“Homes Of The Future” at GITEX Technology Week 2019
Whirlpool Corporation is showcasing its latest groundbreaking innovations and disruptive smart kitchen solutions at GITEX Technology Week from 6th till 10th of October 2019 at Dubai World Trade Center.
Meraas to open a new action park at Last Exit AUH
The new attraction will also be home to the first Upside Down House in the MENA region. It will offer guests a place to capture the most surreal images.
DAMAC tops off Paramount Tower Hotel and Residences
The project, envisioned by DAMAC Properties and Paramount Hotels & Resorts, features one of Dubai’s highest infinity pools on the 64th Level.
Navigating MEA hotel profitability landscape
Top line hotel performance in the Middle East is heading towards its fifth year of continuous decline. Kostas Nikolaidis, Middle East & Africa executive for STR, navigates the choppy waters of the current hospitality market
Mustafa Abu Al Ainen appointed as GM of Grand Millennium Business Bay
An Irish- Egyptian national, he joins Grand Millennium Business Bay with a 25 years of experience in hotel management and operations
RIU opens its sixth hotel in Morocco, Riu Palace Tikida Taghazout
The hotel brings 504 rooms, a mix of restaurants, leisures facilities including pools, as well as family entertainment centers and terraces.
Abu Dhabi’s Marsa Mina to offer mixed-use leisure concepts in Q1 2020
When complete, the area will feature a diverse mix of food trucks and unique retail concepts, family entertainment, playgrounds and open seating areas.
Saudi Arabia: A star in the making
‘A Vibrant Society’, ‘An Ambitious Nation’, ‘A Thriving Economy’, these are the game-changing, transformative and innovative goals mapped out in the Saudi Vision 2030 plan. A Kingdom that was previously known for being an enclosed nation is today going big. Once the Saudi government realized the need to revive the nation and diversify its economy away from oil, the hard work to bring about a transformation began in earnest. Ralph Nader, CEO of Amber Consulting, highlights the opportunities that this reinvention is producing
A vision for the Kingdom
As the new CEO of Saudi-based Dur Hospitality, Sultan bin Badr Al-Otaibi has been quietly positioning the company to leverage the performance of a homegrown powerhouse. While major economic, cultural and social changes are sweeping through the Kingdom, Al-Otaibi is spearheading the hospitality sector toward expansion and development to meet the ambitious objectives laid out in Saudi Vision 2030
Fidaa Ayoub brings ‘The Phoenix’ to life
Fidaa Ayoub, represented Lebanon at this year’s Lebanon and UAE Patron 2019 Tequila finals competition in Dubai. Yet despite the fact that he did not achieve what he originally intended to, his resolve was strengthened as the entire event constituted a very valuable learning experience.
