Faiek El Saadani has been promoted to general manager of the five-star luxury hotel, The St. Regis Dubai located within the heart of the Al Habtoor City Complex.

El Saadani’s career spans over 19 years in the hospitality sector at across the globe, including UAE, India, Thailand, Azerbaijan, Germany, and Poland.

Prior to his promotion El Saadani was the property’s"...

Hilton will be bringing its mid-scale Hilton Garden Inn brand to Jeddah in 2021 through a partnership with Distinguished Real Estate Arrows Company.

The agreement will see construction of a new build six storey tower block to commence next month, with Hilton Garden Inn to manage the property as a hotel by 2021. The move signals Hilton’s intent to extend its multi-brand offering in Jeddah, which already has the Hilton Hotels & Resorts brand"...

Addressing the 22nd session of the General Assembly of the World Tourism Organization in China, Minister of Tourism Bisher al- Yaziji called for lifting of unilateral tough economic measures imposed on the Syrian people, pointing out that Syria has not only been subjected to terrorism of armed groups but has also been subjected to terrorism of media that has tried to distort its image of Syria in addition to an economic and tourism terrorism through the imposition of sanctions on banks, aviation, airports and visitors to"...

Responding to the needs of Saudi Arabia’s expanding hotel and leisure industry, The Big 5 Outdoor Design & Build Show in Dubai, co-located FM Expo, Windows, Doors & Facades Event and Gulf Glass, will be held on Sept. 25-27.

2017 will be a record year for new hotels opening in Saudi Arabia. With Riyadh being the busiest area followed by Jeddah, hotels and leisure construction contractor awards will reach a value of $ 2.5 billion by the end of this year, according to the Venture Onsite’s 'GCC"...

Evonade managing director Erkan Tatlidil has expressed his excitement over the UAE hotel industry, ahead of the company's participation at the Hotelier Middle East: Great GM Debate.

Talking about the firm's offering, he added: 'RoomOperations is a hotel operational application that manages all back of hotel operations like housekeeping, engineering, inventory,"...

Ulf Sandmark to the Syria Times:

Syria’s geographical position connects the continents of Asia, Europe and Africa in the World Land-Bridge.

Ulf Sandmark, economist and Stockholm correspondent for executive intelligence review, a member of the visiting delegation, presented a document for Syrian reconstruction projects, including a number of key tracks setting out"...

Craig Dezern has joined Hilton as vice president of a newly created team, brand communications. In his role, Dezern will lead global communications across Hilton's 14 industry-leading brands as well as for the Hilton Honors loyalty programme.

The team Dezern will oversee, focuses primarily on reaching consumer audiences around the world through brand storytelling and marketing communications, including the more than 160 million guests Hilton"...

Syria will host the first leg of the Asian World Cup playoff against Australia on Oct. 5 in the Malaysian city of Melacca, Football Federation Australia said on Thursday.

The Syrians, who have never qualified for the World Cup finals, have played all their “home” qualifiers in Malaysia since FIFA banned them from hosting matches in their war-torn country.

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The Middle East and Africa (MEA) hospitality market is witnessing robust growth with a total of 891 hotel projects under construction in the region, said a report.

Of this, about 583 projects, comprising 164,898 rooms, are under contract in the Middle East region, stated STR, a leading provider of global hotel data, in its August 2017 Pipeline Report.

The under-contract data includes projects in the in-construction, final planning and planning stages but does not include projects in the unconfirmed"...

UAE-based Tilal Properties and Hilton have unveiled a new hospitality property in Sharjah, called the DoubleTree by Hilton Sharjah Tilal Mall.

The hotel, which marks as DoubleTree by Hilton’s second property in the emirate, was revealed at a management agreement signing ceremony between Hilton and Tilal Properties during the first day of Cityscape Global Dubai 2017.

The"...