Travel and Tourism

Lyon: The City Of Lights
With thousands of restaurants and cafes, Lyon is the gastronomic capital of France. As the second biggest city after Paris, its rich history and beautiful setting provide a range of attractions. From luxury hotels and shopping to the rolling vineyards of the Beaujolais region, Lyon is an excellent escape from the hot Gulf summer.
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United Arab Emirates: Tuesday, July 27 - 2004 at 07:07

Gulf Air hunts down the best
As a rapidly expanding airline, Gulf Air has had to greatly increase its workforce in a short space of time. To do this, the airline is using an innovative e-recruitment system from Sniperhire. It enables Gulf Air to recruit from as many as 40 different countries, and save up to 30% on job advertising.
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United Arab Emirates: Monday, May 24 - 2004 at 09:15

ATM: Survey reveals surprise results
A survey into the leisure travel market by AME Info has yielded surprising results. Two thousand Middle East respondents were quizzed on their travel planning and buying behaviour. The findings could influence future marketing strategy for many travel and tourism organisations.
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United Arab Emirates: Sunday, May 09 - 2004 at 09:34

Dnata welcomes more traffic
Dnata has praised Lufthansa's new flat-bed business class seats, saying they will fit an important niche in Arab-European travel. Rashid Al Noori, Senior Vice President of Dnata, predicts healthy growth in regional traffic, helped by new airlines as well as increased capacity on existing ones.
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United Arab Emirates: Wednesday, May 05 - 2004 at 16:43

Cream of business luxury
Lufthansa has introduced fully reclining flat-bed seats for business passengers on several routes. Broadband inflight internet access is also being installed. Lufthansa plans to increase frequency on its Dubai-Munich route, with daily flights scheduled from the autumn.
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United Arab Emirates: Tuesday, May 04 - 2004 at 17:23

New Destinations with Emirates
Emirates Holidays, which represents 8% of total Emirates Group turnover, enjoyed 22% profit growth from 2002 to 2003, with 24.8% passenger growth in the same period. Emirates Holidays has just released its latest holiday brochures - published separately by region for the first time - featuring Emirates' current and new destinations.
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United Arab Emirates: Monday, April 12 - 2004 at 08:32

Interview: Singapore Tourism
Singapore's US$9 billion a year tourism industry was hit hard between March and May in 2003, as visitor arrivals plunged by more than 70 per cent due to SARS. Tourism Board chief executive Lim Neo Chian believes Singapore's new brand positioning will help it reach its target of 7.6 million visitors in 2004, a 24 percent annual increase.
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Monday, March 15 - 2004 at 12:11

Singapore Fling
For business, pleasure, or just a stopover, Singapore caters for every type of tourism. With the country's new 'Uniquely Singapore' branding intiative, tourism chiefs hope to increase visitor numbers back to pre-SARS levels and higher. Middle East travellers will also find religious and cultural needs attended to in the Lion City.
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Sunday, March 14 - 2004 at 14:40