Tourism Development & Investment Company (TDIC)
Main Category: Travel and TourismFirst Address : PO Box 126888
City : Abu Dhabi
Country : United Arab Emirates
Phone: 971 2 4443000
Fax: 971 2 4443111
Email: elewis@tdic.ae
Website: www.tdic.ae
ALL STORIES LIST
Sunday, 23 November 2008
Get ready for major communities dedicated to well-being as the region steps on the pampering pedal.
read more »Sunday, 9 November 2008
Gov't reviewing projects due to credit crunch, but Guggenheim and Louvre going ahead.
read more »Saturday, 8 November 2008
The UAE's oil reserves cannot last forever, which has seen two cities embark along very different paths.
read more »Tuesday, 21 October 2008
GITEX: Abu Dhabi awards Aecom programme management contract.
read more »Wednesday, 15 October 2008
Australian firm looking at futuristic lighting technology.
read more »Wednesday, 8 October 2008
World-famous museum to have presence in UAE capital, although it will not be branded museum, exec says.
read more »Monday, 8 September 2008
Attractions industry suppliers to exhibit alongside park and resort developers, reveals show director.
read more »Tuesday, 26 August 2008
Developer wants Abu Dhabi to rival the world's best places for golf tourism.
read more »Thursday, 17 July 2008
Golf course designer makes changes to original design for course, including dramatically reducing the number of trees.
read more »Tuesday, 1 July 2008
Pritzker Prize winner Jean Nouvel is bringing the first offshoot of France's famous museum to the Gulf.
read more »Monday, 9 June 2008
Michael Sagild, chief operating officer of Minor International, explains why Anantara Spa is set for both expansion and evolution.
read more »Saturday, 7 June 2008
UK-based engineering consultancy, Buro Happold, has won the engineering services contract for the Louvre Abu Dhabi.
read more »Sunday, 25 May 2008
Abu Dhabi to host region's first ever exhibition of work spanning iconic Spanish artist's career
read more »Wednesday, 21 May 2008
Dedicated air-shuttle service part of plans to develop the isolated region as a new tourism destination.
read more »Sunday, 18 May 2008
New Saadiyat Construction Village to house some 20,000 employees, TDIC says.
read more »Saturday, 17 May 2008
TDIC signs UAE construction firm to build phase one of island community.
read more »Monday, 3 March 2008
Abu Dhabi tourism body, TDIC, has set up an offshore disaster recovery site and a primary datacentre in a record eight months to provide reliable connectivity across branch offices.
read more »Sunday, 2 March 2008
Groundbreaking on a new sustainable headquarters for Abu Dhabi's tourism industry has begun at Maqta Bridge, Abu Dhabi.
read more »Sunday, 24 February 2008
Groundbreaking on a new sustainable headquarters for Abu Dhabi's tourism industry has begun at Maqta Bridge, Abu Dhabi.
read more »Monday, 11 February 2008
Abu Dhabi is cashing in on the region's golf passion by building a course on Saadiyat Island.
read more »Thursday, 17 January 2008
With construction in the UAE's capital on the increase, what's in store for Abu Dhabi's FM sector in 2008?
read more »Tuesday, 15 January 2008
TDIC appoints the Thai hospitality company to run the five-star properties.
read more »Sunday, 16 December 2007
UK firm to design Abu Dhabi landmark.
read more »Friday, 14 December 2007
Abu Dhabi's Tourism Development & Investment Company (TDIC) has formed a joint venture with contractor Gulf Leighton.
read more »Wednesday, 12 December 2007
UK architectural firm Foster + Partners Ltd has been announced the winner of the international design competition for the planned Sheikh Zayed National Museum on Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
read more »Tuesday, 11 December 2007
TDIC announce plans for redevelopment of city’s Al Bateen waterfront.
read more »Sunday, 9 December 2007
Oldest occupied area of Abu Dhabi City to be redeveloped with new waterfront and luxury hotel complex.
read more »Sunday, 9 December 2007
The Al Bateen district of Abu Dhabi, the oldest occupied area of the UAE capital city, is to be redeveloped at a cost of AED 1.6 billion (US $435 million) to include a signature waterfront destination with a luxury five-star hotel complex.
read more »Saturday, 1 December 2007
Lee Tabler, CEO Tourism Development Investment Company (TDIC), explains the remit of the organisation, and the socio-economic factors it takes into consideration when driving forward.
read more »Wednesday, 14 November 2007
The Tourism Development & Investment Company (TIDC) - the asset management and development arm of the Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority (ADTA) - has agreed an operating framework with the New York-based Solomon R Guggenheim Foundation for the planned Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, which reveals a significant focus on staff mentoring and education.
read more »Wednesday, 14 November 2007
TDIC finalises Guggenheim plans.
read more »Saturday, 13 October 2007
Al Jaber Engineering and Contracting (ALEC) is set to build two hotel projects in Abu Dhabi.
read more »Saturday, 6 October 2007
In-house procurement is the modus operandi of contractor ALEC's Between the Bridges project in Abu Dhabi.
read more »Monday, 10 September 2007
Wall Street Journal research tips Abu Dhabi's cultural centre as a top 10 emerging trendy destination.
read more »Sunday, 9 September 2007
A powerful new cultural agency has been established to steer the development of the planned Louvre Abu Dhabi, to be built on Saadiyat Island.
read more »Wednesday, 5 September 2007
A batch of 58 Hawksbill turtles has hatched safely on Abu Dhabi's Saadiyat Island.
read more »Monday, 3 September 2007
Golfers heading to the Middle East will have a variety of new options to consider, with several new projects announced in the past month.
read more »Saturday, 1 September 2007
Leighton International has been named as the preferred contractor on a US $550 million ($2 billion) road package in Abu Dhabi.
read more »Tuesday, 7 August 2007
More and more travellers are considering the impact their holiday could have on the environment.
read more »Tuesday, 7 August 2007
A 10-strong delegation of French ministry officials and representatives from five of the top cultural institutions in France visited Abu Dhabi last month to develop the management strategy for the planned Louvre Abu Dhabi, due to open in the Cultural District of Saadiyat Island by 2012.
read more »Sunday, 5 August 2007
"This year we expect to close at between 70 and 72% and we have seen a 40% growth in overall business this year, because guests' F&B spend is very high here - higher than any of the city hotels because our F&B proposition is very good and there is literally nowhere else they can eat," explained the property's general manager, Manoj Kanwal.
read more »Wednesday, 1 August 2007
Al Masaood Bergum wins $64mn contract for construction of Nakheel's labour camp at Dubai Waterfront.
read more »Friday, 20 July 2007
A delegation of French ministry officials, the country's museums agency and national museums group, as well as representatives from five of the top cultural institutions in France, last week visited the UAE capital to follow progress on the management strategy for the planned Louvre Abu Dhabi in the Cultural District of Saadiyat Island.
read more »Sunday, 3 June 2007
Neil Hickman and Mark Goodchild of Cityscape reveals to Arabian Property the resounding success of the world's biggest property show.
read more »Tuesday, 22 May 2007
Abu Dhabi expects 1.5 million meetings-related tourists per year by 2015.
read more »Wednesday, 9 May 2007
Cityscape special: Saadiyat development scoops two awards at the exhibition.
read more »Wednesday, 9 May 2007
Cityscape special: the UAE capital hopes to emerge as a global city by 2030, but not through "uncontrolled expansion".
read more »Sunday, 6 May 2007
Cityscape special: Abu Dhabi's debut exhibition is set to display projects from 50 countries.
read more »Friday, 4 May 2007
Abu Dhabi is to develop a US $3 billion (AED11 billion) tourism complex that will be made up of eight islands.
read more »Thursday, 3 May 2007
ATM Special: Plans for a new annual platform in Dubai for investors, planners and operators to showcase and invest in tourism projects have been unveiled.
read more »Tuesday, 1 May 2007
The Abu Dhabi Tourism Development & Investment Company (TDIC) has appointed Troon Golf to manage and operate the Abu Dhabi Golf Club.
read more »Tuesday, 1 May 2007
The UAE capital's Tourism Development & Investment Company (TDIC), which manages the tourism assets of the Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority (ADTA), has partnered with Abu Dhabi's Al Farida Investment Co. LLC, one of the region's most expansive and diversified investment conglomerates, for a US$136m (AED500m) hotel, apartment and shopping centre which will transform the area around Zayed Sports City.
read more »Sunday, 29 April 2007
Ambitious 'Desert Island' project hopes to attract over a million visitors a year by 2017.
read more »Saturday, 28 April 2007
The tourism and hospitality sectors are busy gearing up for the influx of millions of tourists into the capital.
read more »Tuesday, 10 April 2007
Abu Dhabi hotel complex goes some way towards wider goal of adding 4000 rooms to hospitality stock.
read more »Wednesday, 28 February 2007
Abu Dhabi’s Tourism Development and Investment Company (TDIC) has unveiled plans for a five-star business resort located on the creek, separating the island city from the mainland.
read more »Thursday, 8 February 2007
Abu Dhabi’s flagship Saadiyat Island development will revolutionise the Middle East’s art scene.
read more »Wednesday, 7 February 2007
The 250-year old museum could be in the frame for a presence on the ‘arty island' of Saadiyat.
read more »Friday, 2 February 2007
Lee Tabler, who is behind Abu Dhabi's new cultural district, says that some plans may be abandoned.
read more »Thursday, 1 February 2007
Abu Dhabi's hotel industry is set to boom with several ambitious projects announced for the UAE capital.
read more »Thursday, 1 February 2007
Two cruise ships will be berthed in Abu Dhabi until the end of February to reduce the city's room shortage during major events.
read more »Wednesday, 31 January 2007
Abu Dhabi Tourism Development and Investment Company (TDIC) has chartered two cruise ships to meet extra demand for accommodation generated by MICE events.
read more »Wednesday, 31 January 2007
Abu Dhabi tourism development and investment to be boosted by syndicated credit facility for new projects
read more »Wednesday, 31 January 2007
Frank Gehry's museum design is one of four projects unveiled for the $27bn Saadiyat 'culture' island.
read more »Tuesday, 30 January 2007
The media-friendly ‘du' - the UAE's new telecoms operator - accounts for more than its fair share of column inches in today's UAE Arabic press.
read more »Saturday, 20 January 2007
A major new waterfront destination has been announced in Abu Dhabi redeveloping the city’s previous tourist club site into a world-class tourism, residential and commercial shoreline hub.
read more »Sunday, 14 January 2007
Campaigners in France cry ‘non!' as the famous gallery looks set to open an outpost in the UAE capital.
read more »Monday, 4 December 2006
UK gallery could join Guggenheim as British minister has talks over Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi's $27bn art island
read more »Tuesday, 31 October 2006
Dubai may grab most of the headlines, but that does not mean the other emirates are standing still. Rather, each is working to carve out its own niche market in a bid for tourism success
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