Business | Tourism
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Wednesday May 23
Dubai's Al Ghurair Centre to get two new Rotana hotels
The properties, with a total of 621 rooms, are scheduled to open in the third quarter of 2012
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Wednesday May 23
Singapore expects 10% increase in Gulf visitors this summer
Tourists from UAE visiting city state rise 18% in first quarter
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Wednesday May 23
Kenya's tourism earnings to dip after a year of plenty
Euro crisis, terror attacks and political violence mar prospects
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Wednesday May 23
Al Faisal buys Chicago hotel in global push
Qatar's Al Faisal Holding has bought the Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel in Chicago, adding another property to its growing portfolio of real estate assets around the world
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Wednesday May 23
Do More In Dubai targets residents, visitors
Tourism authority initiative will boost business as hotel occupancy hits 88% in first quarter
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Wednesday May 23
More rooms at the budget hotels
Sector offers good potential for profitable investment as 3,000 new rooms expected
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Monday May 21
Agents fear cancellation of Lebanon travel plans
Visitors being asked to make alternative plans
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Friday May 18
New St Regis Abu Dhabi to open in September
Hotel to feature world's highest suspended Presidential suite at 200 metres above ground
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Wednesday May 16
GCC residents make up 24% of Sharjah tourists in 2011
Some 381,625 tourists from the GCC countries visited Sharjah last year forming 24 per cent of the total number of tourists to the emirate
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Wednesday May 16
Oman will add 2,000 hotel rooms in 2012-13
Country experiencing strong investor demand
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Wednesday May 16
Number of cruise tourists to rise this year
Home porting operations carried out by two German companies offer boost to passenger figures
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Wednesday May 16
GCC visa for cruise-goers on cards
Plan for single permit may be in place by September, DTCM official says
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Tuesday May 15
Paramount Hotels aims to create subtle adaptation of Hollywood
Company eyes large cities and tourist destinations around the world
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Thursday May 10
Emerging stocks fall to lowest in four months
Emerging-market stocks fell for a fifth day, dragging the benchmark index to a four-month low
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Wednesday May 9
Dubai hotels register strong performance
Fallout from the Arab Spring helps emirate attract substantial number of businesses, tourists
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Wednesday May 9
Macau tourist arrivals will rise at least 10% this year
Macau's tourist arrivals will increase at least 10 per cent this year from 2011's 28 million, led by visitors from mainland China
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Wednesday May 9
Weekend visitors drive adventure tourism in India
Many are taking the road less travelled
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Wednesday May 9
Al Habtoor Group acquires Le Meridien Budapest
Just minutes from the River Danube, it's the tenth hotel for the group
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Tuesday May 8
Al Habtoor Group acquires historic five-star hotel in Budapest, Hungary
Al Habtoor Group said, it had acquired Le Méridien Budapest - a 218-room luxury hotel in Hungarian capital city
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Tuesday May 8
Starwood to open 40 hotels in Mena in 5 years
US-based hotel company with nearly 70 hotels in the region looks to strengthen presence
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Monday May 7
Starwood to open 40 hotels in MENA in next five years
Starwood Hotels & Resorts today said it will open 40 hotels in the Middle East and Africa over the next five years
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Sunday May 6
Thomas Cook gets lifeline from lenders
Refinancing extends maturity of loans
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Friday May 4
Hotel tariffs may increase up to 40% during London Olympics
Demand rising as games draw near and booking costs climb
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Friday May 4
Four out of 14 hotels delayed by Rezidor Group
Company will focus on growing markets
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Friday May 4
UAE hotel chain will expand into Germany
Bin Ham Group pumps Dh750m into project
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‘Wrong Way' Krugman
The source of our economic malfunction lies with government-mandated bank regulations
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Greek exit could make Eurozone stronger
Departure will show limits of bailouts and allow remaining members to act much more like a unit
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UAE upholds values of free trade
Recently released statistics confirm an established fact, namely that of the UAE embracing the free trade principle in general and imports in particular
