Wrapping up the summer season with hospitality champion Tony Ramy, president of RCNP Lebanon
Through his restaurant group and work as president of Lebanon’s RCNP Syndicate, Tony Ramy has dedicated his life to championing Lebanon as a tourist destination. We sat down with the restaurateur to reflect on the 2023 summer season and how the hospitality sector has fared.
Boutique hotels and guesthouses: swimming against the current
As tourism slowly picks up after months of forced lethargy, the industry is now counting its casualties. However, guesthouses seem to have weathered the storm fairly well, as Nagi Morkos, founding and managing partner at Hodema consulting services, notes.
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...