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Oman: Six Senses Hideaway Zighy Bay celebrates its Grand Opening

Oman's Six Senses Hideaway Zighy Bay is ready, with a setting of the indigenous village-style accommodations and private marina is dramatic, with rocky ranges on one side and a 1.6-kilometer sandy beach on the other. Press Release - 19Nov 12:42GMT
Porsche Design opens new store in Atlantis, The Palm

BinHendi Enterprises in partnership with The Porsche Design Group (Porsche Lizenz- und Handelsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG) Stuttgart opened its eighth franchise store in Dubai at Atlantis, The Palm. Press Release - 19Nov 10:06GMT
Abu Dhabi Unveils Medical Tourism Plan

Shaikh Sultan Bin Tahnoun Al Nahyan, Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority has revealed an ambitious strategy of medical tourism in Abu Dhabi. Gulf News - 19Nov 08:46GMT
Dubai World Plans More Hotel Projects

Dubai World is poised to take advantage of the global credit crisis to expand its presence around the world in hotel projects, especially in emerging markets, its chairman, Sultan Ahmad Bin Sulayem said. Gulf News - 19Nov 08:45GMT
Crowne Plaza Sohar nears the finish line

The Crowne Plaza Sohar, scheduled to open its doors at the end of this year, is now nearing completion. Oman Daily Observer - 19Nov 07:26GMT
Kuwaiti construction company builds hotel in Karbala

A Kuwaiti construction company will begin establishing a hotel in Karbala next month at a total cost of $3.4 million, the president of the businessmen association in Karbala said. Aswat Aliraq - 19Nov 06:33GMT
Rise in Gulf tourists visiting Switzerland

Switzerland enjoyed an overall growth in tourism of 15 per cent in the first nine months of 2008, according to Joerg Krebs, director of markets at Switzerland Tourism. Gulf News - 19Nov 06:09GMT
InterContinental Hotels Group opens new Express property

InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) in partnership with Ishraq Gulf Real Estate Holding Co. has officially opened Holiday Inn Express Jumeirah. Gulf News - 19Nov 05:51GMT
Lebanon's Tourism Ministry unveils plans to host virtual visitors

The Tourism Ministry and Global Distribution System in Lebanon launched a new online trade and directory services portal, Bab-ilu, and announced plans to introduce an online virtual tourism and trade center. The Daily Star - 19Nov 05:08GMT
Beirut hotels show signs of recovery

A survey of the Middle East hotel sector by Ernst & Young indicated that occupancy at hotels in Beirut was 50 percent in the first nine months of 2008, up 13 percent from 37 percent in the same period last year, as reported by Lebanon This Week. The Daily Star - 19Nov 04:59GMT

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Medical tourism

“I am not sure how Abu Dhabi can develop medical tourism. It doesn't have research capabilities at the moment, no cost advantage, and no home grown systems of medicing. One of the reasons for the growth in medical tourism, especially from the west, have been the rise in cost of healthcare there....”

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