60 Seconds with Dusit International’s Andrew Shaw

60 Seconds with Dusit International’s Andrew Shaw

Andrew Shaw, head of development – Europe, Middle East and Africa at Dusit International, highlights the chain’s plans and expectations for the region

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60 Seconds with Meliá Hotels International’s François Kassab

60 Seconds with Meliá Hotels International’s François Kassab

François Kassab, managing director, Middle East and Africa, at Meliá Hotels International, told HN ME about the brand’s presence in the region and expansion strategy.

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60 Seconds with Samih Sawiris from Egypt

60 Seconds with Samih Sawiris from Egypt

Guest speaker at AHIC 2018, Egyptian business mogul Samih Sawiris is the founder of Orascom for Hotels and Development S.A.E. HN sat down with the man who has made the impossible happen – wine in Egypt and a tourist town in the Egyptian desert, for a one-on-one

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35 Influential Women in Hospitality

35 Influential Women in Hospitality

HN shines a spotlight on 35 of the top female hospitality professionals and entrepreneurs in the Middle East…

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Elysée Palace Head Chef Guillaume Gomez on Gastro-Diplomacy

Elysée Palace Head Chef Guillaume Gomez on Gastro-Diplomacy

ESA business school held its annual one-day conference on June 7 to highlight the way French cuisine is employed as a vehicle to promote diplomacy and soft power.

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Over 100 Top Chefs awarded at Hozpitality Group’s Middle East Chef Excellence Awards 2018

Over 100 Top Chefs awarded at Hozpitality Group’s Middle East Chef Excellence Awards 2018

After receiving over 63,300 votes, the winners for Popular Choice categories were awarded at Hozpitality Group’s Middle East Chef Excellence Awards, held on May 2 at Five Palm Jumeirah Dubai.

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Rotana scoops 16 awards at World Travel Awards 2018

Rotana scoops 16 awards at World Travel Awards 2018

Now celebrating its 25th year, the event renowned as the ‘Oscars of the travel world’.

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Michelin-star Chef Wolfgang Puck visits Bahrain coinciding with 2018 Bahrain Grand Prix

Michelin-star Chef Wolfgang Puck visits Bahrain coinciding with 2018 Bahrain Grand Prix

With the 2018 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix roaring into town next month, visitors to the Kingdom can look forward to turning the celebration mode on at Four Seasons Hotel Bahrain Bay, as they spend the race weekend in the company of Wolfgang Puck. Marking the beginning of a fresh...

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John Mansour is the first Lebanese bartender to win second place in Angostura Global Cocktail Challenge 2018

John Mansour is the first Lebanese bartender to win second place in Angostura Global Cocktail Challenge 2018

Lebanese bartender, John Mansour, won the second place at the Grand Finals of the Angostura Global Cocktail Challenge 2018. Ray Letoa of New Zealand won first place, and Maximiliano Vallée Valletta of Canada was ranked third.

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