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Dubai to make spectacular showing at Arabian Travel Market

Dubai Department Of Tourism And Commerce Marketing

Dubai to make spectacular showing at Arabian Travel Market

By eTN Staff Writer

With a stand measuring 1,152 square meters, 74 booths, and 132 co-participants from public and private sectors, the Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) will be making a ...

The CHA-International Team at the Arabian Travel Market 2009

Middle East Exhibition

The CHA-International Team at the Arabian Travel Market 2009

By eTN Staff Writer

The Arabian Travel Market (ATM) is the industry's leading travel and tourism exhibition dedicated to unlocking the business potential within the Middle East region.

eTN Inbox:  Leave Dubai alone!

Dubai

eTN Inbox: Leave Dubai alone!

I am reading the sad and sorry revenge letters from certain people at your columns or in the newspapers. We live here and work here. Witness all first hand.

World Travel Awards to be held in Dubai

Gala Ceremony On May 5, 2009 At Monarch Hotel

World Travel Awards to be held in Dubai

By eTN Staff Writer

The tourism industry’s highest accolade, The World Travel Awards, will be held in Dubai this year on May 5, 2009.

Concorde jet may become tourist attraction

Concorde: New Tourist Attraction?

Concorde jet may become tourist attraction

By news.com.au

A Dubai consortium is reportedly bidding to turn one of British Airways's seven remaining Concorde supersonic jets into a tourist attraction, while BA said it was mulling its options.

Arabia/Dubai hotel industry - sinking or floating in recession?

Arabia Tourism

Arabia/Dubai hotel industry - sinking or floating in recession?

By Hazel Heyer, eTN Staff Writer

Is the oil-rich Middle East jumping on the bandwagon the US is currently on?

Dubai shifts focus as shoppers hunt for bargains

Dubai

Dubai shifts focus as shoppers hunt for bargains

By reuters.com

DUBAI - The homages to Pharaonic Egypt, ice rinks and shark-filled aquariums in Dubai's many malls still attract crowds, but retail in the Gulf Arab boomtown is looking fragile as luxury-lovers ...

Dubai

Dubai’s cruise industry picks up

By khaleejtimes.com

DUBAI - The fledgling cruise industry in Dubai is fast picking up this year with 117,227 tourists in the emirate booked to go on world cruise aboard 99 cruise liners set to drop anchor at the Port ...

Dubai launches budget airline

flydubai

Dubai launches budget airline

By AFP

DUBAI — The Gulf emirate of Dubai announced on Monday the launch of its first budget airline called flydubai, which will be taking to the skies in two months despite the global financial ...

Dusit International takes seriously its role as an ambassador of Thailand

Thainess

Dusit International takes seriously its role as an ambassador of Thailand

By Luc Citrinot, eTN Staff Writer

Thailand has deservedly earned a reputation for excellence in services, especially in its hotel industry.

Sustainable, eco-friendly side of Dubai

Dubai's Sustainability

Sustainable, eco-friendly side of Dubai

By Hazel Heyer, eTN Staff Writer

At the ITB show in Berlin, Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) confirmed its commitment to its performance-based and goal-driven initiative for sustainable tourism.

Emirates to stop flying A380s to NY

Emirates Airline A380

Emirates to stop flying A380s to NY

By The Media Line News Agency for eTurboNews

The Dubai-based Emirates Airline will stop flying its Airbus A380 superjumbo jets currently operating its daily flight route to New York’s JFK airport, and instead will replace it with the ...

New rules for Dubai seek to tame expat exploits

Dubai

New rules for Dubai seek to tame expat exploits

By AP

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A peck on the cheek in public? Probably OK. Steamy embrace? Get a room.

Middle East aviation sector remains buoyant

Airlines Register For Engineering & Maintenance Event In Dubai

Middle East aviation sector remains buoyant

By eTN Staff Writer

With over half of all aircraft orders coming from the Middle East, the region's aviation industry looks set to survive the economic downturn.

Now comes a floating hotel in  Dubai

Dubai's Floating Hotel

Now comes a floating hotel in Dubai

By Hazel Heyer, eTN Staff Writer

Previously dubbed the grandest vessel ever, and once the largest, longest, widest and tallest ocean liner in the world following the 828.8 foot-long Titanic, QE2 now docked in Dubai may soon ...

World’s oldest profession, Dubai-style

Sex Tourism

World’s oldest profession, Dubai-style

By Sean Robson, THE MEDIA LINE NEWS AGENCY for eTurboNews

DUBAI, UAE (eTN) - The queuing starts early at the club located on the bottom floor of one of Dubai’s numerous five-star hotels.

The show must go on in Dubai amid downturn!

Dubai Tourism

The show must go on in Dubai amid downturn!

By Hazel Heyer, eTN Staff Writer

Firms that continue to promote themselves through targeted trade exhibitions will survive difficult times and may even prosper at the expense of their competitors, according to leading event ...

New twist in Egyptian hotel tycoon murder case

Murder Mystery

New twist in Egyptian hotel tycoon murder case

By Hazel Heyer, eTN Staff Writer

Egypt revered him as the real estate/hotel king. Egyptians owed him respect. But now, he owes the Lebanese their pop princess. Where? Presumably in jail, if not, on death row!

"Bye-Bye, Dubai": The tarnish is showing on this once golden tourist destination

Dubai

"Bye-Bye, Dubai": The tarnish is showing on this once golden tourist destination

By Jason Cochran, walletpop.com

Dubai has been slapped down. Half of all construction projects are on hold, the stock market value has tumbled 70%, and banks aren't lending.

Abu  Dhabi forges ahead with mammoth projects despite economic meltdown

Abu Dhabi Tourism Projects

Abu Dhabi forges ahead with mammoth projects despite economic meltdown

By Hazel Heyer

Despite deepening economic meltdown worldwide, Abu Dhabi moves ahead with plans for development in hotels and attractions.

Now the downward spiral begins for Dubai

Dubai Bubble Burst

Now the downward spiral begins for Dubai

By Hazel Heyer, eTN Staff Writer

Once thought of as the forever-booming emirate of Dubai has proven that it, too, is not recession-proof or immune to the global downturn.

Dubai spirals down

Laid-Off Foreigners Flee

Dubai spirals down

By Robert F. Worth, nytimes.com

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Sofia, a 34-year-old Frenchwoman, moved here a year ago to take a job in advertising, so confident about Dubai’s fast-growing economy that she bought an apartment ...

Executive Talk:  ETOA’s Jenkins candidly addresses tourism issues

European Tour Operators Association

Executive Talk: ETOA’s Jenkins candidly addresses tourism issues

By Nelson Alcantara

eTN: Let’s start with UK domestic tourism. It was all the hype last year. You were saying there wasn’t much need for advertising outside since the hotel rooms were being filled up.

Trinidad and Tobago business tourism: Just a mirage?

Trinidad and Tobago Business Tourism

Trinidad and Tobago business tourism: Just a mirage?

By Pierre Small

With the American and British economies officially in recession and at one of their worst periods in history, and US economists concerned about a Wall Street collapse, why would the government of ...

Dubai presents first Middle East Tourism Marketing Summit

Ensuring Gulf Maintains Its Share Of World Tourism Market

Dubai presents first Middle East Tourism Marketing Summit

By eTN Staff Writer

DUBAI - Dubai has been selected as the host destination for the inaugural Middle East Tourism Marketing Summit, which will take place in December this year.

Dubai and Abu Dhabi forecast riding recession out faster than the rest of the world

MIddle East Recession

Dubai and Abu Dhabi forecast riding recession out faster than the rest of the world

By Hazel Heyer, eTN Staff Writer

In the wake of predictions of stagnant growth in global tourism by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), Jonathan Worsley, the co-organizer of the Arabian Hotel Investment Conference (AHIC) ...

Dubai Department of Tourism & Commerce Marketing adopts new tourism strategy

Saudi Travel Agencies Request Airline Flight Increase & Ticket Fares Decrease

Dubai Department of Tourism & Commerce Marketing adopts new tourism strategy

By eTN Staff Writer

DUBAI - The Dubai Department of Tourism & Commerce Marketing (DTCM) has set new future strategic plans that coincide with the new regional and international trends, confirming that the emirate ...

Jordan Tourism Board now has an office in Dubai

Strengthens Commitment In Middle East

Jordan Tourism Board now has an office in Dubai

By eTN Staff Writer

The Jordan Tourism Board (JTB) has announced it has strengthened its commitment and presence in the Middle East with the appointment of a permanent Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) representation ...

Wataniya Airways to launch first flights

Daily Flights Beginning January 24

Wataniya Airways to launch first flights

By eTN Staff Writer

DUBAI - Wataniya Airways, the first new full-service luxury airline to be launched in the Middle East in recent years, announced its first scheduled flights will be to Dubai, commencing Saturday, ...

Travel Agents Day revisits ATM

Arabian Travel Market

Travel Agents Day revisits ATM

By ttnworldwide.com

Travel Agent’s Day, which debuted at last year’s show, will return to the Arabian Travel Market (ATM) this year in a revitalised format, according to organisers Reed Travel Exhibitions.

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