Middle East
Anantara Spa Emirates Palace receives “Best Spa” at MENA Travel Awards
Anantara Spa Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi was recently recognized as one of the leading spas in the Middle East and North Africa at the 2008 fifth annual MENA Travel Awards.
Anantara Spa Emirates Palace was awarded GOLD in the Best Spa category for its excellence, at the award ceremony held on Thursday, March 8, 2008. [...]
Marriott signs Nine New Properties in Saudi Arabia
Marriott is to manage nine new properties in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia starting in 2010 under a recently concluded agreement with Fawaz Abdul Aziz Al-Hokair & Associates Hotel Company LLC.
The new hotels will be located in Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam and Jubail and will represent the following Marriott International brands: The Ritz-Carlton Hotels, The Ritz-Carlton [...]
Marriott opens Executive Apartments in Atyrau, Kazakhstan
Marriott has opened the 143-unit Marriott Executive Apartments (MEA) Atyrau in Kazakhstan. Located in central Atyrau, the capital of Kazakhstan’s oil industry, the new Marriott Executive Apartments is nearly already sold out for its first year in operation. It is under a management agreement with CP Residential Atyrau LLC, an affiliate of Capital Partners.
The 21-storey [...]
Marriott signs New Hotels in Middle East
In Dubai during a whirlwind trip including high-level meetings, visits with company employees and a major speech, the head of Marriott International also took the next steps to ultimately more than double the company’s hotels in the region as he signed the first of four development transactions in three countries.
In the Middle East alone, the [...]
Medical Tourism in the Middle East to be Hot Topic at Arabian Travel Market 2008
With rising healthcare costs and increasing procedure waiting times in Europe, America and Asia, the Middle East is in a prime position to establish itself as a world-class, cost-effective alternative destination for the booming medical tourism market, says a leading industry expert.
To achieve a global reputation of medical excellence and affordability, Jonathan Edelheit, President of [...]
Women-Only Hotel Open in Saudi Arabia
There’s a new hotel in the capital of Saudi Arabia, and businessmen shouldn’t even think of spending the night there.
A women-only hotel was opened Tuesday in Riyadh during a ceremony headed by Secretary General of the Supreme Commission for Tourism, Prince Sultan Bin Salman, the Saudi daily Arab News reported.
The 25-room hotel is designed to [...]
InterContinental Hotels Group opens 20th property in Saudi Arabia
InterContinental Hotels Group has opened its 20th property in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the InterContinental Al Khobar.
The hotel is located just a few minutes from Al Khobar’s corniche in the heart of the city. It is also close to the business and commercial centre, making the luxury hotel an ideal choice for both business [...]
