Tourism & Hospitality | Monday 5 January, 2015 12:54 am

Jeddah expects a million visitors

According to sources, Jeddah is likely to attract more than 1 million domestic tourists for the Historic Jeddah Festival later this month.More than 536 families reside in Jeddah’s historical district. The district, which has nearly 1,866 houses and buildings, was declared last year a World...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Sunday 4 January, 2015 2:09 pm

Winter Festival is back at KidZania Kuwait

KidZania Kuwait, the exciting kid-sized metropolis, brings back the all-time favorite Winter Festival this year. With three exciting programs spanning over six weeks, KidZania’s Winter Festival kicked off on December 11, 2014 and continues until January 24, 2015. It gives children an opportunity...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Sunday 4 January, 2015 1:53 pm

Gateway Launches New Transfers Booking Tool for Travel Agents in the Middle East

Gateway, an online hotel wholesaler providing Middle East agents with B2B booking solutions and dedicated customer care and support, has introduced an added ‘Transfers’ tool to streamline its existing booking services for travel agents in the Middle East. “With Gateway’s continuous efforts...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Sunday 4 January, 2015 12:49 am

flynas Plays Leading Role in the Development of Saudi Manpower

Kingdom’s national carrier achieves over 60% Saudization as the result of world class training in different skills including Future Pilots ProgramRiyadh, January 2015: Fulfilling its ambitious vision to build a team of highly qualified Saudi employees, flynas, the Kingdom’s national carrier, is ...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Saturday 3 January, 2015 10:59 am

SCTA launches travel, tourism associations

The Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA) launched three travel and tourism associations on the sidelines of its recently concluded annual staff meeting here.The associations were launched jointly by Prince Sultan bin Salman, SCTA president and Tawfiq Al-Rabiah, minister of commerce...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Friday 2 January, 2015 2:04 am

29 festivals planned across KSA

The Tourism Development Councils in partnership with the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA) will be organizing various programs in 29 regions across the Kingdom during the school break that starts next week.According to an SCTA official, the commission and its partners are prepared ...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Friday 2 January, 2015 1:57 am

2015 packed with amazing celestial treats

Several amazing astronomical treats are likely this year, starting with a meteor shower on Saturday, an astronomer said here on Thursday.This would be followed by solar and lunar eclipses, and planets moving in unusual patterns later in the year, said Zaki Al-Mostafa, a Saudi professor at the...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Friday 2 January, 2015 12:29 am

Rixos unwraps fourth luxury hotel in Kazakhstan

Rixos Hotels has recently hosted a gala dinner in honour of celebrating the grand opening of ‘Rixos Khadisha Shymkent’ the first luxury hotel in Southern Kazakhstan, and fourth edition in the country.Mr Bugra Berberoglu CEO of Rixos Hotels said, this is “Rixos' 4th hotel in the...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Thursday 1 January, 2015 10:26 am

Saudia extends domestic ticket validity to one year

The national carrier also announced starting a new mechanism called "Reserve and pay" so as to enable more domestic passengers to avail its services.According to the mechanism, passengers can take advantage of the available seats on an instant basis instead of the current system of allowing a set...

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