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ATM 2020: Indian travellers spur GCC tourism growth

Colliers International has released research predicting more than a fifth of India’s total outbound market will travel to the GCC by 2024 – with business, place of work and leisure underpinning this demand. The figures were released ahead of Arabian Travel Market 2020. Danielle Curtis, exhibition director, Middle East, Arabian …

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Wizz Air launches flights to Tenerife from Luton

Wizz Air has announced the launch of flights from London Luton to Tenerife, with the inaugural flight taking off earlier. Flights will be departing from London Luton to the island of eternal spring, offering visitors a spot of sunny paradise with near perfect temperatures all year round. Flights will initially …

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Red Sea Development selects leading desalination proposals

The Red Sea Development Company and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology have announced three winners of their international Brains for Brine Challenge. Launched in April, the competition challenged academics, scientists, engineers, and the water industry to propose new solutions to manage the sustainable disposal of brine, a waste …

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Val d’Isère prepares to open for new ski season

Snow is already piling up on the pistes above Val d’Isère in spectacular style. It is a timely moment for the resort to announce plans for the official start to the 2019-2020 winter season, with First Tracks. This annual get-together is the most awaited date in the calendar for all …

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Austrian Airlines heads to Boston for spring 2020

Austrian Airlines will begin non-stop flights from Boston to Vienna on March 29th next year, marking the first ever direct connection between the two cities. The carrier will fly a Boeing 767-300ER equipped with 211 seats on the new route. Austrian Airlines flight 92 will depart Boston Logan International Airport …

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Golf Saudi Summit scheduled for February

Today saw the announcement of an all-new global golf business event, the Golf Saudi Summit. The event will bring together captains of industry and national leaders to debate hot topics and modern development tactics at the Saudi International powered by SoftBank Investment Advisers from February 2nd-4th. Staged in King Abdullah …

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Sink Venice: City counts cost following historic floods

Luigi Brugnaro, mayor of Venice, has said flooding in the city will leave a “permanent mark”. With severe flooding in leaving much of the Italian tourism capital under water, the mayor said the disaster was a direct result of climate change. “Now the government must listen,” he added on Twitter. …

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ATM 2020: GCC tourism looks to Russia for future growth

Russian tourists travelling to the GCC are expected to generate an estimated US$1.22 billion in travel and tourism revenue by 2023, an increase of 19 per cent when compared with figures from 2018. That is according to data published ahead of Arabian Travel Market 2020. The latest Colliers research commissioned …

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