Lebanon to end 2017 with over 1.9 million tourists
“We are expecting to end 2017 with over 1.9 million tourists, excluding expatriates, Syrians, and Palestinians,” said Minister of Tourism in Lebanon, Avedis Guidanian, revealing that this is the second best achieved tourism result the country has witnessed since the fifties. Lebanon had scored over two million tourists in...
Chāteau Ksara 1942 Vin D’Or raises USD 2,000 for Human Rights Watch in London
Château Ksara, one of Lebanon’s leading wineries, highlighted its heritage recently when a bottle of its Vin D’Or 1942 sold for £1,500 ($2,000) in an auction at the Human Rights Watch annual dinner at the Tower of London on November 20. “The excitement was palpable. We had no idea...
CHANGING TASTES ONE SCOOP AT A TIME
CHANGING TASTES ONE SCOOP AT A TIME It is believed that the world’s very first ice cream store opened somewhere in Europe at the end of the 17th century. Yet despite the fact that more than 300 years later little has changed, Le Flocon, Lebanon’s first artisanal ice cream...
Hospitality loses a venerable veteran
It is with deep sadness that we bid farewell to an icon of the hospitality scene and a member of the Hospitality Services family for decades. Raja Nasri died suddenly on 17 December 2017. The fruit of his labor changed the lives of all who knew him, whether they were...
BLUE NOTE CAFE CELEBRATES 30 YEARS
Beirut’s Blue Note Café, which first opened its doors in Hamra in 1987, has just celebrated its 30th anniversary. As one of the city’s most popular live music venues, it has welcomed countless celebrities, members of the press, politicians and local and foreign diplomats over the past three decades, who have enjoyed its jazz, blues and Oriental performances and authentic Lebanese cuisine.
Reasons to do business in Lebanon
Lebanon was the 72nd largest market for U.S. exports in 2016, according to U.S. Department of Commerce statistics. The Lebanese Customs Authority reported that Lebanon’s total imports in 2016 reached USD 18.705 billion, of which USD 1.184 billion came from the United States. In 2016, the United States ranked as...
Lebanese Soha Atallah new VP of the World Packaging Organization
Soha Attallah, general manager of the Lebanese packaging center Liban Pak affiliated to the Lebanese Industrialists Association, was appointed vice president of the World Packaging Organization. This is the first time that this position is held by an Arab national. The World Packaging Organization is an international, non-governmental, non-profit...
New furnished apartments open in Antelias, Lebanon
The Residence 649, a furnished apartments project in Antelias, Metn, Lebanon, has officially opened its doors. It is owned by the Chidiac and Daaboul Group, which implemented a number of projects across Lebanon, notably Les Roches luxury chalets in Kfardebian, which include 430 chalets, and the Santa Maria complex in...
Le Bristol becomes part of the Preferred Hotels & Resorts
Preferred Hotels & Resorts, the world’s largest independent hotel brand, announced the addition of 25 new member hotels and resorts across eight countries, including two in the Middle East: Le Bristol Beirut, and THE BODRUM by Paramount Hotels & Resorts in Turkey. Le Bristol Beirut is a 157-room hotel...
The fourth edition of Beirut’s Gourmet Week kicked off
Beirut’s Gourmet Week, the annual rendez-vous for fine food enthusiasts, is back for its fourth edition.
