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Saudi Arabia’s largest domestic and outbound tourism promotion event, Riyadh Travel Fair will commence its ninth edition at the Al Faisaliah Hotel, Riyadh from April 7-10, 2017. It is expected to receive over 250 exhibitors; national pavillions and seminars set to welcome an anticipated 30,000 visitors. SHEHARA RIZLY The theme …

Hahn Air is focusing on the Middle East region in 2017 in order to attract more partners and enable them to maximise their revenues, says its VP Sales and Agency Distribution, Kimberley Long. SHEHARA RIZLY Q How does Hahn Air connect with travel trade? Hahn Air facilitates global business between …

The Middle East region has set the ball rolling with its various initiatives to encourage sports tourism in the region. Having invested billions of dollars in this sector, key players such as airlines, hotels and technology professionals have come forward to ensure continued business. SHEHARA RIZLY The Gulf’s tourism industry …

The two Rotana Resorts located in Ras Al Khaimah and Fujairah witnessed an increased number of foreign visitors from Europe and East Europe apart from the staycations by local residents and expats during the past year. Mrad El Khoury, Cluster General Manager, Rotana Fujairah and Cove Rotana Ras Al Khaimah, …

ITB Berlin is undoubtedly the foremost business platform where all stakeholders from around the globe gather to showcase their products and offerings. Leading hospitality and other stakeholders from the United Arab Emirates share with their focus for 2017. SHEHARA RIZLY In line with Ajman’s Vision 2021 and ATDD’s strategic plan, …

A high demand from the Middle East and Arab region is expected at this year’s editition of ITB Berlin as the two main carriers – Emirates and Qatar Airways – have booked in a lot more space than the previous year. David Ruetz, Head, ITB Berlin, gives further details about …

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 …

The GCC’s exclusive B2B luxury travel platform is all set to bring together a stellar list of global suppliers and corporate organisations to Dubai this March. Building on the tremendous success of the past four editions, Dubai-based QNA International will host the 5th edition of the MICE Arabia and Luxury …

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 …

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 …