The impact of disruptive technologies on the tourism industry is set to create multi-billion dollar savings through the use of IoT, robotics, artificial intelligence (AI), Virtual Reality (VR) and wearable technology, according to data published ahead of Arabian Travel Market (ATM) 2019, which takes place at Dubai World Trade Centre from April 28 – May 1.

The latest research from Colliers International, in partnership with ATM 2019, reveals that in addition to vast cost savings, the customer experience"...

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With just two weeks to go for the new National Museum of Qatar’s (NMoQ) opening on March 28, 2019, Qatar Museums (QM) launched an emotive social media campaign with some of Qatar’s most prominent personalities welcoming visitors to the museum.
The start of the campaign was marked with a welcome video featuring HE Dr Hamad bin Abdul Aziz al Kawari, member of QM’s Board of Trustees, who said: “Qatar is a country with a rich past and heritage. Throughout the ages we have faced many challenges"...

Damascus, SANA – Attended by Mrs. Asma al-Assad, an event was held to celebrate the inclusion of shadow play as the first Syrian element in the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding.

The event, dubbed “Shadows,” was held at Tekkiye Mosque complex, a historical site in Damascus, and is organized by the Syrian National Committee for the UNESCO and the Syria Trust for Development, in cooperation with"...

The ninth edition of Sikka Art Fair (Sikka), a pillar event of Dubai Art Season, opened yesterday (March 16) at the Al Fahidi Historical Neighbourhood in Dubai, UAE to run until March 24.

Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, vice chairman of Dubai Culture & Arts Authority (Dubai Culture), who inaugurated the event, toured the fairgrounds accompanied by Afra Al Basti, director general of the Dubai Foundation for Women and Children; Dr Rafia Gubash, founder of Women Museum; Dr Hessa Lootah, assistant"...

DAMASCUS, (ST)- First Lady, Mr. Asma al-Assad has stressed that Syria is the cradle of diverse rich cultures and that targeting this diversity and richness has been continuous over the past decades until now, pointing out that the current war on Syria, besides being a military, geographical and economic war, is also a cultural war targeting the Syrians' identity, belongingness, roots and cultural heritage.

In a video posted on the Syrian Presidency's"...

SAN FRANCISCO: Home-renting company Airbnb has bought HotelTonight, an app for finding hotel rooms at a discount, as it wades deeper into the hotel-booking business to attract a wider variety of travellers ahead of a hotly anticipated initial public offering.
The acquisition, which Airbnb announced on Thursday, expands the company’s inventory by adding a number of listings from hotels, long viewed as the arch enemy of Airbnb, and is part of a strategy to win over travellers who have shied away from the risks and"...

Daraa, SANA_ Foreign tourists from France, Canada and Switzerland visited the ancient city of Bosra and its theater and archaeological sites.

Benjamin Blanchard, the Director of SOS company for tourist groups which organized the trip, said in a statement to SANA that he was happy to visit Bosra heading a group of 35 persons, pointing out that the city has maintained its antiquities and archaeological monuments despite the war.

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LVMH owner Arnault overtakes Buffett as world's third richest person

The luxury goods investor is now worth $83.1bn

Luxury-goods titan Bernard Arnault has eclipsed Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett to become the world’s third-richest person on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

The"...

Damascus, SANA_ Amid buildings and modern shops and down the road from the parliament, al-Rawda café in al-Abed Street in Damascus, for more than 80 years, still retains its identity as a socio-cultural forum.

The 800 square meters café, renowned meeting-place of artists, intellectuals and politicians, is often described as Syria’s miniature parliament.

On"...

Pantheon Development, the UAE-based developer has announced that the mobilization work for its project Pantheon Elysee, is 100 percent complete.

Signalling a major milestone, the company stated that the structural work for the upcoming project was 12 percent complete, whereas work related to Mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) stood at three percent completion.

Pantheon"...