Dubai Tourism News Page 79
Dubai gears up for New Years celebrations
Tonight, Emaar Properties, the Burj Khalifa’s development company, is expecting hundreds of thousands if visitors to what has become the focal point for Dubai’s New Year’s Eve festivities.
Research reveals Brits are unadventurous gastronomic travellers
With five million Brits taking flight this festive season, research by Dubai Tourism into Britain’s holiday food habits exposes British travellers as reluctant tasters of foreign foods.
Costa Cruises’ flagship Costa Favolosa arrives in Dubai for cruise season
Costa Cruises opens its sixth consecutive season in the Emirates with the inaugural call in Dubai of the flagship Costa Favolosa. The arrival of the vessel at the port was celebrated with a welcoming ceremony attended by Awah Al Ketbi, chief executive of AL Ketbi Consultancy, the company which runs the Costa representative office in Dubai, Captain Mauro Muratore and government officials and VIP guests from Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing, tourism and maritime sectors.
Millennium & Copthorne enter serviced apartment for first time in Dubai
Millennium & Copthorne has revealed it will be moving into the deluxe serviced apartments sector when it opens a modern and stylish property in the popular Dubai Marina area in the coming six months. The brand is already one of the world’s largest owned-and-managed hotel companies, with more than 120 hotels across 20 countries.
Royal Salute UAE Nations Cup is set to return to the Desert Palm
The Royal Salute United Arab Emirates Nations Cup is set to return to the Desert Palm Retreat from January 7th–13th 2012. Six international teams - from the United Arab Emirates, Great Britain, Hungary, Pakistan, Brunei and the Rest of the World – will compete for the top prizes.
Dubai International Film Festival underway
The leading film festival in the Middle East, Africa and South and Central Asia – the Dubai International Film Festival is underway. Now in its eighth year, the event has established itself as a major festival showcasing the best of world cinema.
Dubai’s first standalone independent beach escape launches
Riva Ristorante and Beach, located in Building 8, The Shoreline Palm Jumeirah, has opened, providing a new dimension to Dubai’s beach scene by being the first standalone independent destination to provide a chilled out, stylish and relaxing atmosphere in addition to giving guests à la carte facilities.
Dubai prepares for World Travel Market showcase
The 2011 World Travel Market is set to be another success for the government of Dubai, Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM). Agents are invited to the Dubai stand (ME200) to meet Andrew Flintoff who, having lived in the emirate with his family during 2010, will be helping the DTCM to promote the emirate’s sporting interests and in particular the England v Pakistan test match there in Jan/Feb 2012.
Flydubai launches new car rental service
Flydubai has confirmed it will launch launching a new car rental service, allowing passengers to book a vehicle and then drive away for less anywhere in the world. The service, available exclusive online through Flydubai.com, finds the best rates from more than 650 car rental companies across 35,000 cities and airports in 185 countries.
Dubai hotels post biggest jump in occupancy in region
Hotel occupancy in Dubai witnessed a 10.5 percentage points increase in July 2011 year-on-year, the biggest such increase within the region, global consultancy Ernst & Young said in its Middle East Hotel Benchmark Survey. Occupancy in Dubai hotels rose to 80.8 per cent in July 2011, up from 70.3 per cent in July 2010.
IndiGo Airline starts services to Dubai
Indigo Airlines has inaugurated its first international route, offering departures from the United Arab Emirates to Delhi. The second largest budget carrier on the sub-continent will fly to Dubai from September, with the first 25,000 passengers offered cut price fares
India overtakes Britain as Dubai’s top tourism market
India has overtaken Britain as the biggest tourism source market to Dubai. The stellar growth of the Indian economy has given to a ten percent rise in its nationals visiting the emirate over the first quarter of the year, according to the latest figures from the Dubai Department of Tourism.