Dubai

As the Queen of England celebrates her platinum jubilee in a few weeks' time, one of the former jewels in the British crown, the ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2, is preparing to open a new chapter in her history. Retired from cruising in 2008 and moored since then in Dubai's Rashid Port, the prestigious ship has been...

Already present in Dubai, on the artificial island of Palm Jumeirah, the lifestyle brand W is moving closer to the emirate's Dowtown by setting up in the heart of Dubai Marina. Located on Jumeirah Beach, the 31-storey hotel is distinguished by its glass architecture, all of which is extended, in keeping with the spirit of...

This spring, 25 of these kiosks made their appearance in terminal 3 of the Dubai hub. These 25 Emirates-branded mobile check-in kiosks are designed to replace the fixed kiosks and reduce waiting times for business and leisure travellers. The kiosks will eventually be deployed in all check-in halls...

29.1 million passengers in its terminals by 2021. Dubai International Airport (DXB) has seen some recovery over the past year, although growth remains disappointing. As elsewhere in the world, air traffic at the Middle East's leading hub had to contend with successive waves of the pandemic. Above all, the airport was...

Continuing its expansion in Europe and around the world, 25hours will be opening a new hotel in Copenhagen in mid-March. This brings to 14 the number of establishments for this lifestyle chain, which was launched in Germany in 2005 and has been an Accor partner since 2016, with the French group owning 50% of its capital and having integrated 25hours into...

"The 25hours Hotel One Central is the most exotic of our projects to date": that's how Christoph Hoffman, founder of the 25hours brand, sums up the positioning of the new address that has just opened in Dubai. It has to be said that the 434-room and suite establishment has indeed opted for a...

There's no end to innovation in Dubai, or at Kempinski for that matter. In the emirate, the luxury hotelier was already offering some astonishing things, with around twenty chalets overlooking the region's only ski slope within the Mall of the Emirates complex. Now it's time for a floating palace...

Of course, the launch of the World Expo in Dubai on October 1 is no small part of the good results achieved by the emirate's hotel industry. According to STR, hotels recorded an average occupancy of 81.6 % over the past month. Not seen since January 2020! However, the emirate did not wait for the...

While the World Expo has been driving Dubai's hotel industry since 1 October, visitors to the city have had the opportunity to discover a new brand in the busy Business Bay district. Given the diversity of hotels already on offer in the emirate, this is something of a rarity. The Hyde Hotels brand has...

According to the latest research from ForwardKeys, which analyses flight booking data, a mini-revolution has taken place in the Gulf. For the first time in the first half of 2021, Doha International Airport has become the region's most important hub. It has thus caught up with and even overtaken...

Travellers in the south-east of France have been eagerly awaiting the return of the Emirates colours to the tarmacs of Nice and Lyon. Now they finally know: on Tuesday, the airline unveiled its schedule for the resumption of flights, which will be based on the relaxation of entry conditions, sparing vaccinated travellers from the United Arab Emirates the...

Hotel development never stops in Dubai. In general, but even more so with the approach of the 2020 World Expo, postponed because of Covid and expected to be held in the emirate from 1ᵉʳ October 2021 to 31 March 2022. In early May, an Adagio residence opened on the artificial island of Palm Jumeirah....

Like other hoteliers, the Radisson group has announced its desire to increase the proportion of its offer aimed at long stays, particularly in Western Europe. This ambition is reflected in the opening of its first top-of-the-range aparthotel in Amsterdam. Located not far from the Amsterdam forest, but above all from the...

Passengers travelling to Dubai are now required to present the negative results of a PCR test for COVID-19, carried out 72 hours before travel rather than 96 hours (4 days) as was previously the case. Passengers must also continue to install a special mobile application on their phones. This application allows passengers to...

Accor has added a fourth Pullman to its offering in the United Arab Emirates following those in Dubai Deira Creek City Centre, Dubai Jumeirah Lakes Towers and Sharjah. Located in Business Bay, one of the emirate's main business districts, the Pullman Dubai Downtown is close to the Dubai International Financial Centre and the...

The Spanish group Meliá Hotels International took advantage of the virtual version of the ILTM international travel fair to present the development of its luxury offer in the business, lifestyle and resort segments. Among these, the Gran Melia brand will be setting up a new benchmark establishment in Milan in 2023, taking its place in a...

The list of business destinations covered by the Moxy network is expanding to include new strategic hubs. The Marriott Group brand recently opened its first property in Taiwan, in the island's second largest city. The Moxy Taichung hotel and its 262 rooms are just a quarter of an hour from the railway station, and 24 minutes from...

The largest Sofitel hotel in the Middle East and Africa region has opened its doors in Dubai. With its slender architecture inspired by the obelisk in Place de la Concorde, Sofitel Dubai The Obelisk dominates the Wafi shopping complex and completes its lifestyle and entertainment offer. Just ten minutes from the international airport,...

The health situation has prompted Emirates to step up its efforts in the field of biometrics, to make the passenger experience more fluid. For several days now, the airline has been offering a new "biometric route", based on a technology combining facial and iris recognition. This technology is to be applied to all airport procedures, from the...

From July 7, business travellers will once again be able to visit Dubai, provided they meet certain eligibility criteria and have taken out an appropriate international insurance policy covering Covid-19-related risks for the duration of their stay. They must also be able to present a recent certificate of negative testing, or...