Month: April 2019

JLL, the world’s leading real estate advisory firm, projects that the Middle East will continue to lead investments into Europe’s hotel sector in 2019 and beyond – growing from the $3.2bn of capital flows recorded in 2018. JLL’s Hotel Investment Outlook 2019 reports that Europe’s hotel sector received the largest amount of cross border investments

Tourism will play a major role in reducing Saudi Arabia’s dependence on oil revenues, according to experts speaking at Arabian Travel Market (ATM) 2019. In a panel discussion titled ‘Why Tourism is Saudi’s New ‘White Oil’’, which took place on ATM 2019’s Global Stage, representatives from Saudia Private Aviation (SPA), Dur Hospitality, Colliers International MENA,

Schneider Electric, the leader in digital transformation of energy management and automation, announced this week the launch of AvatarOn and Wiser at the H Hotel in Dubai, UAE. AvatarOn is a range of revolutionary wiring devices that offers infinite design flexibility to satisfy ever-changing aesthetic tastes while meeting the practical requirements of living spaces. Wiser

The GCC must deliver unique and tech-enabled experiences designed for free independent travellers (FITs) if it is to grow its market share among China’s outbound tourists, according to experts speaking at Arabian Travel Market (ATM) 2019. The overall number of outbound tourists from China is projected to hit 224 million by 2022, according to research

Careem, the leading online platform in the Middle East, has announced the signing of a partnership agreement with General Motors Africa and Middle East (GM), intended to provide a unique opportunity to support car ownership for their Captains across the Gulf and Levant. According to the agreement, Careem Captains will get discounted rates on any

Etihad ESCO participated today in the 8th Middle East Lighting Design Summit, scheduled to be held from April 29 – 30, 2019, at Dubai’s Roda Al Bustan. The Super ESCO will utilize the platform to shed light on the finer aspects of lighting design from a developer’s perspective, as the forum is set to dive

The global science-led healthcare company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Neopharma, a leading global pharmaceutical company in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), announced today the launch of their new partnership creating localization and manufacturing opportunities in the UAE. The partnership establishes Neopharma as GSK’s third-party manufacturer for handling the Secondary Packaging process (final manufacturing stage) for six of GSK’s most highly