Wrapping up the summer season with hospitality champion Tony Ramy, president of RCNP Lebanon

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.

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Boutique hotels and guesthouses: swimming against the current

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.

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Kamal Mouzawak awarded the Grand Prix AIG de la Culture Gastronomique 2018

Kamal Mouzawak awarded the Grand Prix AIG de la Culture Gastronomique 2018

Since 1990, it is awarded to the one who distinguished himself in cultural gastronomy.

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Kamal Mouzawak further expands his Beit guesthouses chain

Kamal Mouzawak further expands his Beit guesthouses chain

Beit El Tawlet, Kamal Mouzawak’s latest addition to the ‘Beit’ guesthouses chain, has opened its doors to the public. It is the fourth guesthouse to join the network which already includes Beit Douma, Beit El Qamar, and Beit Ammiq. The new destination is located just above Tawlet Beirut

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Staycations growing trendier in Middle East

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...

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