Iyer joins AHSI with over 16 years to extensive sales experience, most recently a three-year stint at one of the busiest airport hotels, The Orchid Mumbai.
Rosewood Hotel Group adds two senior appointments to Development team
Mr. Hicham Hassouni has joined Rosewood as Vice President – Development, Middle East and Mr. Robby Qiu as Vice President – Development, China.
First edition of HITEC Dubai will be hosted by HFTP and Naseba in 2017
Wth the introduction of HITEC Dubai, the platform will become accessible to buyers from the lucrative Middle Eastern tourism and hospitality market, currently worth over 75 billion USD.
IHG signs Holiday Inn Dubai Science Park
Scheduled to open in 2019, the hotel is located in Dubai Science Park, the region’s first freezone community offering facilities including office and laboratory space, as well as residential units, with the aim of creating a vibrant ‘Life Sciences’ community.
Spa market booming in Middle East and Africa
The trend towards health and wellness and medical tourism in this region is expanding and health focused tourists usually spend more than 130% as compared to regular traveller.
How Ramadan impacted Middle East hotels
Makkah and Medina, Saudi Arabia, were the only major hotel markets in the Middle East to experience increases in RevPAR during Ramadan 2016.
Swiss-Belhotel makes move into Cairo and North Coast, Egypt
Swiss-Belhotel International has signed agreements to manage two more Egyptian properties as it continues to grow its portfolio and presence in the Middle East.
DHISCO partners with Nirvana expanding reach into Middle East
The partnership is the latest in a series of new alliances DHISCO has forged to help the growing Middle East travel sector expand globally.
Kempinski Al Othman Hotel Al Khobar now open
Kempinski has seven properties in the Gulf with one more hotel in the Middle East scheduled to open in the coming year.
Ramadan’s impact on Middle East hotels
Mecca, Saudi Arabia, was the only major hotel market in the Middle East to experience an increase in revenue per available room (RevPAR) during the first two weeks of the holiday.
