It has been an action-packed year and a lot has happened in the hospitality and aviation industries.

HotelierMiddleEast.com was there to cover it and here is the list of the most popular stories.

Click on the links below to walk down memory lane.

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10. First ever gold bar vending machine for UAE hotel

9. Missing mum’s body found stuffed in hotel bed

8. Ex-Nakheel exec plunges to death at Dubai hotel

7. Dubai beggar found living in five-star hotel

6. VIDEO: Chinese build 15-storey hotel in six days

5. Barack Obama books entire Taj Mahal Palace Hotel

4. Emirates Palace boasts US $11 million Christmas tree

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