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After oil and gas sector, travel and tourism sector continues to serve as a key revenue generator for the GCC nations. Talking to TRAVTALK, Rasha El Ghoussaini, Head of Industry – Travel, Luxury and Tech in MENA at Snap Inc., highlights the significance of the emerging sector, and how platforms …

Rezlive, TRAVTALK and Turning Point treated stalwarts of the travel and tourism industry from 16 countries to a unique experience at Red Carpet Desert Networking Event in Dubai recently. The event, organised on the sidelines of this year’s Arabian Travel Market (ATM), provided a great networking platform for the participants. …

The past years have seen a marked increase in Middle East travellers seeking more wellness and medical travel to various destinations around the world. From Europe to Asia, every region is making sure that it gets a piece of this affluent market of travellers. TRAVTALK speaks to some of the …

Every year, travellers from the Middle East seek new destinations to escape the summer heat. After the pandemic, this year will be the first summer when all borders are open. Countries around the world are promoting their lesser known destinations to give the Middle East travellers a new experience. We …

Tourism is responsible for around 11 per cent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions, and it is projected to double by the year 2050, according to the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC). Unless measures are taken to limit the emissions, this will aggravate global warming, leading to even more …

Dubai welcomed 4.67 million overnight visitors in the first quarter of 2023, and is on track to become the most visited international destination. The emirate’s hotels witnessed a surge in occupancy with the average occupancy reaching at 83 per cent during the January-March period, making it one of the highest …

It is once again time to witness the rapid growth of tourism within and outside GCC as summer approaches, more searches have already begun to determine the favourite summer escapes. Mamoun Hmedan, Chief Commercial Officer and Managing Director, MENA and India, Wego shares insights on trends this summer with TRAVTALK. …

This year Smart Travel will be attending ATM so that would be able to explore new partnerships and strengthen the ones they enjoy at present in the biggest travel trade show of the year. With cutting edge technology emerging into the travel platforms, it has become easier and efficient in …

In today’s fast paced world, training has become an important asset in the travel and tourism industry. A workforce, which is properly trained, turns out to be profitable at the end of the day. Shakir Kantawala, Co-founder and Managing Partner, WingsWay Training Institute LLC (Dubai) and WingsWay Global Training Academy …

Expanding its portfolio with global leisure giants, such as Europamundo Vacations, Thomas Cook India & Satguru Travel Group, TravTips has established itself as a leisure genius catering to outbound leisure travellers. Suraj Mainat, Founder and CEO, TravTips shares with TRAVTALK their various feats over the years and strengthening their presence …