HN speaks to Didier Jardin, GM of the Four Seasons Hotel Kuwait at Burj Alshaya
“The hotel sector in Kuwait blends the traditions of Kuwaiti hospitality with contemporary style. While the sector continues to support a high proportion of business travelers coming from the Gulf and internationally, leisure tourism is on the rise; in fact, leisure travel spending is expected to increase by four percent...
Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts taps into Iraq
Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts will open a new property in Basra early this year as it looks to capitalize on the city’s status as Iraq’s economic capital and a regional oil and gas hub. The global hospitality firm has signed a deal with Akeel Ibraheem Al-Khalidy to manage the...
Le Bristol becomes part of the Preferred Hotels & Resorts
Preferred Hotels & Resorts, the world’s largest independent hotel brand, announced the addition of 25 new member hotels and resorts across eight countries, including two in the Middle East: Le Bristol Beirut, and THE BODRUM by Paramount Hotels & Resorts in Turkey. Le Bristol Beirut is a 157-room hotel...
Staycations growing trendier in Middle East
Traveler habits are evolving and as annual leave periods become more and more fragmented, vacationers from the Middle East region are travelling intra-regionally or internationally more often and for shorter periods of time. Travelers from the region are also growing more budget conscious as they shop on-line for better and...
19 awards for Rotana at World Travel Awards 2017
Making a clean sweep of 19 awards at the Middle East Gala Ceremony of the World Travel Awards (WTA) 2017, along with securing the coveted “Middle East’s Leading Hotel Brand” title for the 11th year in a row, Rotana, one of the leading hotel management companies in the region with...
InterContinental Jordan Hotel won 13 HORECA awards
InterContinental Jordan Hotel participated in HORECA 2017 exhibition that took place in Amman. The hotel won 13 golden, silver, and bronze medals in several categories. Two of the medals are gold and were awarded to Chef Mahmoud Al Doqos for the best plated desert & the other one for...
Kempinski Summerland Hotel & Resort awarded
Kempinski Summerland Hotel & Resort has been awarded the title of ‘Lebanon’s Hospitality Project of the Year 2017’ during the 14th edition of the annual conference dubbed ‘Business Warriors’ held by Lebanon Opportunities Magazine on October 11 in Beirut. Daniele Vastolo, general manager at Kempinski Summerland Hotel &...
Rotana named Best Employer in Iraq and Lebanon
Rotana, one of the leading hotel management companies in the region with hotels across the Middle East, Africa and Turkey, has been named the Best Employer in Iraq and Lebanon at the prestigious Aon Best Employers – Middle East awards 2017. Now in its 17th year, the Aon...
SHUAA Capital and Rotana announce the opening of Centro Waha Riyadh
Rotana and SHUAA Capital Saudi Arabia (SCSA), one of the leading investment managers, announced the opening of the Centro Waha Riyadh Hotel. This is the second hospitality project to be developed courtesy of the sharia compliant SHUAA Saudi Hospitality Fund I and under the Centro by Rotana brand in...
Regional master of hospitality: Mohamed Najia
Mohamed Najia The Regional Master Of Hospitality An industry leader in Kuwait and in the MENA region, with over three decades of experience, Mohamed Najia has a repertoire that includes a variety of successes recognized on a regional and global scale As a hospitality and food industry veteran,...
