Blueground, a hospitality company offering high quality accommodation to business executivesÊand expats, has made its entry into Dubai’s hospitality industry. Based in Greece, Blueground’s business model operates by leasing existing high-end residential properties in the most sought after areas, upgrading and converting them into best-in-class rentals, thus avoiding the lengthy and capital intensive construction process of traditional hotel operators.
When is enough, enough?
Of tourists that is. Tourism has to be better managed to combat the rise in local tensions and concerns over AirBnB, environmental and cultural pollution and being overwhelmed by visitor numbers.
Accommodation sector driving tourism growth
Figures released show that growth in the accommodation sector has been a major contributor to the impressive performance of the tourism industry in 2014-15.