (Kuwait) and Swiss-Belinn (Oman and Qatar) with openings scheduled over the next few months.
Emaar Hospitality launches single-point app for all its properties
The aim is to engage customers, enable them to customize their travel plans, and revolutionize the way reservations are made.
Qatar’s Al Najada Hotel by Tivoli is now open
Najada Hotel is operated by Tivoli Hotels & Resorts, part of Minor Hotels. 15 further Tivoli properties can be discovered in Qatar, Portugal and Brazil.
‘Jumeirah E-butler’, a multilingual mobile platform to boost customer service
The service will be rolled out across the entire Jumeirah Hotels and Resorts portfolio by June 2019.
Anantara Eastern Mangroves welcomes a new GM
Prior to his new post, he had spent nearly two decades in the hotels industry in his native Egypt before relocating to the Middle East in 2005.
Key ApartHotel Beirut wins big
The Key ApartHotel, one of Beirut’s newer hotels located in the capital’s Museum District is a four-star deluxe destination featuring fresh sleek colorful designs, international works of art and bespoke furniture. While to first-time guests the hotel may seem designed for the young generation, it nonetheless was designed to accommodate...
Blazon Hotels’ four-star Grayton Hotel is opening soon in Dubai
A hub for businesspeople, Gayton’s versatile Meeting and Event rooms are equipped with a 24-hour full-service Business Center.
Over three million tourists visited Oman in 2018, half of them from the GCC
The number of hotels also grew by 12 percent in 2017-18, resulting in a eight percent growth in the amount of rooms available in the country.
Accor Hotels launches two new projects in Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Construction works for two Accor Hotels, a Novotel and an adagio, have begun in Abidjian, Ivory Coast. The project was designed and developed by Lebanese architecture and design firm Bits to Atoms led by Architect Guillaume Credoz, in collaboration with Claude Missir interiors (interior design), Fouad Hanna and Gilbert Tambourji...
