Middle East Travel News

The lights went out at all Jannah Hotels & Resorts properties on 28 March, as the hotels marked Earth Hour with ‘connect2earth’, a symbolic tribute to WWF’s annual environmental…

Abu Dhabi Airports has appointed Shareef Hashim Al Hashmi as acting chief executive officer, strengthening the airport group’s senior executive management team. With a background in…

Despite the COVID-19 outbreak and the global aviation industry being paralysed, Qatar Airways continues to operate over 150 flights per day. “We appreciate this is a difficult time…

Middle Eastern carrier Oman Air has announced that it will be grounding planes and suspending all passenger services to and from Muscat, until further notice,  as of midday, Sunday 29 March…

Rotana announced that it took over the management of DAMAC Towers Arjaan by Rotana in Riyadh, with the property set to open in early April. The announcement follows a partnership signed…

After Dubai’s Emirates announced that it would suspend flights to a total of 111 cities out of 159 destinations it usually serves to curtail the spread of coronavirus, another UAE carrier is…

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Dubai’s Emirates airline announced it would suspend flights to dozens more cities, including New York, Delhi and Melbourne, taking its total route closures past 100, in a bid to…

Abu Dhabi Airports has announced the temporary move of several flights from Terminal 1 to Terminal 3 at Abu Dhabi International Airport (AUH). On 18 March, Abu Dhabi Airports…

Global Travel Group has announced it will be postponing its 2020 conference, that was due to take place in Dubai, as a result of the ongoing Covid-19 outbreak. Cherie Richards,…

The total revenues of Omani hotels in the three-to-five-star category fell by 9.2% to OMR 20.64 million (USD 53.4 million) until the end of January compared to OMR 22.74 million (USD…

The mental image most of us have about the Middle East is extraordinary landscapes and windswept desert dunes. Though the area has mushroomed with deserts, there are many other exotic…

Ian Schrager’s The Abu Dhabi EDITION lit up the Al Bateen Marina in celebration of St Partick’s Day. Together with some of the world’s most iconic buildings, including The Great Wall of…

The national airline of the UAE, Etihad Airways, will launch new daily scheduled year-round flights to Austria’s capital Vienna using a two-class Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner. The service…

After the World Health Organisation announced COVID-19 as a pandemic and cases rise to an unstoppable rate, more countries go into lockdown.

Gulf Air, the national carrier of Bahrain, and the Royal Charity Organisation (RCO) celebrated raising USD 91,904.16 since the successful launch of their passenger donations project.…

Flight Centre Travel Group (FCTG) has strengthened its technology roadmap and air content offering to customers by securing an initial investment in TPConnects Technologies. The…

The Talise Ottoman Spa at Jumeirah Zabeel Saray has become the first hotel in the region to launch a bespoke ‘Love Yourself At Every Stage’ wellness programme, for cancer survivors and…

Etihad Airways will move its operations in China to the state-of-the-art Beijing Daxing International Airport from June. The move will involve all flights to and from Abu Dhabi and…

Expanding on its leisure facilities, Mövenpick Hotel Apartments Downtown Dubai has announced the launch of Onsen Spa offering an array of relaxing and rejuvenating treatments. The spa…

UAE-headquartered hospitality company, TIME Hotels, has strengthened the positive impact it is making on local and regional communities by raising funds for a hospital caring for…