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Hotels ‘must sustain revenues’ instead of cutting costs
It is anyone’s guess that last year has gone into the books as one of the worst for the hotel industry with revenue per available room (RevPAR) – an industry benchmark – practically collapsing as travellers stayed away.
GM interview: Janet Fitzner
Radisson Blu Hotel, Dubai Deira Creek’s new general manager, Janet Fitzner, explains why she has already set a target of establishing the creekside property as Dubai’s preferred city hotel
Dubai developer wanted in Germany over alleged hotel fraud
Authorities in Germany are seeking the arrest of a German national on suspicion of a multimillion-euro fraud in connection with a Dubai hotel project that was never built.
Double the ‘kids go free’ on holidays to Dubai
Two children under 16 with every family travelling to Dubai on Emirates Airline in the summer can claim free flights, free meals, hotel stays and entrances to attractions, the Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) said yesterday.
Dubai hotels see 15% occupancy rebound in Feb
Dubai’s hotels posted a double digit occupancy rate increase in February, the first the emirate has seen since the start of the impact of the global downturn on its tourism sector.
Dubai Hotel Business Posts Gains as MICE Activities Up in First Quarter
In the last year, the director general said 4000-new room capacity was added to Dubai’s burgeoning hotel industry that expanded to 43,000 rooms, an addition of about 20 per cent comparing with 2008. He expected a huge inventory of 20,000 rooms was in the pipe line this year.
Bridging the gap
For instance, take Dubai World Central, the Logistics and Industrial cities, while Abu Dhabi is also planning to enlarge its offerings in this respect. Dubai’s World Trade Centre exhibition district also competes against Abu Dhabi’s Adnec.
