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Source: AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesAug.迷你倉價錢 29--OVER 60,000 TRIPS TO EGYPT CANCELLED BY NORDIC TOUR OPERATORS: Major tour operators in Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark have cancelled at least 60,000 trips to Egypt through the winter season that lasts until April, due to recent unrest, the Associated Press has reported. Last week, charter companies and travel organisers flew back hundreds of Scandinavian holidaymakers from resorts in Egypt and halted all tours there until mid-October. The move came in the wake of Nordic governments' revised travel advisories warning against all nonessential travel to Egypt.SAUDI HOTELS SECURES SR308M LOAN FOR NEW HOTEL IN RIYADH: Saudi Hotels & Resort Areas has announced it has signed a murabaha deal with Riyad Bank for a loan of SR308m, Arab News has reported. The purpose of the loan is to meet the cost of a hotel, which the company plans to construct in Diplomatic Quarter in the Saudi capital.MIDDEAST TOURISM SEEN TO GROW BY UP TO 5 percent IN 2013: The United Nations' World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) has said international tourist numbers rose 5.2 percent to nearly half a billion people worldwide in the first half of 2013, beating earlier expectations, Saudi Gazette has reported. In the Middle East, tourist numbers soared by 12.9 percent, but these figures should be viewed "with caution" because of uneven results and limited data, the group said. Growth is expected to continue in 2013 at +3 percent to +4 percent, only slightly below the 2012 level and in line with UNWTO's long-term forecast. The Middle East is expected to register growth of up to 5 percent, it said.EXPATS NOT REQUIRED TO CARRY KSA'S RE-ENTRY VISA PRINTOUT FROM SEPTEMBER 7: The Saudi interior ministry has announced expatriate workers are no longer required to carry a printout of their exit and re-entry visas while leaving or returning to the kingdom from September 7, Saudi Gazette has reported. According to the new directive, the exit and re-entry visa details on the (.passportevisa.com) website will be considered as authentic and final.EGYPTIAN TOURISM SYNDICATE WANTS QATAR, TURKEY DELISTED AS DESTINATIONS: The Egyptian tourism ministry has played down calls by the Independent General Tourism Workers Syndicate to remove Turkey and Qatar as tourism destinations for their refusal to recognise the ouster of president Mohamed Morsi, Ahram has reported. "It's an expected development, as there are currently political tensions in relations between Egypt and both Qatar and Turkey," said spokesperson for the ministry, Rasha El-Azayzi. The call could negatively impact tourism at a time when Egypt seeks to augment tourism, to boost the state's foreign currency revenues. Egypt saw 38,200 Turkish tourists between January and July of 2013, compared with 24,037 tourists in the same period of last year, said El-Azayzi.GCC LIKELY TO IMPLEMENT SINGLE TOURIST VISA FROM 2014: The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has said the six-member bloc is currently working on setting up an automatic system for exchanging information online, to facilitate enforcing a single tourist visa system, Khaleej Times has reported. "The issue had been discussed at the joint meeting between the Tourist Cooperation Committee in the AGCC and the GCC Tourist counterpart in the AGCC Chambers of commerce and industry, which was held in Fujairah last year," said assistant undersecretary at the GCC for economic affairs, Abdullah Al Shobaili.OMAN TO HOLD 8TH FOOD & HOTEL FAIR ON SEPTEMBER 2: Oman Expo has announced the eighth edition of Oman Food and Hotel Fair is set to kick off at Oman International Exhibition Centre on September 2, Times of Oman has reported. The three-day fair will feature local and international firms displaying the latest in the field of food and hotel, as well as foodstuff, beverages and equipment of hotel, in addition to equipment of kitchens and restaurants, packaging products, food packaging and techniques of food processing.ETIHAD HOLIDAYS OPENS FIRST VENTURE OUTSIDE THE MIDEAST: Etihad Holidays, a division of Abu Dhabi's Etihad Airways, has announced the launch of services in the UK to cater to the growing demand from one of the airline's key global markets, Khaleej Times has reported. The UK is Etihad Holidays' first venture outside the Middle East. "It is a proud moment to now take our established Holidays brand internationally to further boost growing tourism numbers into Abu Dhabi and the UAE and to ensure a growing market can benefit from our attractive range of packages," said Etihad Airways' chief commercial officer, Peter Baumgartner.KUWAITIS URGED TO LEAVE LEBANON: The embassy of Kuwait in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, has urged Kuwaiti citizens to leave the country due to security uncertainties, in the wake of two bomb attacks in Tripoli which killed and injured hundreds of people on Friday, Kuna has reported. Due to "the state of security instability which killed and injured many people, the Embassy of the State of Kuwait in Lebanon" calls on Kuwaiti citizens in Lebanon to leave the country for their own safety, it said.EGYPT INCREASES VISA FEES FOR TUNISIANS: Egyptian foreign affairs ministry has announced its decision to increase the country's entry visa fees for Tunisians fivefold, Mena has reported. The decision is in response to the recent increase imposed by Tunisia on Egyptians to EGP1,000 from EGP200. Egypt's decision will come into effect in October 2013, the ministry said.GULF INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT TO COMPLETE STAR HOTEL 迷你倉N OMAN BY 2014: Oman-based Gulf International Investment Co has announced its OR7.5m three-star hotel and shopping complex project in Ruwi is to be ready by August-September 2014, while the shopping mall will be ready by October this year, Oman Daily Observer has reported. The hotel, which will have 120 rooms and deluxe suites, will also offer a host of facilities including a sauna and steam bath, a covered swimming pool, five restaurants including a multi-cuisine eatery, traditional Arabic coffee shop, five banquet halls including one collapsible, which can accommodate 800 persons besides two board rooms on different floors and parking for around 200 cars.ABU DHABI SEEKING BIDS FOR NEW CORNICHE BEACH CLUB: The municipality of Abu Dhabi is set to launch a tender for private sector firms to develop and operate a high-end beach club at the Corniche for residents and visitors of the emirate, Gulf News has reported. To be located at the Lagoons Beach near West Plaza, the Corniche beach club will offer a selection of new facilities for both the public and beach club members, as well as membership for guests of city centre hotels, which have no private beach facilities.GERMANY WARNS CITIZENS AGAINST TRAVEL TO EGYPTIAN RED SEA RESORTS: Germany has warned its citizens to not travel to Egypt's Red Sea tourist resorts, as the political situation in the destination continues to deteriorate, Breaking Travel News has reported. The US, Sweden and Finland have already issued alerts for the resorts, advising against travel to the whole of Egypt. However, the UK continues to advise travel to Red Sea resorts is safe.SAUDI INVESTORS PREFER TOURISM INVESTMENTS IN EUROPE, FAR EAST: The GCC Chambers of Commerce and Industry Union has Saudi investors still prefer investing in Europe and the Far East and avoid investment in GCC countries, despite the efforts of the region's countries to boost tourism investments, Arab News has reported. "The continuing 'emigration of investments' prompted governments to conduct surveys on the strengths of the tourism sector, as well as the obstacles facing investments in it in the region," said chairman of the union, Ibrahim Al-Nabhani, noting the trend by Gulf businessmen to invest abroad was the result of these obstacles and the changes in the political environment.EMIRATIS WARNED AGAINST TRAVELLING TO LEBANON: The UAE foreign affairs ministry has reiterated its call on UAE citizens, holders of the diplomatic, special and regular passports, not to travel at the present time to Lebanon, because of the events being experienced by the region, Wam has reported. The ministry said holders of diplomatic and special passports must obtain prior approval from the ministry to travel in minimal and necessary situations.RAMEE GROUP OPENS 24-STOREY HOTEL IN BAHRAIN: Ramee Group of Hotels and Resorts has announced the opening of its first five-star property in Bahrain's Seef District. The $53m, 24-storey Luxury by Ramee property is the latest addition to the group's bouquet of more than 35 hotels and apartment hotels in the GCC and India. The hotel offers 166 suites and rooms, three Club floors, 800 sq m of conference/banqueting facilities; a dedicated floor to recreation facilities including a spa, a swimming pool and a fully equipped gym; and space for 180 cars across three basement levels.ACCOR EXPANDS MERCURE BRAND IN SAUDI ARABIA: French hotel chain, Accor has announced the expansion of its Mercure brand in Saudi Arabia, with the opening of a new hotel in Jeddah, Saudi Gazette has reported. Mercure Jeddah Al Hamra, which opened its doors for the first time in early July, features a total of 149 guest rooms and suites, an all-day-dining in the Palm restaurant, a coffee lounge and a health club with an indoor swimming pool. The latest addition to the Mercure portfolio brings the total number of Mercure hotels in Saudi Arabia to seven and the total number of room keys to 1216. In the Middle East, Mercure operates 19 properties representing 3,213 rooms throughout Bahrain, Qatar, the UAE, Yemen, Saudi Arabia and Egypt.ADIA IN TALKS TO BUY THREE MARRIOTT PROPERTIES: Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (Adia) is nearing a deal to buy three Marriott International Inc hotels for more than $800m (Dhs2.9bn), Dow Jones has reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The hotels, in London, New York City and Miami Beach, are part of Marriott's Edition brand of boutique-style hotels the company is developing with hotelier Ian Schrager. A deal isn't final and still could fall through, said the people.JORDAN TO BUILD NABATAEAN VILLAGE IN PETRA: The Jordanian government has approved building a Nabataean village at Petra's historic site to boost tourism activity and provide jobs for local residents, Jordan Times has reported. The government also directed the Petra Development and Tourism Region Authority to draw up project plans to implement it, said the head of the Lower House's tourism committee, Adnan Farajat.UAE CUTS HAJ PILGRIMS QUOTA BY 1,246: The official Haj mission of the UAE has cut the number of the country pilgrims this Haj season by 1,246, Khaleej Times has reported. The mission's decision is in response to the recent regulation issued by Saudi authorities to reduce the numbers of pilgrims this year, due to ongoing developments in the Grand Holy Mosque in Makkah.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 AME Info (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates) Visit AME Info (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates) at .ameinfo.com Distributed by MCT Information Services儲存