IHG® (InterContinental Hotels Group) has today launched voco™, its new upscale hotel brand, alongside announcing a first signing in Australia. voco will focus primarily on conversion opportunities and will strengthen IHG’s offer in the $40 billion upscale segment, which is expected to grow by a further $20 billion by 2025. Working with high-quality individual and locally-branded
With a record four Arab national teams competing in the FIFA World Cup this year – Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia and Saudi Arabia – ASDA’A Burson-Marsteller’s 10th annual Arab Youth Survey reveals that young people across the region think that Egypt has the best chance among the Arab nations of progressing through the tournament. Two in three
noon, the Middle East’s homegrown digital marketplace, is bringing the global marketplace of eBay closer to customers in the region with a new path-breaking partnership. In a pioneering move, noon’s partnership with eBay will give customers in the region the opportunity to buy top selling products from the US and other parts of the world
Ford Middle East and Africa has welcomed two Saudi female journalists into the world of automotive journalism as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia begins its countdown to the lifting of the ban on women driving. Layan Damanhouri from English daily Saudi Gazette and Nawal Turki AlJabr, head of the Ladies’ Section at Al Riyadh Arabic
Global innovation experts gathered in the United States at the ‘Solve at MIT’ Forum have designed a new set of challenges surrounding what they believe are the world’s most pressing sustainability issues, particularly those involving energy, rural transformation and hunger, digital divide and digital literacy. Interactive sessions, held at the forum and led by the
Cadillac plans to expand the rollout of Super CruiseTM, the world’s first true hands-free driver assistance feature for the freeway. Super Cruise will be available on all Cadillac models, with the rollout beginning in 2020. After 2020, Super Cruise will make its introduction in other General Motors brands. Cadillac also plans to offer V2X communications
The German city of Frankfurt is all set for a vibrant season attracting GCC holiday-makers during the summer and the upcoming Eid Holidays, offering a greater variety of touristic attractions with the official opening of a brand new historical site in its city centre. Frankfurt proudly announced the completion of its major architectural development close