Located a few minutes from the business district in Ras Al Khaimah, the three star property Tulip Inn is focusing on a range of new feeder markets which include the millennials and the mid-market tourists. TT Bureau Tulip Inn Ras Al Khaimah offers 102 spacious and modern rooms and suites …

IndiGo Airlines went live on Travelport’s Travel Commerce Platform in India on November 24, as part of an agreement between the two parties that was signed in September this year. Nisha Verma Celebrating the launch of IndiGo’s fares and ancillaries to all travel agencies on Travelport’s integrated platform, Aditya Ghosh, …

The Seychelles Tourism Board Office in Dubai confirmed that visitor numbers from the GCC region already surpassed 2016 targets with a record of 25,293 visitors from the GCC as of October 2016. TT Bureau The Seychelles Islands has shown continuous growth in visitor arrivals from the GCC region over the …

The Traveler Experience Platform integrates a suite of travel technology products in a consumer-grade mobile experience delivering self-service in-transit travel bookings, itinerary management, payments, expense integration, and safety capabilities to the connected business traveller. TT Bureau Forty-seven years after man first landed on the moon, there is finally a single …

R Hotels and Wyndham Hotel Group announced an agreement to open the first Wyndham Garden in United Arab Emirates. The Wyndham Garden Ajman Corniche is expected to open by Q4 2017. TT Bureau The 17-storied, four-star hotel will feature 179 guest rooms, including 138 standard rooms and 41 suites, as …

According to published figures, the size of Dubai’s retail market is expected to expand by 7.7 per cent in 2016, with sales turnover expected to surpass $52 billion in 2020. Keeping up with its strength, this year it has released a brand new yearly calendar to draw more traffic from …

Even if it may seem so that OTAs are ruling the markets, they can’t afford to be complacent in these times of evolving technology as sooner or later other entities will challenge their dominance. Hotels were guilty of sleeping on the job when it came to the rise of online …

UAE’s first premium-experience travel website, musafir.com announced a partnership with Visa across the UAE, Qatar and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and launch of dedicated websites for Qatar and KSA. The move is a breakthrough in Musafir.com’s regional expansion and to the continuous increase in online travel bookings in the …

As we begin the year, our thoughts naturally turn to what lies ahead — clearly a lot! The dynamism of our industry coupled with an ongoing technology evolution ensures that no entity/trend will be the end-all or be-all. Here we analyse certain factors that could swing the pendulum in the …

Rail Europe, the worldwide leader in train tickets and rail passes’ distribution, has expanded its strong sales network across the region by appointing one of the largest leading Travel and Hospitality conglomerate in Saudi Arabia, Elaf Travel and Tourism Company, as their GSA partner. TT Bureau Elaf Group has been …