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The state of staff satisfaction and salaries at hotels across the Middle East
DestinationsOver the years, the Hotelier Middle East Salary Survey has generally uncovered a workforce that feels underpaid and concerned about the future. This year, a few streaks of light may suggest a new dawn for sentiment and salaries. The hands of history are still developing the Middle East’s hospitality industry, revealing a polarised picture of [...]
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Travel in Tunisia: Separating the headlines from reality
DestinationsSidi Bou Said’s signature blue-and-white houses are framed with sweet-smelling jasmine and bougainvillea. The soft sunshine is making them seem so picture-perfect it’s hard to associate this with tanks and barbed wire. A short cab ride away from the Tunisian capital, this coastal hilltop town is full of steep cobbled streets, beautiful buildings and lazy [...]
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Ritz-Carlton makes a bet on Tunisia and Morocco with 3 new properties
DestinationsThe Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company has announced the brand’s latest property in its growing North Africa portfolio. The Ritz-Carlton Marrakech and its first property in Rabat, Morocco, which will become the third property in the brand’s growing North Africa portfolio. The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company expects the resort to open in December 2014. The resort will benefit [...]
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So who’s lying about Tunisia’s tourism numbers? You decide
DestinationsTunisia, in the throes of post-revolution turmoil, has been going through a very tough recovery in the tourism sector, usually a big financial engine for the otherwise impoverished larger economy. Just today came the disturbing news that the leader of an opposition movement was assassinated, and that led to an additional round of unrest and [...]
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Tunisia reports tourism is back on the rise in 2012 with more than 5 million arrivals
DestinationsThe number of tourists who visited Tunisia since the beginning of the year to 20 December 2012 increased by 25.3% compared to the same period of 2011, according to the latest figures of the National Office of Tunisian Tourism (ONTT). Tourist arrivals, which totaled 5,761,657 tourists until December 20, 2012, generated revenues of 3,068.9 million [...]
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Tunisia, in desperate need of an image overhaul, selects Publicis for tourism campaign
DestinationsTunisia, in a push to attract more tourism post revolution, is going in for an overhaul of its marketing and advertising strategy. The Tunisian National Tourism Office (ONTT) announced that it has selected French ad giant Publicis as its agency to develop its future tourism campaigns. It was chosen from seven other agencies which responded [...]
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Tunisia tourism post-revolution: One step forward, two backward
DestinationsThe tourism sector in Tunisia which was unstable since the Yasmine revolution has recorded a good performance during the first nine months of 2012 and according to the latest figures released by the Ministry of Tourism, some 4.4 million tourists visited the country from January 1 to September 20, posting a 32 percent increase compared [...]
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Which African cities have the best quality of life? Africa.com has 10 ideas
DestinationsFrom the scenic beauty in the southernmost city on the continent, Cape Town, to Tunis in the north, voted one of the happiest and least expensive cities to live in Africa - Africa.com shares what makes these and other cities in Africa great with the release of their list of the ‘Top 10 Most Livable Cities in Africa’. A favorite with [...]
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UK and U.S. at odds over whether travel to Tunisia is safe
DestinationsViolent protests took place in front of the US Embassy in Tunis on Friday, leading to the US evacuating its non-essential staff – and encouraging US citizens in the country to leave. #TravelWarning #Tunisia Ordered departure of all non-emergency U.S. government personnel. ow.ly/dJZlh — Travel – State Dept (@TravelGov) September 15, 2012 The Foreign Office [...]
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Tunisian hotel attacked by religious hardliners for serving alcohol
DestinationsDozens of hardline Salafi Muslims attacked a hotel in Sidi Bouzid, birthplace of Tunisia’s revolution, because it was serving alcohol, the hotel’s owner said on Tuesday. It was believed to be the first such attack on a hotel in the North African country, which relies heavily on tourism. “About 100 Salafis attacked the hotel on [...]
