Manama, Bahrain, June 3, 2010: British Airways has announced that the airline will be carrying over 70,000 passengers to South Africa during the forthcoming World Cup. The airline has dedicated 19 flights a week to Johannesburg and seven flights to Cape Town in South Africa, in addition to other connection flights to several domestic and [...]
Sharjah, November 10: 2009: In line with its ongoing commitment to customer care and technical innovation, Air Arabia, the first and largest low-cost carrier in the Middle East and North Africa, announced today the launch of its new and improved website (www.airarabia.com). This upgraded website provides a simple, user-friendly experience and includes a wide range [...]
London, 10 November 2009 Sharjah’s participation in the World Travel Market (WTM) exhibition, taking place in London from 9 to 12 November 2009, has attracted a lot of attention among Arabic and international media, as well as exhibition visitors, including tourism and travel experts from all over the world. Coverage in the British media focused [...]
Two properties of The Address Hotels + Resorts, the hotel brand of Emaar Hospitality Group, have won the ‘Best Hotel Dubai’ honours at the Arabian Property Awards. The Palace – The Old Town, an elegant 5-star premium hotel destination in Dubai, and The Address Montgomerie Dubai won the awards in the over and under 50 [...]
Demand for lubricating oil in the Middle East region has sharply increased since 2002 and Idemitsu Lube Middle East & Africa FZE’s transaction doubled to 16 million litres during the seven years from 2002 to 2008. Idemitsu Lube inaugurated its office at the Dubai Airport Freezone at an event attended by top officials of automotive [...]
Industry leaders Dubai Duty Free, Dubai Pearl, Emirates Airline and Madinat Jumeirah will once again lead the charge for the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), the flagship Dubai institutions said today. The four principal sponsors applauded DIFF‘s year-on-year success in raising the emirate’s profile around the world, adding a vital new cultural dimension at home, [...]
Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Under the patronage of His Royal Highness Khaled Al Faisal Bin Abdulaziz, the Prince of Mecca Region, and with the presence of His Royal Highness Sultan Bin Salman Bin Abdulaziz, Chairman of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities, Saudi International Boat Show, the first event of its kind in [...]
October 11, 2009 Ras Al Khaimah Investment Authority (RAKIA) has announced that global interest in the business and tourism potential of Ras Al Khaimah has further intensified with the increasing number of European visitors arriving in the emirate. RAKIA revealed that a charter flight from Copenhagen arrived on (Friday, October 9, 2009) in Ras Al [...]
Dubai, 26th August 2009: Lufthansa German Airlines, one of the leading global carriers, launched special fares from the UAE, Kuwait and Oman to 40 destinations in Europe. A round-trip flight from UAE to Europe can be booked starting for as little as AED 1090 and from Kuwait to Europe starting from KWD 79 and fares [...]
Finland, 2nd August: The BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team triumphed as it claimed first, third and ninth places in the testing Rally Finland. Mikko Hirvonen led the rally from stage two closely followed by fellow Finn and BP Ford Abu Dhabi driver Jari-Matti Latvala. The two finished in a fantastic first and third [...]
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