Dubai Travel News

Travel & Tourism News of Dubai and rest of UAE

Dubai Tourism

Travel Industry News

Business Development Manager (Aa)

The Emirates Group is a highly profitable business with a turnover of approximately US$ 12 billion and over 50,000 employees. The Group comprises of Dnata, the successful Airport Ground Services and Travel Industry division, and Emirates, the Group’s rapidly expanding…

Travel Industry News

Road to Arabia draws record attendance – e

The Arabian Peninsula workshops have now wrapped up with more than 300 agents attending the joint Dubai Department of Tourism Commerce Marketing (DTCM), Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority (ADTA) and Sultanate of Oman Tourism seminars across the country. Three more winners…

Travel Industry News

flydubai set to soar into Serbia

Dubai; 19 September 2011: One of the world’s leading cultural and party capitals*, Belgrade, otherwise known as Serbia’s White City, has been named the latest destination of pioneering low-cost carrier, flydubai. Ghaith Al Ghaith, CEO of flydubai said: “We are…

Travel Industry News

Vice President Legal

The Emirates Group is a highly profitable business with a turnover of approximately US$ 12 billion and over 50,000 employees. The Group comprises of dnata, the successful Airport Ground Services and Travel Industry division, and Emirates, the Group’s rapidly expanding…

Travel Industry News

Cruise industry expected to boost Dubai tourism

The number of passengers to Dubai via the cruise industry is expected to increase by 50,000 year-on-year for the forecast period until 2015, according to Majid Al Marri, director – hotel classification, Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM)….

Travel Industry News

Air traffic movements up 4.8% in August

Text size     Thursday, Sep 15, 2011 Gulf News Dubai: As tourism traffic in the UAE gradually gains momentum after a slowdown in air travel due to the Middle East political unrest, air traffic movements in the UAE increased…

Travel Industry News

Dubai hotels occupancy rises on tourist arrivals

DUBAI — Dubai continues to attract a large number of tourists as hoteliers in the emirate recorded the biggest year-on-year jump in occupancy level within the Middle East during July, global consultancy firm Ernst Young said in its latest report….

Travel Industry News

Five Star Rating for Park Regis Kris Kin Hotel

PRLog (Press Release) – Sep 14, 2011 – The Park Regis Kris KinHotel, Dubai has been officially certified by Dubai Department of Tourism Commerce Marketing (DTCM) as a five-star hotelin accordance with the standards set by Dubai’sprincipal tourism authority. This…

Travel Industry News

Definite about Dubai – elearning

The Dubai Department of Tourism Commerce Marketing (DTCM) is working with Emirates airline on a training programme to assist the airline’s customer service staff to build their knowledge of Dubai’s tourism offerings for the benifit of the customers and for…

Travel Industry News

Emaar’s bond outperforms Aldar’s on strong revenue

Emaar Properties’s Islamic bond generated more than double those of Abu Dhabi’s Aldar Properties returns due to the revenue from hotels and malls supported Emaar. Emaar’s 8.5 percent Islamic bond, or sukuk, due 2016 returned 8.2 percent since it first traded…

Travel Industry News

Dubai Metro makes a mark

Dubai: His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has said that accomplishing the Dubai Metro project was one of the biggest challenges amidst the international economic crises. Talking to…

Travel Industry News

Emirates Airlines’ Bonds Rise on Tourism, Oil Drop: Arab Credit

September 08, 2011, 7:52 AM EDT By Tamara Walid and Arif Sharif Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) — Emirates airlines’ notes have risen in the past month, regaining an advantage they enjoyed over Dubai’s sovereign bonds as the world’s biggest international carrier…

Travel Industry News

Dubai tourism needs to diversify says hospitality expert

Phil Blizzard, Head of Broadcast Thursday, September 08 – 2011 at 10:08 UAE local time (GMT+4) Replication or redistribution in whole or in part is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of AME Info FZ LLC / Emap Limited.

Travel Industry News

Dubai hotels get Eid boost from Arab Spring

Dubai hotels reported occupancy rates of 90 percent and above during the Eid break as the city benefited from the unrest that has roiled traditional tourist spots such as Egypt and Tunisia. Starwood Hotels Resorts two beach hotels, Le Méridien…

Travel Industry News

Kerzner could sell stake in Dubai’s Atlantis

Staff Sunday, September 04 – 2011 at 10:35 UAE local time (GMT+4) Replication or redistribution in whole or in part is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of AME Info FZ LLC / Emap Limited.