Emaar Hospitality Group has appointed Alma Au Yeung as its corporate director – strategic projects and partnerships.

In her new role, she will have overall charge in driving the group’s strategic partnership with Expo 2020 Dubai as its official hotel and hospitality partner.​​​​

South Africa and Palestine have signed a landmark tourism cooperation agreement between them at Constitutional Hill in Johannesburg, South African Tourism Minister Derek Hanekom has said.Hanekom and his Palestinian counterpart, Rula Ma’Ayah, who is Minister of Tourism and Antiquities of Palestine Authority, signed the agreement on Thursday.

The deal was preceded by a discussion between the two countries on the occasion of Ma’Ayah’s"...

Israel hosted its first international rock music festival called Meteor Festival near Kibbutz Lehavot Habashan from Thursday until Saturday.

The organizers definitely accomplished something very impressive: a well-organized festival with a highly-respected local and international lineup. Despite several cancellations, the planned lineup and the professionalism of the festival’s website gave impressions of high levels"...

Block your calendar and keep the weekend of November 29th & 30th 2018 free as the BAO Festival is all set to descend over Meydan, Dubai. This exuberant event takes pride in hosting the top 2 artists of the DJ Mag top 100, MARTIN GARRIX and DIMITRI VEGAS & LIKE MIKE. Also adding massive weight to the line-up are AFROJACK, DON DIABLO, NERVO, R3HAB, ALOK, SALVATORE GANACCI, BROOKS, DANTE KLEIN, MARCUS SANTORO and DJ LICIOUS, all set to lead you on a voyage of their own.

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AccorHotels, Europe’s largest hotel company which finalised its deal to buy the Swiss operator Movenpick for €482 million (Dh2.05 billion), said the purchase of 84 upscale hotels and a further 18 under development will greatly strengthen the company’s position in the Middle East.

Although the “hard work” of integrating the two is only just beginning, Chris Cahill, Accor’s chief executive for luxury brands, said"...

France’s AccorHotels has confirmed today that the company has officially acquired Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts for 482 million Euros ($559 million). CEO and president Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts Olivier Chavy has revealed on his personal LinkedIn page that he has stepped down from his role starting immediately.

Chavy"...

Israel plans to spend 3.5 million shekels ( $1 million) of unpaid UNESCO money on Jewish heritage sites in Hebron.

The Israeli Knesset is expected to vote on Wednesday to relocate the funds that would have been paid to UNESCO to the Ministry of Jerusalem and Heritage, with specific instruction to spend it on the development of Jewish heritage sites in Hebron, the Jerusalem"...

Borja Molina has been appointed as the assistant director of food and beverage (F&B) for the Shangri-La Hotel and Traders Hotel in Abu Dhabi.

Relocating from Spain, Molina has more than eight years of hospitality expertise having worked with international hotel chains across Asia, Europe and the Middle East.

In his new role, Molina will assist in planning, directing and supervising all activities associated with the operations of the food and beverage division. He will also be responsible for"...

Work resumed on Thursday in restoring the historic Qasem Basha landmark inside Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City after Israeli police had ordered the Muslim Waqf department, which is in charge of the compound, to stop the restoration work.

Police detained on Saturday four Palestinian Waqf staff working on the restoration of Qasem Basha landmark claiming"...

The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) revealed that hotel occupancy rates in the UAE capital during Eid Al Adha averaged 81% this month.

Across the four days from August 21-24, occupancy was up by 6% compared to Eid Al Adha in 2017, it said in a statement.

The highest occupancy rate (87%) was recorded on the second day of Eid which saw"...