Articles tagged “bahrain”

Airline Weekly

Bahrain’s New Terminal Positions Airport to Serve Larger Role in Middle East

12 months ago

Tourism

Bahrain Grand Prix Will Go On Without Hordes of International Fans Watching

The Grand Prix will go on in a few weeks in Bahrain, just without spectators. Sponsor Gulf Air and other organizers made the right call.

The Associated Press | 2 years ago

Tourism

Bahrain Restricts Travel From Qatar Making Blockade Even Tighter

Qatar's regional disputes are mounting, but its status as a global hub and destination isn't falling off a cliff.

Associated Press | 4 years ago

Tourism

United Arab Emirates, Bahrain Caution Citizens About U.S. Travel

The U.S. State Department regularly advises U.S. citizens on travel to foreign countries. Police brutality protests and shootings have prompted the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Bermuda to caution their own citizens about travel to the U.S.

Associated Press | 6 years ago

Tourism

Bahrain Tries to Combine Packaged Tours and Experiential Travel

The tourism board's spirit is in the right place, but the key to experiential travel is giving the traveler the tools to discovery these things on his or her own.

Raji Unnikrishnan, Gulf Daily News | 7 years ago

Hotels

Bahrain Plans to Open Floating Hotel with Five-Star Experience

Floating hotels are always touted as a unique and luxurious experience, but none have made a name for themselves that compares to iconic on-land properties.

Ahmed Al Omari , Gulf Daily News | 8 years ago

Airlines

Bahrain Takes on Neighboring Aviation Hubs with $980 Million Airport Upgrade

Bahrain's national airline Gulf Air didn't take off like Emirates or Qatar leaving the destination envious of its neighbors' tourism booms. Bahrain is now focusing all attention on Asia in its second attempt to build an aviation hub.

Deena Kamel Yousef, Bloomberg | 8 years ago

Tourism

Bahrain hosts a second Formula One Grand Prix amidst nationwide protests

Bahrain's veneer of normalcy may be good enough for Formula One, but it can't cover up the simmering issues that will likely tear apart a nation dependent upon lots of external forces to keep its act together. The next Dubai it's not.

Alexander Dziadosz, Reuters | 9 years ago

Airlines

The sad, sad story of Bahrain air

For every Emirates out of the region, there is also Bahrain air. Without the right subsidies and monetary muscle, airlines worldwide are still a sucky business.

Skift | 9 years ago

Airlines

Bahrain Air shuts down suddenly amid political crisis, Gulf competition

Bahrain Air’s internal meeting must have deteriorated quickly prompting it cancel flights with just a few hours’ notice, even if it had already seen its demise in the distance for months.

Associated Press | 9 years ago