HORECA Lebanon’s Hospitality Salon Culinaire promises big action
In preparation for the highly anticipated 25th edition of HORECA Lebanon next month, a special Hospitality Salon Culinaire live chat was organized on February 20 at Le Royal Hotel in Dbayeh. The event gathered over 300 participants who will be competing in a series of live cooking and display challenges...
Ghia Holding debuts Abd El Wahab in London
Ghia Holding, a Lebanese company that creates, launches, and operates F&B concepts, has debuted Abd El Wahab, its Lebanese restaurant to London, in partnership with Lebanese businessman Thomas Rizkallah. The restaurant is located in Belgravia, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Abd El Wahab was founded...
Le Gray, Beirut among TripAdvisor’sTop 25 luxury hotels in the Middle East
Le Gray, Beirut has made it to the 25 top luxury hotels in the Middle East to win TripAdvisor’s 2018 Travellers’ Choice Award. The Travellers’ Choice award is the result of millions of reviews and opinions collected during the year from TripAdvisor. Le Gray, Beirut has made it to...
Nouhad Dammous is honored by Le Cordon Bleu for his lifetime contributions to hospitality
Le Cordon Bleu, the leading Global Network of Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management Institutes, celebrated the continuous cooperation with Université Saint Esprit Du Kaslik (USEK) and the official opening of its Culinary Arts Institute. The celebration is hosted by André Cointreau, president of Le Cordon Bleu International. The new institute...
Prince Al Waleed sells his stake in Four Seasons Beirut for USD 100 million
Image via Four Seasons Beirut Facebook page Saudi Arabian investment firm Kingdom Holding Company (KHC) chaired by Prince Al Waleed Bin Talal, sold its stake in Four Seasons Hotel in Beirut for around USD 100-115 million including debt, according to Reuters. Last November, HN had reported that KHC will be...
Chateau Ksara is one of Lebanon’s top touristic destinations
With a history that spans over 160 years, Chateau Ksara has become one of Lebanon’s most visited destinations because of the heritage it holds, as well as the quality and variety of wine that it produces. Today, the Ksara estate has managed to keep attracting visitors from all...
2017 had the best tourists shopping figures since 2010 in Lebanon
Tourists’ spending in Lebanon increased by 5.47 percent in 2017 comparing to 2016, according to Global Blue’s ‘Globe shopper spending insights in Lebanon 2017’. The growth was led by Saudi tourists who constitute 14 percent of the total tourists’ expenditures. They are followed by Emiratis (12 percent), and Kuwaitis (six...
Nejmeh Square reopens to public
The successful New Year’s Eve party in Downtown Beirut, which attracted almost 50,000 people, triggered public authorities and the Speaker of the Parliament, Nabih Berri, to open the access to Nejmeh Square again for pedestrians. This is the first attempt to re-open the heart of the city to...
Lebanon to end 2017 with over 1.9 million tourists
“We are expecting to end 2017 with over 1.9 million tourists, excluding expatriates, Syrians, and Palestinians,” said Minister of Tourism in Lebanon, Avedis Guidanian, revealing that this is the second best achieved tourism result the country has witnessed since the fifties. Lebanon had scored over two million tourists in...