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Dubai's Jumeirah Group plans hotels in Brazil

Dubai's Jumeirah Group plans hotels in Brazil

Travel & Hospitality
Jumeirah’s priority is to operate hotels in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro - official.

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Opinion split over Mideast aviation growth - poll
Travel & Hospitality
Some 36.4% of people see slow growth next year, while 33.5% think industry will stagnate.

437 new hotels in MENA construction pipeline
Travel & Hospitality
STR Global's October report says more than 120,000 extra rooms planned for sector.

Emirates to start fourth daily service to Bangkok
Travel & Hospitality
Extra flight gives airline the largest capacity between the Mideast and Thailand.


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Wherefore art thou WiFi?
Louise Oakley asks why wireless internet access isn't yet available in all hotels in the Gulf region.

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Sitting at the travel industry's top table
The travel industry's most influential players are revealed in the Arabian Travel News Power 50.

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Full throttle

As Emirates begins its 25th year, chairman Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum talks about what the future holds.

Dishing the profits

Marco Pierre White talks about giving up his Michelin stars and reinventing himself as a restaurateur.


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Arabian nights

CEO Middle East checks into the Shangri-La Hotel, Qaryat Al Beri in Abu Dhabi.

Package deal or raw deal?

Why has no-one been bold enough to offer the all-inclusive hotel concept in Dubai to date?


SPOT POLL

Do you think there are too many banks in the UAE?

Yes, there aren’t enough people to support them all, so there should be some mergers.
No, you need to have smaller banks, especially post financial crisis.
No, banks from certain countries, like India with a huge expat population here, are under represented.
Who cares, the service is terrible wherever you go.

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  1. flydubai eyes move into holidays to boost revenues 1
    20 Nov ' 09 at 18:17
    I flew Doha-Dubai sector on 17th November and returned to Doha on 18th evening. Atlhough the outbound flight experienced a delay for...   More  »

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