700 guests rescued after high-rise hotel in Saudi catches fire
A high rise hotel close to Makkah in Saudi Arabia caught fire, officials from the Kingdom’s fire services have announced.
Millennium Hotels and Resorts signs distribution agreement with Chinese OTA, Ctrip
Millennium Hotels and Resorts (MHR) has signed an agreement with one of China’s largest integrated travel services companies – Ctrip.
Sheraton Hotels and Resorts launch new logo
Sheraton Hotels and Resort’s new logo will appear on collateral and websites in April
Rotana to launch pilot scheme with Airbnb in Dubai
Group also records steady growth in occupancy, ADR, and RevPAR in January and February 2019, says Guy Hutchinson, acting CEO of Rotana
Kempinski Hotels' Colin Lubbe steps down as CFO, vice chairman
Lubbe to stay on until a CFO is recruited and appointed, company says
Abu Dhabi hotels' ADR and RevPAR boosted in February 2019
Occupancy dips slightly, but Abu Dhabi's hotels showed a significant increase in daily rates in February 2019
Westin hotels in Middle East and Africa champion 'JOMO'
Westin hotels in the Middle East and Africa and around the world are offering wellness experiences as an alternative to constant digital connectivity
Tourism and municipality fees for Abu Dhabi hotels reduced
Tourism and municipality fees decreased to 5.5%, and long-stay visitors exempted from daily municipality fee
Five ways hoteliers can use entertainment to drive revenues in hotels
Here are a five ways to use entertainment to drive revenues in hotels according to Richard Bron, chairman of Concorde Media
Premier Inn opens seventh hotel in the UAE
The Al Jaddaf property is a joint venture between Emirates Group and Whitbread
OYO Rooms launches SOS-button to make hotels in India safer
India’ hospitality startup OYO Rooms has launched an SOS button on its app, to help users in OYO or partnership hotels alert authorities during an emergency.
Emaar Group to launch blockchain-based token across its hospitality, other businesses
Blockchain specialist firm Lykke has been working with Emaar Group to offer customers and partners the 'Emaar community token'
Google unveils hotel search, booking website — Google Hotels
Google Hotels was unveiled the same day that AirBnB, its direct competitor, announced that it acquired HotelTonight, a last minute hotel-booking service.
Grand Millennium Dubai’s environmental drive awarded
Receives CSR Environmental Award from Emirates Environmental Group
The Indian Hotels Company Limited launches homestay brand in India
Management contract for nine heritage bungalows signed with Tata Coffee
Dubai has world's second-largest hotel construction project pipeline
Dubai had a pipeline of 168 hotel construction projects with 49,950 rooms as of 2018, ranking it second in the list of global cities with the largest hospitality pipelines