Hotels

European travelers to Oman helped fuel a 10.2 percent rise in hotel revenue in the first five months of 2024, official data has revealed. Figures from the National Centre for Statistics and Information show that three to five-star…
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A total of 1,400 new hotel rooms will be built in Petra by local investors as a part of an investment drive to boost the tourism industry, a top official said on Sunday. Fares Braizat, chief commissioner of the Petra Development and…
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Saudi Arabia is gearing up to expand its hospitality sector by developing 320,000 new hotel rooms by 2030, according to an analysis by global property giant Knight Frank. The consultancy’s study disclosed that as much as 67 percent of…
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Makkah’s hotels are gearing up to receive the millions of people arriving to perform Umrah during Ramadan. Prices in Makkah’s hotels vary based on their geographical location and their proximity to the Grand Mosque. They also vary…
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Luxury hotel operator Dorchester Collection on Thursday welcomed its first dining and overnight guests at its latest establishment in Dubai, The Lana. Designed by Dubai’s architecture firm Foster + Partners, the 30-storey building has…
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Makkah-bound worshippers can expect improved accommodations as Jabal Omar Development Co. has obtained a license for the second tower of its five-star hotel. In a stock market filing, the Saudi developer announced that it has received…
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The Department of Culture and Tourism — Abu Dhabi has reduced government fees imposed on hotels in the emirate in a bid to boost the growth of the hospitality and tourism sector, Emirates News Agency reported on Saturday. The government…
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Afghan refugees across the UK are being made homeless after being evicted from government-funded hotels, the BBC reported. After being offered sanctuary in the UK in the wake of the Taliban takeover in 2021, many of the Afghans — who…
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By all accounts, it is a boom time for the hospitality industry in Saudi Arabia. The latest data from hotel industry monitoring firm STR shows the Kingdom leads the Middle East and Africa’s hotel building activity, with 42,033 hotel…
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More than $1 trillion worth of real estate and infrastructure projects, including 315,000 hotel rooms, are under development or in the pipeline in Saudi Arabia, according to industry experts speaking ahead of the upcoming Future Hospitality…
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