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Articles tagged “uae”

Hotels

Wyndham CEO says Dubai’s grandiose hotels are monstrous

Wyndham plays on the middle and low end of the market, so the CEO has a reason for saying what he did. But he is right, opulence for opulence sake is Dubai's specialty.

HotelierMiddleEast | 11 years ago

Hotels

The state of staff satisfaction and salaries at hotels across the Middle East

Considering the changes in the region over the past 18 months, this year's survey results are a positive sign.

ArabianBusiness.com Staff, HotelierMiddleEast.com | 11 years ago

Tourism

The world’s largest mall eyes 100 million visitors with huge expansion

The world's biggest mall inside the world's biggest mall: Dubai. The scale can only go bigger.

Arab News | 11 years ago

The world’s largest mall eyes 100 million visitors with huge expansion

Tourism

Dubai’s newest contribution to tourism excess: an ice lounge

Dubai's propensity for over-the-top hasn't chilled a bit, nevermind the brutal recession it came out of recently. But having staked its future on tourism, it realizes it has to keep working on its stunts to keep it relevant.

Mirna Sleiman, Reuters | 11 years ago

Dubai’s newest contribution to tourism excess: an ice lounge

Tourism

Now Sharjah has Dubai envy: Launches big island tourism project

Putting "ecotourism" in a big project in the desert nation makes it one, right? Right.

Khaleej Times | 11 years ago

Now Sharjah has Dubai envy: Launches big island tourism project

Tourism

Dubai institutes women-only beach days; separates tourists areas from locals

As a historically conservative culture like UAE's clashes with its relentless drive for modernity, these kind of measures help in coexistence of tourists and immigrants with locals' cultural sensitivities.

Sailaja Saseendran, Khaleej Times | 11 years ago

Dubai institutes women-only beach days; separates tourists areas from locals

Airlines

Airline industry groups oppose DHS’s plan for Abu Dhabi pre-clearance facility

These airline industry groups are as opaque about their opposition to the UAE pre-clearance facility as they are about their financial backers, and we have the unfortunate feeling that its based more on prejudice than funding concerns.

Skift | 11 years ago

Online Travel

Skype wins in UAE holdout with top telco allowing access for first time

Emiratis have found their way around Etisalat’s block for years, but it’s more prudent for the operator find a way to work with over-the-top Internet services rather than resist them and secure its own death.

Matt Smith, Reuters | 11 years ago

Skype wins in UAE holdout with top telco allowing access for first time

Tourism

UAE relaxes visa restrictions for Canadians after Emirates Air dispute gets resolved

Common sense prevails, but also points to Emirates Airlines' use as soft-power front for the geopolitical interests of UAE and its constituent emirates.

Reuters | 11 years ago

Tourism

Ras al-Khaimah, the new emirate rising

RAK is the slower, quiet cousin emirate to the flashiness of Dubai and Abu Dhabi, and is rapidly rising in tourism ranks.

Skift | 11 years ago

Ras al-Khaimah, the new emirate rising