Opinion Tourism Mickey Mouse meets the Middle East in Abu Dhabi The UAE's new Disney park will increase consumer spending across the emirate May 15, 2025
Tourism Turkey could receive 5 million UK tourists this year More visitors from the UK are expected to visit Turkey this year, thanks to the long summer season and the expansion of Antalya airport. British tourists could reach 5 million this year, British envoy to Ankara Jill Morris told the state-run Anadolu Agency. She said the number of UK visitors rose from 3.3 million in […] May 13, 2025
Tourism Red Sea Global’s airport ‘racing towards completion’ Red Sea International Airport will be “fully operational” within “a couple of months”, according to an executive at Red Sea Global. The airport “is racing towards completion”, said Ben Edwards, group head of cost, commercial and procurement at the Saudi resort developer. “We’re gradually seeing the network of flight operations increasing as the demand in […] May 13, 2025
Tourism Best Western Hotels to increase Saudi footprint Best Western Hotels and Resorts plans to increase more than six-fold the number of hotels it operates in Saudi Arabia to tap a growing market in domestic and international business and leisure travel, the Arizona-based company said. BWH currently runs seven hotels, has 21 under development and is targeting as many as 45 by the […] May 12, 2025
Tourism Saudi smaller cities could give best return on investments Growth in the hospitality sector of the Middle East and North Africa has outpaced that of other regions, driven by expansion in Saudi Arabia’s tourism market. The kingdom, which has increased its annual tourism target from 100 million to 150 million visitors by 2030, is undertaking a country-wide $110 billion dollar investment drive. While the […] May 9, 2025
Video length: 04:54 Leisure & Hospitality Disney to open theme park in Abu Dhabi The Walt Disney Company has announced that it is partnering with Abu Dhabi’s leisure-focused developer Miral to build a theme park in the UAE capital. The resort, Disney’s first in the Middle East, will be on the waterfront of Yas Island. It will be the US company’s seventh theme park around the world and the […] May 8, 2025
