Tag: saudi

Backed by a growing number of modern facilities and government support, Makkah is set to become a new destination for the MICE tourism industry in Saudi Arabia, according to industry ...

Saudi Arabia’s vast oil wealth has kept the country’s economy largely insulated from outside influences, but a sharp drop in crude prices over the past year has placed pressure on ...

Aloft Hotels, part of Marriott International, Inc has officially opened Aloft Dhahran in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. As part of a growing portfolio of properties owned by FAS ...

A hike in visa fees to Saudi Arabia has been met with heavy criticism, with many Muslim countries voicing concerns that the plan will be an added burden to pilgrims ...

Inbound arrivals to Saudi Arabia will reach over 20 million by 2020, as the religious tourism sector flourishes in line with increasing demand to join the annual Hajj pilgrimage, the ...

STR’s September 2016 Pipeline Report has revealed  that there are 159,127 rooms in 555 projects under contract in the Middle East and 56,858 rooms in 303 projects under contract in ...

Mövenpick Hotels and Resorts has officially opened the Mövenpick Hotel City Star Jeddah. The opening marks the group's 11th hotel in Saudi Arabia.  The 228-room property, which marks the Swiss ...

The International Coffee & Chocolate Exhibition, to take place in Riyadh from 20 – 23 December 2016, will be supported this year by the Speciality Coffee Association of America (SCAA). ...

A consortium of Saudi and UK family wealth funds have launched a $1.3bn bid for London’s Grosvenor House Hotel plus majority stakes in New York’s Plaza and Dream Downtown hotels ...

According to the latest report issued by STR, the June Pipeline Report highlighted that 154,576 rooms in 550 hotels are under contract in the Middle East and 55,736 rooms in ...

The Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage (SCTH) has approved 24 new projects in the tourism housing sector. Abah, Saudi Arabia Asir Saudi Commission for Tourism ...

Swissôtel Hotels and Resorts has inked a deal with Sarah Towers For Real Estate Investment Company to manage the 1,624-room Swissôtel Al Maqam, Makkah in Saudi Arabia. Becoming Swissôtel’s second ...

AccorHotels has announced the opening of a new seaside Novotel in Yanbu, the Red Sea port city in the western province of Madinah, Saudi Arabia.  Novotel Yanbu is AccorHotels’ second ...

Millennium and Copthorne, Middle East and Africa has unveiled extensive plans to expand its operating portfolio of hotels across the Middle East. Over the next year the group is set ...

Starwood Hotels & Resorts celebrated iftar with taxi drivers across the Middle East as a part of its seventh annual ‘Iftar for Cabs’. Staff from 48 hotels across the UAE, ...