Month: May 2011

For the sixth year running, the Doha-based carrier retained the Leading Business Class Airline In Middle East title, as voted by travel industry professionals, at the World Travel Awards. And the airline, now in its 14th year of operations, was honoured as the region’s Best Business Class by readers of the prestigious monthly magazine Business […]

Dubai: The Dubai Events and Promotions Establishment (Depe) has an official mandate from the Government of Dubai to boost the emirate’s retail and events sector through year-round attractions. So far, 2011 has been a challenging year to do business globally — political upheaval in the region, nuclear disaster in Japan and soaring commodity prices. Gulf […]

Srinagar, May 27: If all goes as planned, international flights may again operate from the Srinagar International Airport in next few months, brining respite to the stakeholders who have been pitching hard for revival of the service to bring Kashmir on the international air travel circuit. Highly placed sources disclosed to Greater Kashmir that serious […]

Dubai needs an entertainment resort on the size and scale of Disneyland if it is to attract a larger slice of the global tourism pie, the president of UAE’s BinHendi Enterprises said. The UAE’s trade and tourism hub must create an anchor attraction to push it into the league of destinations such as the US […]

Dubai cannot sustain any more mega-malls in an already glutted retail market, the head of one of the UAE’s largest retail conglomerates said Monday. “[Dubai has] more than enough malls,” Mohi-Din BinHendi, president of BinHendi Enterprises, told the 4th Arabian Business Forum in Dubai. “If anyone wants to add another mall, they need to visit […]

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DUBAI — Emirates is responding to strong passenger demand in Germany by launching extra frequencies to Frankfurt and upgrading one of its Munich flights to an A380 superjumbo. The moves will further bond two powerful trading partners — the UAE and Germany — whose relationships is worth billions of dollars annually. The UAE is the […]

Text size     ABU DHABI – Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina has announced that a direct air link between Dubai and Tuzla, a city some 150 kilometres north of the capital Sarajevo, will be established in July this year. The Ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the UAE, Radomir Kosic-said, “the opening of direct […]

DUBAI — Gulf Arab states least affected by regional turmoil are likely to see a boost in tourism, analysts said on Tuesday, with the United Arab Emirates outperforming other destinations. “Dubai has benefitted drastically, with high occupancy rates, more tourists, and high retail numbers, because your average Arab who used to go to … Jordan, Syria […]

DUBAI – Azerbaijan, the largest country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia is hoping to get a boost to its tourism sector from GCC, with the opening of the republic’s tourism representative office in Dubai. Announcing the official opening of the Republic of Azerbaijan Cultural and Tourism Middle East representative Dubai office earlier this month […]

Dubai: The Dubai government is asking its departments to reduce expenditure by 20 to 25 per cent in a bid to help the emirate achieve a budget surplus of Dh3-Dh3.5 billion until 2013, Ahmad Humaid Al Tayer, Member of the Supreme Fiscal Committee, told Gulf News. “Fiscal prudence comes as the government looks to do some […]

By Martina Fuchs DUBAI | Tue May 17, 2011 12:57pm EDT DUBAI (Reuters) – Gulf Arab states least affected by regional turmoil are likely to see a boost in tourism, analysts said on Tuesday, with the United Arab Emirates outperforming other destinations. “Dubai has benefitted drastically, with high occupancy rates, more tourists, and high retail […]

Gulf states least affected by regional turmoil are likely to see a boost in tourism, analysts said on Tuesday, with the United Arab Emirates outperforming other destinations. “Dubai has benefitted drastically, with high occupancy rates, more tourists, and high retail numbers, because your average Arab who used to go to … Jordan, Syria or Lebanon, […]

Text size     Dubai, UAE: After the UAE issued a decree approving the joining of the Istanbul Convention on Monday, the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and IndustryDubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry has announced its readiness in implementing the ATA Carnet system in the country which will allow the temporary admission of merchandise and […]

DUBAI – The Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Chairman of the World Energy Forum on Sunday to extend cooperation and support for the 2011 World Energy Forum to be held in Dubai. Khalid A. Bin Sulayem, Director-General of the DTCM and Dr Harold H. S. […]