Dubai’s JA Resorts & Hotels expanding hotel and restaurants portfolio, collaborate with Greg Malouf

Dubai’s JA Resorts & Hotels expanding hotel and restaurants portfolio, collaborate with Greg Malouf

Ten new restaurants are set to open in 2019 alongside three collaborations with international chefs of Michelin star acclaim.

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New chief executive officer appointed at DUR

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.

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Four new brands in the Middle East for Swiss-Belhotel

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.

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Emaar Hospitality launches single-point app for all its properties

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.

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Qatar’s Al Najada Hotel by Tivoli is now open

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.

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‘Jumeirah E-butler’, a multilingual mobile platform to boost customer service

‘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.

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Anantara Eastern Mangroves welcomes a new GM

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.

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Blazon Hotels’ four-star Grayton Hotel is opening soon in Dubai

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.

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Over three million tourists visited Oman in 2018, half of them from the GCC

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.

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Egypt heads the Africa hotel development top ten with more than 15,000 rooms in the pipeline

Egypt heads the Africa hotel development top ten with more than 15,000 rooms in the pipeline

The four countries head the top ten by numbers of rooms in the internationally-branded hotel development pipeline, with Egypt showing 15,158 rooms in 51 new hotels.

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