Leading travel trade show ITB Berlin takes place from March 8-12, 2017, at Messe Berlin. As many as 120,000 trade visitors from 187 countries will convene at the venue expecting to reap up to €7 billion in turnover. Leading players from the Middle East share their views for this year’s …
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Cultural Tourism Middle East
In partnership with Architectural Heritage Society and IQPC, the Cultural Tourism Middle East 2016 was held at Al Murooj Rotana. This brought together high level officials from tourism, cultural development & antiquities, heritage & arts, cultural activities, and architectural heritage community to showcase their latest developments and discuss ideas and …
Read More »Brand UAE’s Medical Tourism Vision 2021
The 3rd Annual Health & Medical Tourism Conference, held at Dusit Thani Hotel, Dubai, was organised by the Gulf Medical University (GMU) in association with Thumbay Medical Tourism. The conference was a get-together of industry experts from healthcare, travel and medical education sectors, to discuss the latest trends and developments …
Read More »Creativity in hospitality design
Hotel interior design is quintessential to ensure travellers have a unique and memorable experience. Shaza Hotels tries to create such experiences to meet guest expectations. Christian Nader Vice President Development Middle East & Africa, Kempinski and Shaza Hotels Interior design can sometimes be mistaken for interior decoration, and this becomes …
Read More »Setting sail for strong season
Dubai Cruise Tourism is going all out to develop and position Dubai as a top cruise destination. Cruise tourism, today, stands as a major component of Dubai’s tourism proposition. Jamal Humaid Al Falasi Director Dubai Cruise Tourism By the end of 2016, almost 24 million tourists would have taken to …
Read More »Medical intervention for Dubai
Health and wellness tourism is a very promising market segment for travel. Dubai is on a steady path in ensuring that the number of tourists visiting for health would reach over 1.3 million in 2021. finds out from key industry stakeholders on the aspects of this emerging trend. It is …
Read More »Travel technology show by Amadeus
Amadeus Gulf hosted a technology show in Abu Dhabi exclusively for travel businesses in the region. The objective was to educate customers with the newest solutions, enabling them to achieve better results in the coming year and prepare their businesses for 2017. TT Bureau The travel industry is growing significantly …
Read More »FITUR attracts new markets
The 37th staging of the International Tourism Trade Fair organised by IFEMA, FITUR will be held at Feria de Madrid from January 18-22. It will attract the worldwide tourism industry and confirm the trends that will set the pace for the entire 2017. Ana Larrañaga, Director, FITUR, shares with TravTalk. …
Read More »Setting the pace for 2017
The dawn of 2017 will focus on every possible opportunity for growth. Industry professionals share their views with TravTalk on the new strategies to be utilised to ensure a stable growth plan for the year. Shehara Rizly “Low oil prices have continued to curtail global economies and in turn demand …
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