Salam to lead Lebanese tourism revival
BEIRUT, Lebanon - Lebanon’s ailing economy is expected to receive a badly needed “positive shock” if newly appointed Prime Minister-designate Tamam Salam brings about a balanced Cabinet that ...
Syrian Unrest Hurting Lebanon's Tourism Industry
As civil war rages in neighbouring Syria and with tourism from the Gulf non-existent, hardened Lebanese merchants are surviving on a mixed bag of individual initiative, well-off Syrian tourists ...
Lebanese tourism: 50 days of discounts
BEIRUT, Lebanon - In 2013 Lebanon can expect 50 days of discounts on airline tickets, hotels and at shopping centers as part of a campaign to revive the country’s tourism sector after months of ...
Lebanon tourism experiences sharp decline in business
Lebanon’s hospitality sector has begun to dismiss employees following a sharp decline in business, a leading hotelier said.
New smoking ban goes into effect next week in Lebanon
BEIRUT, Lebanon - Tourism Minister Fadi Abboud warned Tuesday that the ranks of the Tourism Police are severely understaffed, and he may not have enough officers to enforce the new smoking ban ...
Lebanon's summer tourism season not affected by unrest
BEIRUT, Lebanon - Lebanon's tourism minister said the crucial summer tourism season would not be badly damaged by growing domestic unrest and turmoil in neighbouring Syria, and forecast revenues ...
Lebanese tourism recovery
BEIRUT, Lebanon - The number of tourists fell 7.9% in the first quarter of 2012 compared to last year, according to figures issued by the Central Administration of Statistics over the weekend.
Tourism To Lebanon
BEIRUT, Lebanon - Lebanon’s tourism minister said Friday he expected the number of tourists to the country at the end of 2012 to exceed 3 million.
Talking to Mr. Fady Abboud, Minister of Tourism, Lebanon
By Elisabeth Lang, eTN
(eTN) - The Lebanon Ministry of Tourism is focusing on a new trend of tourism - sustainable tourism - in order to promote economically and socially the different regions of Lebanon all year round. ...
Ethiopian Air bluntly rejects Lebanese findings
Ethiopian Airlines officials have bluntly rejected the findings of a Lebanese investigation into an air crash off Lebanon in January 2010.
Israeli-Lebanese border incidents
Incidents such as the exchange of gunfire that took place across the Israeli-Lebanese border earlier this week must be avoided, the United Nations envoy for Lebanon has stressed, warning that they ...
Estonians Freed In Lebanon
Seven Estonian cyclists abducted in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley in March were released today, the United Nations envoy for the country said, adding that they were in good health.
Estonian Tourists Kidnapped In Lebanon
Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet said Monday that Lebanese officials informed him that Beirut authorities were making every effort to find seven Estonian tourists kidnapped in the Bekaa valley ...
European Visitors Kidnapped In East Lebanon
Lebanese security sources say that masked gunmen today kidnapped seven Estonian tourists who were cycling in Lebanon's Bekaa valley.
Lebanon and Israel
Lebanon’s paralysis over forming a government has prevented progress in implementing some of its key obligations in the United Nations resolution that ended the fighting between Israel and ...
Beirut Tourism Summit
BEIRUT, Lebanon - Tourism Ministers from Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Turkey convened to launch a quadripartite mechanism for tourism, an initiative that they said embodied the first steps toward ...
Political vacuum in Lebanon
Beirut, Lebanon - Members of the powerful Hezbollah movement and its allies brought down Lebanon's unity government Wednesday after resigning from Prime Minister Saad Hariri's Cabinet.
Lebanese Tourism
BEIRUT: Despite mounting political tensions over the outcome of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) investigating the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, the outgoing and ...
Skiing Becoming Popular
By Elisabeth Lang, eTN
(eTN) - Going skiing in Lebanon?? Why not? It might sound strange, but Lebanon really does have it all, including 6 ski resorts!
Middle East Airlines
By Massoud A. Derhally
Lebanon will delay an initial public offering of shares in national carrier Middle East Airlines that was due by the end of this year because of unfavorable market conditions, Central Bank ...
tourists kidnapped
Two Polish tourists were briefly kidnapped in Lebanon's Beqaa valley on Tuesday but were freed after security forces opened fire on their captors at a checkpoint, killing one of them, the Lebanese ...
Lebanon assures foreign tourists
Beirut - Lebanese Tourism Minister Fadi Abboud said Wednesday there was no danger of a regional war flaring, and called on foreign tourists to visit Lebanon.
Museum for Resistance Tourism
By LARA SETRAKIAN
On a hilltop where Hezbollah once launched its attacks on Israeli troops, families now picnic next to an abandoned Merkava tank.
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Minister Urges Not to Exaggerate Beirut Airport Incident
Tourism Minister Fadi Abboud said Tuesday that the discovery of a body stuck to the tire of a jet bound for Riyadh should "not be blown out of proportion."
Lebanon Tourism
JEDDAH - With tensions brewing between Israel and Lebanon and the possibility of an Israeli attack on the south of the country similar to what took place in 2006, there are reports that the ...
Lebanon Tourism
By ZEINA KARAM
Israeli claims that Hezbollah has obtained Scud missiles have revved up fears another war may break out soon.
Middle East Airlines
By BASSEM MROUE
BEIRUT — Lebanon plans to begin partially privatizing its national carrier this year, the company's chairman said Thursday, as carrier pushes ahead with plans to rebuild its image as one of the ...
Lebanon Tourism
Lebanon - Lebanon’s tourism industry saw a major rebound in 2009, the World Tourism Organization announced this week.
Lebanon
By Hazel Heyer, eTN
Tens of thousands of people gathered in Beirut Sunday marking the fifth anniversary of the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, whose death touched off Lebanon's Cedar Revolution ...
Seminar Being Held In Lebanon
By Dr. Hossam Darwish
Today, e-marketing has become one of the essentials of business success.
