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Northern Iraq's Kurdish region seeks tourists

The Minister of Tourism for northern Iraq's largely autonomous Kurdish region, Nimrud Baito Youkhana, says there is plenty for tourists to see in what is known as the cradle of civilization.

First Time Any Carrier Will Operate A380 Commercially In US

Emirates to launch A380 with bi-coastal inauguration

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Emirates Airline has announced plans to showcase the new, double-decker Airbus A380 during exclusive familiarization flights in San Francisco and Los Angeles.

Property To Offer Host Of Business Facilities At Heart Of New Dubai

Layia Oak Hotel & Residence set to open this summer

Layia Oak Hotel & Residence is set to open at the end of the summer.

Saudi Arabia

Amid oil boom, inflation makes Saudis feel poorer

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Sultan al-Mazeen recently stopped at a gas station to fill up his SUV, paying 45 cents a gallon — about one-tenth what Americans pay these days.

Israel

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Israel

Two Israelis won't face charges in alleged rape of Danish tourists

The state prosecutor in the southern district on Monday informed the lawyers of two young Israelis accused of raping a Danish tourist that they would drop the indictment against the two due to ...

Emirates Airline

Emirates Airline pre-launch events promote world’s first non-stop services from Dubai to Los Angeles and San Francisco

In advance of its launch of the world’s first non-stop services from Dubai to Los Angeles and San Francisco, Emirates Airline recently completed the final instalment of its tour of five West ...

Dubai-Based Airline Inaugurates Flights To Guangzhou And Kozhikode

Emirates launches services to two important Asian gateways

DUBAI – Emirates recently commenced service to two influential Asian cities, with inaugural flights to both Guangzhou, China and Kozhikode, India departing from Dubai International Airport on ...

Official Carrier

Gulf Air flies higher with Bahrain Expo Authority

MANAMA - Gulf Air and Bahrain Exhibition & Convention Authority (BECA) today
announced that Gulf Air will be the official carrier for all events organized by BECA in Bahrain and ...

Oman

Travel and tourism industry in Oman tipped for further growth

The country's travel and tourism sector, buoyed by an unprecedented boom in holiday travels, will be one of the many highlights of the Salalah Tourism Festival.

for russian tourists israel is visa-free

Visa requirements for Russian tourists eliminated

The Knesset’s Internal Affairs Committee on Sunday approved the elimination of visa requirements for Russian citizens visiting Israel. The ruling will take effect September 20.

Lebanon

Lebanon's eco-tourism dream survives crisis

KFAR ZABAD, Lebanon — A decade ago, it was a glittering vision -- a scheme to lure nature lovers to the Lebanese highlands, providing income to local people, nurturing the country's damaged ...

ATMC Recommends System As Best Practice Paradigm

Abu Dhabi's hotel classification system receives regional recognition

ABU DHABI - The hotel accommodation classification system recently launched by the Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority (ADTA) is being recommended by the Arab Tourism Ministerial Council (ATMC) as a ...

Egyptian Artifacts

Ancient winemaking unearthed near Sinai's St. Catherine's Monastery

Egypt's Minister of Culture announced that an Egyptian archaeological team from the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) found well-preserved remnant of a limestone winemaking factory that dates ...

Saudi Arabia Tourism

Saudi Arabia: Beyond oil, there is tourism

Tourism is the new, emerging economic driver of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, apart from oil.

Algeria

Algeria to deploy 1,000 officers to protect tourism sites

In order to protect the country’s tourism beaches and to increase road safety, a new police unit is being established in Algeria, local media is quoting Algerian Public Security Chief Commander ...

Entire City To Be Built In The Desert

Master plan for a spectacular new city unveiled in Dubai

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Ruler of Dubai, and vice president and prime minister of the UAE, has unveiled ambitious plans for an entire city ...

Saudi Arabia

Sultan outlines Kingdom’s tourism goals

RIYADH - Prince Sultan bin Salman, secretary-general of the General Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (GCTA), said yesterday that the commission aims to make Saudi Arabia one of the ...

Egypt Artifacts

Chicago university discovers ancient Egyptian building at Edfu in Thebes

An American archaeological mission from the University of Chicago has unearthed an administrative building and silos dating back to Dynasty 17 (c. 1665-1569 BC), as well as an older columned ...

Dedicated Festival Launched To Cater To Growing Demand

Arab world embraces adventure tourism

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Everything in the United Arab Emirates is booming. While the rest of the world enters uncertain times, record oil prices fuel an unrelenting construction and ...

Iraq Antiquities

A quest to save Iraq's looted treasures

When Bahaa Mayah fled his native Iraq in the late 1970s as a young employee in the Ministry of Foreign Trade, he must have known that no matter where he ended up, his life mission would bring him ...

GlobalStar 6th Annual Conference Dubai 2008

GlobalStar Travel Management Reaches for the Stars!

London – GlobalStars 6th annual conference, this year held in the United Arab Emirates – Dubai was considered the most successful GlobalStar conference ever. The multinational travel ...

"Six Continents" Multi-Media Campaign

Emirates launches their most adventurous ad campaign yet

Emirates, the international airline based in Dubai, are set to launch their most adventurous advertising campaign yet, to be beamed to billions of people across the world.

Dubai Bollywood

Bollywood to get a permanent Dubai address

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (eTN) - Hollywood has already set its footprint in Dubai, now Bollywood moves into the Emirate. India-based Yash Raj Films (YRF), one of the world’s largest film ...

CHI Hotels and Resorts

CHI Hotels and Resorts to Pinoneer Ramada Brand in Abu Dhabi

Malta-based CHI Hotels and Resorts (formerly Corinthia Hotels International) announced the signing of a 10-year technical and hotel management agreement with the United Arab Emirates’ leading ...

Offices To Be Established In Abu Dhabi And Dubai

Gate Gourmet and Western Group form joint venture for Middle East business

Gate Gourmet, the world's largest independent airline catering and logistics provider and a member of gategroup, has formed a joint venture with the Western Group of the United Arab Emirates to ...

Palestine

Tourists coming back for glimpse of West Bank life

In a minibus with European and American tourists, Ziad Abu Hassan explains why he leads tours to the occupied West Bank, riddled with tensions between Palestinians and Israeli settlers and ...

Lebanon

Arab tourists shying away from Lebanon

BEIRUT: Figures released by the Ministry of Tourism indicate that the number of tourists visitng Lebanon totaled 277,054 in the first four months of 2008, up by 2.6 percent from the same period of ...

Currently Developing As Many As 25 Hotels

Best Western to be the largest hotel chain in the Middle East within three years

Best Western, The World’s Largest Hotel Chain®, has announced that it is currently developing as many as 25 hotels in Gulf Cooperation (GC) countries which will lead it to become the most ...

Kuwait

Kuwait eyes privatisation of airline

KUWAIT - Loss-making Kuwait Airways is expected to be privatised within 10 months, the state carrier's chairman was quoted as saying yesterday.

Kuwait's parliament in January approved a ...