Tag: Red Sea
How the Red Sea Project will reduce light pollution
Juergen T Steinmetz- March 2, 2020The Red Sea Development Company (TRSDC), the developer behind one of the world's most ambitious tourism initiatives, has announced plans to become ... Read More
China, Saudi Arabia and travel tech dominate Arabian Travel Market 2019 agenda
Chief Assignment Editor- June 11, 2019This year’s Arabian Travel Market witnessed a 106% increase in visitors from China and a 20% increase in international visitors ... Read More
Rosewood Hotels & Resorts: Innovative programming in celebration of Global Wellness Day
Dmytro Makarov- June 4, 2019Rosewood Hotels & Resorts® today debuts the innovative Global Wellness Day programming, which includes a variety of engaging, family-oriented health ... Read More
Mövenpick BDMS Wellness Resort Bangkok announces new General Manager
Chief Assignment Editor- May 28, 2019Mövenpick BDMS Wellness Resort Bangkok, the innovative new health retreat in downtown Bangkok, has announced the appointment of Bruno Huber ... Read More
Port Management Association of Eastern and Southern Africa expands horizon for African Tourism Board
Juergen T Steinmetz- May 22, 2019The Port Management Association of Eastern and Southern Africa (PMAESA) with members in 9 African Countries joined the African Tourism ... Read More
The year of the airports: Travel to the hubs of the future
Mario Masciullo - eTN Italy- May 14, 2019The year 2019 will be remembered as the year of the inaugurations of large and small strategic airports to satisfy ... Read More
ATM: Tourism crucial for reducing Saudi Arabia’s dependence on oil revenues
Chief Assignment Editor- April 30, 2019According to the experts speaking at Arabian Travel Market (ATM) 2019, tourism will play a major role in reducing Saudi ... Read More
Sudan Tourism Industry: ATB President St. Ange wants Africa to stand by Sudan
Juergen T Steinmetz- April 23, 2019People in Sudan are tasting freedom for the first time. It will be impossible to go back and tourism is ... Read More
TIME Hotels to open five new properties across Middle East in 2019
Chief Assignment Editor- April 22, 2019TIME Hotels, the UAE-headquartered hospitality company and hotel operator, is set to announce plans to open five new properties across ... Read More
Time Hotels to open five additional hotels in Dubai, Sharjah and Saudi Arabia
Juergen T Steinmetz- April 22, 2019TIME Hotels, an UAE-headquartered hospitality company and hotel operator, is set to announce plans to open five new properties across ... Read More
Arab Hotel Investment Conference is back: Why it’s so amazing
Elisabeth Lang - special to eTN- April 11, 2019Last year, the move of the 14th Arab Hotel Investment Conference (AHIC) from Dubai Jumeirah Madinat to the neighboring Emirate ... Read More
Saudi tourism sector worth over $70 billion in 2019
Chief Assignment Editor- April 10, 2019Saudi Arabia’s travel and tourism sector is expected to contribute $70.9 billion (SAR 263.1 billion) in total to the country’s ... Read More
Jordan sets itself up for European MICE audience
editor- April 8, 2019Jordan, a country which is sheltered from the troubles of the region, is safe to travel in and around, independently ... Read More
Middle East visitors to Egypt to increase 50% by 2022, ATM report reveals
Juergen T Steinmetz- April 2, 2019Arrivals from the Middle East to Egypt are expected to increase 50% from 1.49 million in 2018 to 2.23 million ... Read More
Upsurge in women travelers opting for adventure from India
editor- March 5, 2019Pushing the limits by ascending further and diving deeper is now making Indian women travelers feel liberated. A recent report ... Read More
IBTM Arabia: Business events in UAE and GCC – what you need to know
Chief Assignment Editor- February 18, 2019Some of the fastest growing economies in the world can be found in the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council ... Read More
Radisson Hotel Group signs portfolio deal for six hotels in Egypt
Chief Assignment Editor- February 8, 2019Radisson Hotel Group announced the signing of six new hotels in Egypt as part of a portfolio deal across a ... Read More
Officially open: Ilan and Asaf Ramon Airport in Israel
editor- January 24, 2019Ilan and Asaf Ramon International Airport in Israel opened on January 21, 2019. Read More
Jordan ‘rejects’ Israel’s Ramon Airport
Chief Assignment Editor- January 21, 2019The head of the Jordan's Civil Aviation Regulatory Commission, Haitham Misto, said on Monday, that opening of Israel's new international ... Read More
Tourism to Israel continues to increase at record-breaking rates
Chief Assignment Editor- January 15, 2019Israel had its best tourism year to date, with more than 4.12 million tourist entries recorded from January to December ... Read More
Israel’s second international airport opens in January
Chief Assignment Editor- January 3, 2019Israel Airports Authority (IAA) announced that the country's long-awaited second international airport will be opening on January 22, 2019. Located ... Read More
Saudi Arabia aims to diversify its economy and drive tourism
Chief Assignment Editor- December 26, 2018In line with the Vision 2030 objective to attract approximately one million tourists per year, preparations have been made to ... Read More
Chinese Visitors arrival to Egypt promising
Juergen T Steinmetz- December 26, 2018The Red Sea resorts in Egypt have been working hard recently on attracting the Chinese tourists, said Abdullah in an ... Read More
Saudi Arabia’s luxury tourism Red Sea Project on track
Chief Assignment Editor- December 13, 2018A delegation from the Red Sea Development Company, led by chief executive John Pagano, was received by King Salman bin ... Read More
Avoiding dangerous vacations 2018
Hon. Thomas A. Dickerson- September 19, 2018This is the sixth year that we have posted dangerous vacations destination information collected from news articles and reported law ... Read More
Saudi Arabia Set To Build New Futuristic Mega-City for Tourism
Juergen T Steinmetz- November 25, 2017Saudi Arabia is not the first country that most tourists think to visit. But if the Saudi Crown Prince has ... Read More
Egypt: Arab Spring gone wrong?
Nell Alcantara- September 16, 2013Since 2011, Egypt has had various transformations and through the process, the beleaguered country’s travel and tourism industry has done ... Read More
MSC Cruises unveils maiden Red Sea itineraries
editor- March 31, 2012On the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula where the Gulf of Aqaba meets the Straits of Tiran, the sheltered ... Read More
German tourists die in bizarre submarine accident in Red Sea
editor- February 10, 2012Three tourists have drowned in the Red Sea after a tourist submarine collided with a coral reef, shattering its glass ... Read More
Gorgonia Beach Resort certified Green Globe
editor- January 24, 2012LOS ANGELES, California - Green Globe today announced certification of Gorgonia Beach Resort, on the Red Sea in Marsa Alam, ... Read More
CHI Hotels and Resorts to operate second hotel in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
editor- August 12, 2010Multi-brand hotel operator CHI Hotels & Resorts announces that as from 1st October of this year it will be operating ... Read More
German tourists killed in car-train collision in Egypt
editor- December 14, 2009Three German tourists were killed when their car collided with a freight train near the Egyptian Red Sea resort of ... Read More
Two missing after tourist boat sinks in Red Sea
editor- November 20, 2009ISMAILIA, Egypt - Two Spanish tourists were missing in the Red Sea on Thursday after their dive boat sank in ... Read More
Red Sea resort in Egypt risks destruction by power plant
editor- June 22, 2009To this day, Red Sea resort tourist operators, hotel owners and tourism stakeholders are trying to fight off a gigantic ... Read More
Saudi Arabia to develop Red Sea
editor- July 17, 2008HRH Prince Sultan bin Salman, the SCTA secretary general, considered the Cabinet of Ministers' approval of the tourism development strategy ... Read More
Tourism Ministry slams poor standards at Eilat hotels
editor- February 15, 2008A classified memorandum authored by the Tourism Ministry reveals that many hotels in the Red Sea resort city of Eilat ... Read More
