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Friday, 27 November 2009
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Thursday, 13 August 2009

Top London hotels see big rise in Gulf visitors

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Arabic services introduced in leading hotels to cater for growing GCC guest list.

Kuwait airport sees 26% rise in passengers in July

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Civil Aviation Authority says number of flights rose by 25% compared to same month in 2008.

Qatar, Bahrain eyed stake in Virgin Galactic - source

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EXCLUSIVE: Two gov'ts were in talks to buy a stake in Branson’s space firm.

Wednesday, 12 August 2009

flydubai refunds all passengers after India flights delay

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Dubai carrier declines to comment on when Indian routes will be operational - report.

Tuesday, 11 August 2009

Dubai tourists up 5% in H1 - official

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Tourism chiefs say 3.85m visited the emirate in H1, beach hotels at 90% occupancy in August.

Atlantis Hotel chief sees near 100% occupancy

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General manager says hotel is in strong position despite downturn in tourism.

Monday, 10 August 2009

Gulf Air sees online ticket sales up 160%

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The average number of airline tickets booked on the Bahrain carrier's site have increased dramatically.

Iran Air suspends flights to Saudi over swine flu threat

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According to reports, the state-owned carrier will shelve flights to Saudi from Monday.

flydubai announces new African route

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Dubai's budget airline will operate service to Djibouti three times a week starting in September.

Sunday, 09 August 2009

IFA Hotels reports $108m profit for fiscal year end

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Kuwait-based leisure company says success down to international projects.

Abu Dhabi hotels top world list for room rates growth

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UAE capital may soon become the most expensive city for business travellers.

Emirates on course with luxury Aussie resort

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UAE airline giant says Wolgan Valley Resort & Spa set for 'soft opening' on Oct 1.

Thursday, 06 August 2009

Saudi pilgrims cancel bookings amid swine flu fears

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Makkah hotels see surge in cancellations as flu threat hits religious tourism.

UAE predicted to see fall in tourists in 2009

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New report says number of arrivals set to drop 3% compared to previous year.

Schumacher latest to sign up for Virgin Galactic trip

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EXCLUSIVE: F1 legend pre-books seat on world's first commercial space flight.

Gulf Air to start route to Baghdad in September

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Carrier says it will become first GCC airline to offer direct flights to Iraq.

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