Hotels Will Too Many Empty Hotel Rooms in Middle East Require a New Business Model?skift.com - Tom Lowry The oversupply of hotel rooms across the Middle East is a problem that shows no signs of abating. Mounting costs and a need for profitable solutions …
travel news Rise in Mobile Bookings in Middle East Creates New Online Travel Competitionskift.com - Tom Lowry The Middle East traveler has been going digital across all touchpoints of the travel journey, fueling a surge in the online travel market that is …
Interview: hell hath no fury like Chef Gordon Ramsaydotwnews.com This is not your first venture in the UAE. With Bread Street Kitchen already open at Atlantis, The Palm, what motivated you to open another? When …
Accor Finds Middle East Poses Unique Challenges After Acquisitionsskift.com - Tom Lowry Size can slow companies down — and in a competitive hospitality market, speed is everything. For the acquisitive hotel giant Accor, that presents …
Abu Dhabi National Hotels to manage hotels for other ownershoteliermiddleeast.com - Devina Divecha Abu Dhabi National Hotels (ADNH) has launched a company that will manage hotels for other owners. ADNH CEO Khalid Anib told sister title Hotel Design & …
CEO interview: Here's why Sam Nazarian, sbe founder and CEO is upbeat about his company’s futurehoteliermiddleeast.com - Devina Divecha It seems that every operator has a lifestyle brand in their portfolio now. The Middle East has always been hungry to adopt global trends quickly – so …
Riyadh sharpens its tourism visionmeed.com - Contributor The kingdom is making up for lost time with a huge programme of investments in hospitality and leisureThe post Riyadh sharpens its tourism vision …
Gulf hotel operators revisit growth plansmeed.com - Contributor The region’s hoteliers are grappling with the slowing tempo of a maturing market and must take action to boost revenuesThe post Gulf hotel operators …
Guest expectations drive tech adoptionmeed.com - Contributor From facial recognition to artificial intelligence, the adoption of emerging technologies requires agile managementThe post Guest expectations drive …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo 10 innovations spearheaded by the regional hospitality industryhoteliermiddleeast.com Hotelier Middle East takes a look at a number of different initiatives in the regional hospitality and food & beverage industry that shows the …
Sbe signs the Middle East's first SLS property in Dubaihoteliermiddleeast.com - Devina Divecha Sbe has partnered with World of Wonders Real Estate Development to sign the first SLS property in the Middle East: SLS Dubai Hotel & Residences. The …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo Dubai's concierges welcome Google Assistant's Interpreter Modehoteliermiddleeast.com Google Assistant's Interpreter Mode was launched in a pilot across a number of hotels in the US: Caesar?s Palace Las Vegas, Hyatt Regency in San …
Meet Sitora Skudutis, W Dubai - The Palm's W Insiderhoteliermiddleeast.com - Devina Divecha The W Insider is an important team member of W Hotels globally; not only does this person help guests with bookings or recommendations as a concierge …
Success, spice & everything nicecaterermiddleeast.com - Devina Divecha With experience running a franchise (Iris) and a home-grown concept (My Café), Sawsan Baluch opened her first fine dining restaurant, Mahonia, in …
COMMENT: This isn’t really goodbye...hoteliermiddleeast.com - Devina Divecha The hospitality industry is in a constant state of change — whether that change has been gradual or shockingly immediate. Whether we see new brands …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo CEO INTERVIEW: InterContinental Hotels Group's Kenneth Macphersonhoteliermiddleeast.com At the beginning of 2018, Kenneth Macpherson took the helm of InterContinental Hotels Group's newly formed Europe, Middle East, Asia & Africa region …
Cooking for a cause: Sumeet Jhingancaterermiddleeast.com - Devina Divecha It has been a labour of love, albeit a rewarding one in so many ways, for Capital Club Bahrain general manager Sumeet Jhingan. After moving to the …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo Industry Insight: Pressing issues facing hoteliers right nowhoteliermiddleeast.com The advisory panel for the HME: Great GM Debate at The Retreat Palm Dubai MGallery by Sofitel to discuss the pressing issues facing hoteliers right …
Comment: Colleagues, front and centre |hoteliermiddleeast.com - Devina Divecha Just before we signed off this magazine for print, I ended up visiting the new Marriott International MEA headquarters in Dubai. It wasn’t an …
Outlet 360°: Akiba Doricaterermiddleeast.com - Devina Divecha Akiba Dori opened in Dubai Design District on May 1, 2018, bringing a slice of Japan’s Akihabara to the city. Aegis Hospitality founder Samer Hamadeh …
HEART ON THE LINE: Ahmass Fakahanycaterermiddleeast.com - Devina Divecha Ahmass Fakahany entered the hospitality industry later than most. Growing up across different countries and cultures (from Cairo to Switzerland to …
DREAMERS AND DOERS: The F&B start-ups making a name for themselvescaterermiddleeast.com - Devina Divecha Being an entrepreneur can be a lonely business, or so some of the F&B-preneurs have told Caterer Middle East over the years. A tough one too, they …
Hoteliers need to showcase the hospitality industry to studentshoteliermiddleeast.com - Devina Divecha The importance of showcasing the hospitality industry as an attractive career to young adults should not be underestimated, said the experts. During …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo CEO Interview: 25hours Hotels' Christoph Hoffmann on his brand's Dubai debut and morehoteliermiddleeast.com 25hours Hotels CEO Christoph Hoffmann talks about why when guests visit one of his hotels, they really have visited just one, and how the deal with …
Comment: Hotel owners and operators need to have a heart-to-hearthoteliermiddleeast.com - Devina Divecha One of the many engaging conversations at the 2018 edition of the Arabian Hotel Investment Conference (AHIC) were two consecutive sessions on the …
Comment: Think Global, Act Localcaterermiddleeast.com - Devina Divecha There are, as always, a number of new restaurants opening in the region. What’s interesting is that the tide of internationally acclaimed …
