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AVTECH, provider of digital ATM solutions

Key contract with Dubai Airport

AVTECH, the world leading provider of digital ATM solutions, has been awarded a minimum 14 month contract with Dubai Airports to study the behavior of vortex wake generated by aircraft arriving at ...

EgyptAir

Egypt's national airline loses $185 million

CAIRO, Egypt - Egypt's civil aviation minister says the national airline lost an estimated 1.3 billion Egyptian pounds, or around $185 million, over the last fiscal year.

UAE luxury property promotes sustainable strategies

Movenpick Hotel Jumeirah Beach in Dubai earns sustainable recertification

LOS ANGELES, California - In line with Movenpick Hotels & Resorts’ philosophy to contribute to a positive future, Movenpick Hotel Jumeirah Beach in Dubai, U.A.E., identifies and promotes ...

'Incredible India' show in Kuwait

India organizes tourism road show in Kuwait

India has organised a tourism road show in Kuwait highlighting its tourist destinations to attract Gulf travelers and promote tourism in the country.

Saudi Arabia reduces number of Egyptian pilgrims to Mecca and Medina by 20 percent

Egypt's tourism minister to visit Saudi Arabia over cuts in number of pilgrims

CAIRO, Egypt - Egyptian Tourism Minister Hisham Zaazou will soon head to Saudi Arabia to discuss a recent Saudi decision to reduce the number of Egyptian pilgrims to Mecca and Medina by 20 percent ...

Elaf Bakkah Hotel

New hotel to give Saudi tourism a boost

Elaf Group of Companies recently highlighted the progress of Elaf Bakkah Hotel which is on track to open before Ramadan this year.

Egypt's tourism

Zaazou: Egyptian tourism sector a "dark horse"

CAIRO, Egypt - Egyptian Tourism Minister Hisham Zaazou says that tourism is the "dark horse" that can save the economy in the coming phase, according to MENA news agency reports Thursday.

Travel and Tourism not safe to Eastern Libya

Benghazi in Libya under attack again

Tourism to Eastern Libya is not safe.

Demand on airline tickets high in the UAE this summer

Airline fares sky high in the United Arab Emirates

Airlines in the United Arab Emirates are turning up the heat this summer as ticket prices rise between 10 to 15 percent compared to previous months, according to experts in the travel ...

Second award for UAE-based hospitality firm

Green Globe certifies TI'ME Grand Plaza Hotel

LOS ANGELES, California - UAE-based hospitality firm, TI’ME Hotels Management, has proved its commitment to sustainable practices with now its second Dubai property, the Time Grand Plaza Hotel, ...

Tourism Industry in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia struggles with a killer Sars-like virus

A Sars-like virus has claimed the lives of 25 people since September in Saudi Arabia.

Georgian tourists accused of shooting porn in Egypt

Egypt’s police releases tourists detained for shooting porno movie in Hurghada

CAIRO, Egypt – Egypt’s police have released a group of tourists who had been earlier detained for allegedly shooting a pornographic movie in the popular Red Sea resort of Hurghada.

Court: Islamist-dominated Shura Council invalid

Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court declares election illegal

CAIRO, Egypt - Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court has declared the Islamist-dominated Senate and the panel which drew up the country's constitution invalid.

Female foreign workers in Middle East

Women foreign workers growing in importance in the Middle East

DUBAI, UAE - Labor migration has led to an increase in the independence of women and their influence over household decisions, but more could be done to harness the positive impact these women ...

2014 Abu Dhabi Air Expo and military Avionics International

Abu Dhabi Air Expo Show and Avionics International 2014 to run at the same time

Adone Events, organiser of the Middle East's only dedicated general aviation exhibition Abu Dhabi Air Expo, has announced this week that the 2014 Abu Dhabi Air Expo will, for the first time, run ...

Airline delays and interruption in Oman

Muscat airport in Oman crippled by strike

Oman is now also target of strikes. The ground handling staff at the Muscat airport in Oman have gone on strike since Friday night slowing down operations at the airport.

Iranian Tourism To Egypt

Second Iranian tour group arrives in Upper Egyptian city of Aswan

The second Iranian tour group to visit Egypt in decades arrived in the country on Friday, two months after the arrival of a first group that had raised the ire of ultra-conservative Sunni-Muslim ...

Arab tourism records $ 15 billion loss due to Arab Spring

Arab tourism sector still recovering from Arab Spring

The Arab tourism sector has recorded a $ 15 billion loss as a result of the Arab Spring, in addition to the loss of around 10 million tourists, according to Bandar Al-Fuhaid, director of the Arab ...

GCAA leading investigation into UPS Boeing 747 accident

UAE General Civil Aviation Authority hosts accident report workshop

DUBAI, UAE - The General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) recently held an accident comments workshop as final report preparations are put in place for the United Parcel Services (UPS) Boeing ...

World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa

Greater confidence in economic growth and resilience for MENA region

DEAD SEA, Jordan – Prime Minister of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Abdullah Abdulkarim Hamdan Ensour said that Jordan is on a long-term growth track, after years of deep economic, political ...

UAE Tourism in Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi on culture, environment, tourism and everything else in between

By Nelson Alcantara, eTN editor-in-chief

At the World Travel & Tourism Council’s (WTTC) annual Global Tourism Summit, held this year in Abu Dhabi, I made it a point to speak to a person of authority to discuss Abu Dhabi’s tourism ...

Tourism Yemen, terrorist kidnapped tourists

South African tourists kidnapped

Gunmen in the Central Yemeni city Taiz kidnapped two South African tourists on Monday.

Iranian warships transit the Suez Canal

Egypt and the influence of Iran

Over the last few years there have been numerous signs that Cairo and Tehran were making tentative steps toward changing their previously rather frosty relations, including the transit of Iranian ...

Qatar withdraws bid to relocate UN civil aviation agency to Doha

Qatar no longer interested in hosting the UN Civil Aviation Agency

Amid anger, outrage and scorn from Montreal, Qatar has dropped a proposal to move a United Nations aviation body to Doha.

Supreme commission of Saudi Arabia tourism

Tourism second largest employer of Saudis

Tourism has become the second largest employer of Saudis, according to Prince Sultan bin Salman, president of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA).

Omani capital's tourism industry to grow by more than 15 pct

Middle East instability means tourism growth for Oman

This year, hotels in Muscat have witnessed the strongest growth in revenue per available room (RevPAR), STR Global said in a statement.

Dubai Cruise Tourism

Dubai reinforcing its position as popular cruise destination

Dubai is reinforcing its position as a destination of choice for cruise tourism by welcoming newly renovated luxury liner, Mariner of the Seas on its maiden call to the emirate.

Oman Air growing its A330 Family fleet to ten Airbus aircraft

Oman Air orders three A330-300 aircraft

Oman Air, the national carrier of the Sultanate of Oman, has placed an order for three A330-300s, growing its A330 Family fleet to a total of ten Airbus aircraft.

3-star dubai hotel

Relaxing for two nights after ATM at Centro Barsha by Rotana

By Motaz Othman, eTN Correspondent, reporting from Dubai

(eTN) - For the past 15 years and after attending the Arabian Travel Market (ATM), I used to relax for couple of nights in Dubai to do some shopping and swimming, have some good food, and to sleep ...

UAE sustainable luxury resort

Green Globe certifies Dubai’s JA Jebel Ali Golf Resort

LOS ANGELES, California - Green Globe announces certification of the JA Jebel Ali Golf Resort in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE).

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