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Dubai Airport Ranks High Among the World’s Busiest

The Associated Press is reporting that Dubai International Airport has been creeping up the aviation traffic rankings for years, fueled by the rapid expansion of Emirates and low-cost carrier FlyDubai. Both airlines and the airport are owned by the emirate’s government.       The most recent figures compiled by Airports Council International, covering the past […]

Middle East: Record five-month performance for Abu Dhabi’s hotel sector

The number of guests checking into Abu Dhabi’s 155 hotels and hotel apartments reached a record high for the five months from January to May this year, with occupancy levels registering an eight percent rise over the same period in 2013 to touch 78 percent.   In terms of number, the emirate’s hospitality sector welcomed […]

Middle East: Abu Dhabi Adds Value

The industry standard figures from international data analyst STR Global tell the story: average daily rates for hotels in Abu Dhabi have nearly halved in five years, down from AED1,042 in 2009 to AED546 last year, with RevPAR reflecting this trend, sinking from AED718 to AED368 in the sam period.     In Dubai, despite […]

Middle East: Incentive nation

They came. They saw. The UAE conquered. As the last of 14,500 Chinese visitors, brought to the emirates by Nu Skin, had boarded their flights home on April 16, Dubai, Sharjah and Abu Dhabi were able to reflect on 10 days of fevered activity and two years of meticulous planning that enabled them to accommodate […]

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