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			<title>Morocco's red tape turns Gulf investors away</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Morocco still remains a marginal market for investors due to poor infrastructure, poor legal framework & excessive red tape.]]></description>
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			<title>Marriott eyes ME occupancy rate rise, plans new hotels</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UPDATE 1: Hospitality giant upbeat on Q4, will build five new hotels in MENA region.]]></description>
			<category>Travel &amp; Hospitality | News</category>
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			<title>Marriott deal to take on Dubai's Harbour Hotel</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Agreement will allow Emirates Hotels to focus on conservation based resorts - president.]]></description>
			<category>Travel &amp; Hospitality | News</category>
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			<title>Sing for your supper</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The recession has resulted in some lip-smackingly good F&B promotions in this region, says Lucy Taylor.]]></description>
			<category>Technology | Comment</category>
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			<title>Living it up down under</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Sara Hamdan finds the most civilised corner of Australia and makes herself at home.]]></description>
			<category>Travel &amp; Hospitality | Features</category>
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			<title>Global hoteliers look to eastern markets</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hoteliers pin hopes on east's underserved leisure markets to offset falling revenues elsewhere. ]]></description>
			<category>Travel &amp; Hospitality | News</category>
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			<title>What’s new in KSA</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A multi-million dollar government-funded effort to boost tourism in Saudi Arabia is part of a wider strategy to divert the country's economy away from its oil dependence. ATN looks at some of the country's latest projects and travel incentives.]]></description>
			<category>Travel &amp; Hospitality | Features</category>
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			<title>Best of British</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  First Class beds down at the newly renovated Grosvenor House in London and enjoys English hospitality at its finest.]]></description>
			<category>Travel &amp; Hospitality | Features</category>
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			<title>Price war</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=549725&amp;Itemid=1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[  Hotelier Middle East goes behind the front line of Dubai's price war and finds many hoteliers are doing all they can to prevent a downward spiral.]]></description>
			<category>Travel &amp; Hospitality | Features</category>
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			<title>Hotel giant commits to huge Mideast expansion plan</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Marriott International plans to build 30 new properties in Gulf, including 17 in UAE.]]></description>
			<category>Travel &amp; Hospitality | News</category>
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			<title>General manager magic 101</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hotelier Middle East Awards GM of the Year - and former accountant - Elaine Watson talks about the challenges of running the Courtyard by Marriott Dubai Green Community.]]></description>
			<category>Travel &amp; Hospitality | Interviews</category>
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			<title>Meetings make money</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Despite shrinking corporate budgets reducing demand, MICE-driven business is still critically important to boosting the bottom line of the region's top hotels, as Andrew Kennedy discovers.]]></description>
			<category>Travel &amp; Hospitality | Features</category>
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			<title>Courtyard's eyes on the prize</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Courtyard by Marriott director of engineering Wael Farouk believes the key to a successful environmental programme is to aim for the top, while setting realistic goals along the way.]]></description>
			<category>Travel &amp; Hospitality | Interviews</category>
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			<title>Corporate sales look to soften: Marriott</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Big firms are talking about cutting back business travel says hotel group's area manager.    ]]></description>
			<category>Travel &amp; Hospitality | News</category>
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			<title>Flexibility key to avoiding the crunch</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Middle East hoteliers are bracing themselves for the impact of the global economic slowdown, but many believe flexibility will be the key to eventual success.  ]]></description>
			<category>Travel &amp; Hospitality | News</category>
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			<title>Guest relations</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Guest relations officers working at the coalface of the hotel industry discuss how their jobs can make or break a guest's experience.]]></description>
			<category>Travel &amp; Hospitality | Interviews</category>
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			<title>Five-star service</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Good customer care goes beyond the front desk and few industries know that better than the hospitality sector. MED quizzes the region’s leading hotels for top tips on bolstering the patient experience in your clinic.]]></description>
			<category>Healthcare | Interviews</category>
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			<title>Celeb chefs: cause or solution?</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Are celebrity chefs partly to blame for our draining F&B talent pool - or do they in fact have the solution?]]></description>
			<category>Travel &amp; Hospitality | Comment</category>
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			<title>More than money</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The cream of Dubai's HR community met up at the Shangri-La Hotel Dubai to discuss the issues facing the region's hospitality recruitment professi4onals and agreed that retention is about more than just money.]]></description>
			<category>Travel &amp; Hospitality | Interviews</category>
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			<title>Pakistani leaders narrowly escaped Marriott blast</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Last-minute switch of venue prevented annihilation of the country's leadership.]]></description>
			<category>Travel &amp; Hospitality | News</category>
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			<title>Marriott bomb kills at least 60 in heart of Pakistan's capital</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[US-managed hotel close to parliament destroyed in truck bombing, over 200 injured.]]></description>
			<category>Travel &amp; Hospitality | News</category>
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			<title>Meeting Las Vegas</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=530625&amp;Itemid=1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Meeting planners are spoilt for choice in the entertainment capital of the world, says Selina Denman.]]></description>
			<category>Travel &amp; Hospitality | Features</category>
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			<title>Kuwait and see</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=527423&amp;Itemid=1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Hopes for Kuwait as a meetings and incentives powerhouse rest on a 20-year tourism master plan.]]></description>
			<category>Travel &amp; Hospitality | Features</category>
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			<title>Marriott opens largest property outside US</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Marriott International has announced the opening of its new property in China — the largest Marriott hotel outside the USA.]]></description>
			<category>Travel &amp; Hospitality | News</category>
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			<title>Spongebob looks to the Gulf</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[MTV's Nickelodeon is expanding its brand throughout the Gulf with a theme park and hotel planned.]]></description>
			<category>Media &amp; Marketing | Features</category>
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			<title>Marriott witnesses shifting investor demographics</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Institutional investors are slowly entering a market once filled by high-net-worth individuals, according to Marriott International president and managing director Ed Fuller.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Marriott roll-out picks up pace</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Marriott International president and managing director Ed Fuller outlines the hotel behemoth's plans in the region and its policy towards emerging superpowers such as China and India.]]></description>
			<category>Travel &amp; Hospitality | Interviews</category>
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			<title>Ancient future</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=519032&amp;Itemid=1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[  The development of Egypt's leisure industry beyond its famous cultural attractions will be significant in growing visitor numbers.]]></description>
			<category>Travel &amp; Hospitality | Features</category>
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			<title>The Marriott man</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Marriott president Ed Fuller runs the world's biggest hotel group, and it's about to get bigger.]]></description>
			<category>Travel &amp; Hospitality | Interviews</category>
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			<title>Innovate to win</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[In the current 'hot' Middle East labour market, we have observed that many companies are taking defensive postures ("circling the wagons") to retain their key talent.  ]]></description>
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