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        A special toll-free number and website will be provided by Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Haj for local pilgrims to protect them from bogus companies offering to take them on Haj, Saudi Gazette has reported. Accredited companies will be published on the Ministry of Haj's website. The toll-free number is 800-244-4480 and, once activated, will be operational from 10 A.M. to 10 p.m.
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        Lebanon is on pace to receive two million tourists in 2009 for the first time in its history despite the global economic downturn, Dr Nada Sardouk Ghandour, Lebanon's director general for the ministry of tourism, told AMEInfo.com on the sidelines of the Middle East Tourism Marketing Summit 2009 today. 
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        The biggest hurdles that the global tourism industry faces on its path to recovery are high unemployment and a potential worsening of the H1N1 crisis, Geoffrey Lipman, Assistant Secretary General, United Nations World Tourism Organisation said today at the Middle East Tourism Marketing Summit 2009.
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        Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide and its new destination sensation brand, Aloft Hotels, have announced the opening of Aloft Abu Dhabi, the first Aloft hotel to open in the Middle East and the only hotel in the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (Adnec). The 408-room hotel is linked directly to the Adnec, and features the soon-to-open Re:lax@12 rooftop bar, Mai Restaurant and Bar and Dine Restaurant.
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        UAE-based hotel firms Jumeirah and Rotana are among a growing number of hotel chains looking to expand in India, Emirates Business has reported. Jumeirah finds the growth of the Indian hospitality industry encouraging and sees the country as an opportunity to continue growing its global brand presence, Jumeirah's Executive Chairman, Gerald Lawless told the newspaper. Meanwhile, Rotana is currently negotiating with property owners to establish its brand in India, according to Amal Harb, Associate Vice-President Marketing and Communications. 'India is one of the world's most dynamic economies and a country that offers significant prospects for the development of hotels,' Accor Asia-Pacific Chairman and CEO, Michael Issenberg, told the daily.
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