Company to increase portfolio to 30 properties by 2025, with openings planned for the Middle East and Indian Ocean
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hospitality industry
UAE hotel operator to launch first properties in Egypt
Time Hotels says it is looking to broaden its footprint from the Gulf to the Mediterranean
Hospitality sector
Video: Hyatt’s regional vice president of operations Kurt Straub discusses ambitious growth plans
Out of his 35 year-old career in the hospitality industry, Kurt Straub has spent 26 years at the Hyatt Hotels Corporation.
Apollo Dimora
India’s Samana Global eyes hotel projects in UAE, Saudi Arabia
Samana says will fund its Gulf expansion partly using proceeds from its $560m Alternative Investment Fund
Abu Dhabi
Radisson to open eight hotels in Saudi Arabia and UAE this year
Radisson Hotel Group plans to double its MENA portfolio over the next five years
Arabian Travel Market
Thailand’s Dusit International to open hotels in Bahrain and Oman
Dusit International’s new additions will bring the company’s portfolio in the GCC to nine hotels
Bahrain hospitality
IHG to open Staybridge Suites hotel in Bahrain
The 128-key hotel is expected to open in January 2020
Arabian Hotel Investment Conference
Emaar Hospitality to ‘slow down’ on hotel expansion plans
Olivier Harnisch, CEO of Emaar Hospitality, remains positive about the hotel market in Dubai
Dubai Tourism Vision 2020
UAE, Saudi hotel boom puts Middle East ahead of Europe
New report reveals 238,963 new hotel rooms to be built in Middle East compared to 214,743 in Europe
Hilton
84 new hotels set to open in Saudi Arabia in 2018
New report says 60% of current hotel construction pipeline including over 27,000 rooms will open this year
Abu Dhabi
Opinion: why the Gulf’s hotel boom doesn’t have to lead to bust
Hoftel’s chairman looks at a sector impacted by supply, diversification and increasing competition