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Fairmont to triple Mideast hotel portfolio
Fairmont has five hotels in the Middle East – in Egypt and the UAE – and plans to open further hotels in the Gulf, Egypt and Morocco, with a particular focus on Saudi Arabia.
Luxury accommodation leader The Gulf Hotels Group makes its Arabian Travel Market debut
Leaders in operating luxury accommodation, including Bahrain’s pre-eminent five-star hotel, The Gulf Hotel will make its debut at the Arabian Travel Market in Dubai May 4, 2010 where they can be found at their corporate stand number HC1200.
Saudi hospitality sector set to grow with new hotels
In fact, 38 new hotel rooms are being opened daily this year in the GCC including Saudi Arabia. Forty-eight hotels with 14,178 rooms are set to open in 2010, at an estimated cost of $7.3 billion.
TDIC to build Saadiyat Island transport hub
Tourism Development and Investment Company (TDIC) is to construct a multi-modal transportation hub on its flagship Saadiyat Island development.
Abu Dhabi floats tramway tenders
The Abu Dhabi Department of Transport (DoT) yesterday floated tenders for the development of the capital’s 340km tramway network that will see people commuting on the light rail transit system by 2014.
First phase of capital’s tram system will be ready by 2014
Abu Dhabi: The first phase of the light-rail tram (LRT) system, which will serve areas within Abu Dhabi city and areas close to the metro, will be operational by 2014, a senior official said on Tuesday.
UAE railway company launched
The Federal Government issued a decree yesterday officially establishing the Union Railways Company, with a capitalisation of Dh1 billion (US$272m), to oversee a planned national rail system.
We won IRENA – now let’s prove the critics wrong
The announcement that the headquarters of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) would be located in Abu Dhabi is a proud moment for the capital and the country.
