Dubai surpasses 100,000 hotel rooms in portfolio & boasts highest spending tourists worldwide
The emirate of Dubai has officially reached 100,000 rooms across its expanding hotel and hotel apartment inventory.
Dubai surpassed 100,000 rooms following the opening of...
St. Regis Maldives Vommuli Resort now open
Starwood Hotels & Resorts has opened its new property in Maldives, all-villa St Regis Maldives Vommuli Resort.
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600,000 cruise tourists to visit Dubai in 2016/17 season
Dubai tourism chiefs are aiming to record an 18 percent increase in cruise ship calls during the 2016/17 season, leading to 157 ship calls...
Top 10: Facts about First International Travel Trade Show of Maldives (TTM)
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TTM...
Maldives needs an International Travel Trade Show | LexisNexis Destination Marketing Report
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Global Halal Industry worth $3.66 trillion
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Maldives participates in the leading International Travel Trade Show of Italy, TTG Incontri 2016
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Abu Dhabi Airports Co set to redevelop Seychelles International Airport
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MATATO signs as Associate Partner for first international Travel Trade Show of Maldives (TTM)
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MATATO takes part in BITB, New Delhi powered by ITB Berlin
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Maldives Marketing & Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC) signs as Associate Partner for first Travel...
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Online and SMS voting is now open for Maldives Travel Awards 2016
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Vista Rooms Expands to Maldives: Eyeing to be in 5 Countries by Year-End
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Maldives to host World Travel Awards Grand Final 2016
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Hotel Asia Exhibition kicks off at Dharubaaruge
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Maldives wins ‘Best Island’ at the Condé Nast Traveller, Readers’ Travel Awards 2016
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Maldives...
Chinese hotels ordered block guests from five Muslim countries
Police have ordered some low-end hotels in the Chinese metropolis of Guangzhou not to allow guests from five Muslim-majority countries to stay, though China's...
Maldives Travel Awards: Sponsors & Partners sign on
by Zakwaan Naseem
The longest running travel awards in the Maldives; Maldives travel Awards or commonly known as the MATATO Travel Awards has signed on the...
Wellness tourism industry worth $500 billion – HICIO 2016
Delegates from the 3rd International Hospitality Investment Conference Indian Ocean (HICIO) have returned to Maldives from a successful event. The event took place in...
Maldives participates in the International Housekeepers’ Summit 2016
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Close to majority of UAE residents eye traveling during Eid
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Hospitality Investment Conference Indian Ocean starts today in Colombo
Returning for the third time in 2016, Hospitality Investment Conference Indian Ocean (HICIO) 2016 started today in Colombo. With content that is relevant to the...
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