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Hotel discounts in Dubai will 'never pay off', says Accor CEO

Dubai hotels must 'weather the storm' as deep discounting does not increase demand, Sebastien Bazin says to Arabian Business Hotelier...

Dubai hotel oversupply will be 'swallowed' after Expo 2020, says Accor CEO

An oversupply in Dubai’s hotel market will be fully absorbed after Expo 2020 Dubai, the CEO of French international hotel group Accor...

Dubai records 1.61m tourists in January 2019 - India, Saudi top source markets

According to data revealed by Dubai’s Department of Tourism & Commerce Marketing (Dubai Tourism), the city recorded a drastic rise in the...

Asset management adopts holistic, educational role

BERLIN—Asset managers in the hotel industry must have eyes on every aspect of a property to develop successful strategies for managing...

Dubai has world's second-largest hotel construction project pipeline

Dubai had a pipeline of 168 hotel construction projects with 49,950 rooms as of 2018, ranking it second in the list of global cities with...

After acquisition, will mainstream brands shun HotelTonight?

The major hotel brands can be expected to look skeptically at HotelTonight as the last minute booking site becomes part of their longtime...

Abu Dhabi reports highest January occupancy since 2008

STR's Middle East &Africa hotel data for January 2019 reported that Middle East hotels saw occupancy decrease 0.9% to 68.2% in January as...

Why you should care about Alibaba’s hotel strategy

Imagine walking into a hotel without waiting in the check-in line. The elevator takes you to your floor without you touching any button....

The World’s Top Countries for Tourism

Where do the world’s international tourist dollars get spent? Today’s map from HowMuch.net resizes countries around the world based on...

Coincidence? AccorHotels debuts Orient Express

Coincidence? Maybe. But five days after Belmond (Orient-Express Hotels until 2014) was sold to French luxury giant LVMH Moët Hennessy...