At this year’s Arabian Travel Market (ATM), Amadeus—a provider of advanced technology solutions for the global travel industry— will demo the latest tech solutions being applied within the regional and international travel community, as well as hosting daily seminars covering themes such as using creating “smart destinations” with big data, the future of mobile payments in travel, online merchandising strategies, and more.

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UNESCO has approved an Iraqi bill to revive educational, cultural and archaeological sites in Mosul city, the Iraqi ambassador to UNESCO was quoted as saying Tuesday.

“The draft resolution came upon an initiative by UNESCO director-general Audrey Azoulay following a meeting with members of the Arab Group at UNESCO to revive Mosul facilities, which were destroyed by Islamic State militants during their capture of the city,” Ambassador"...

(AETOS Wire)-- On April 16, 2018, NAA launched a new English-language tourist information website to provide the ever-increasing numbers of overseas visitors to Japan with information on tourist attractions around Japan and how they can be accessed from Narita Airport.
The purpose of the website is to enable visitors to experience a comfortable, convenient journey and stimulate inbound tourism demand by familiarizing them with Japan's attractive tourism locations before they"...

Damac Hotels & Resorts, the hospitality arm of luxury real estate developer Damac Properties, sees Expo 2020 Dubai as an opportunity to go beyond the current 13,000 keys being developed, and to reach 15,000 keys by 2021, said its chairman.

“Today, Dubai is one of the most visited cities in the world and as it gears up to welcome over 20 million visitors"...

Air flights between the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region and Iran are scheduled to resume next week following a few months’ hiatus due to an air embargo Baghdad had imposed on international flights to Kurdish airports last year.

Spokesman of the Kurdish Ministry of Transportation Omid Mohammed told BasNews that the first air flight between Erbil and Tehran airports since Baghdad’s lifting of its air embargo on Kurdistan will be operated"...

His Highness Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, UAE Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah has delivered the keynote opening speech on day 2 of the 3-day Arabian Hotel Investment Conference, (17 – 19 April 2018).

Held in partnership with Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority (RAKTDA), the 14th Arabian Hotel Investment Conference 2018 (AHIC) will provide unique insights into modern leadership, forward-thinking investment and"...

(AETOS Wire)-- Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) today announced professional footballer, Zlatan Ibrahimović, will be the new face of its global marketing campaign in anticipation of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™. As the Official Payment Services Partner of FIFA, Visa, in collaboration with Zlatan, will help fans not miss a moment of the action this summer.

“I am incredibly proud to work with Visa, the global"...

Hilton expects will see it triple to over 120 hotels in the coming years. Today, it operates 41 properties across the region and has 81 more hotels signed with local partners and investors, the majority of which are expected to open by 2023.

Carlos Khneisser, vice president, Development, Middle East, North Africa & Turkey, Hilton said: “The Middle East is perfectly positioned to take advantage of the changing demographics of global travel"...

Marriott International will introduce one set of unified benefits across Marriott Rewards, The Ritz-Carlton Rewards and Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG) for its members in August 2018.

Beginning in August, members will be able to combine their separate Marriott Rewards, The Ritz-Carlton Rewards and SPG accounts into a single account spanning the entire loyalty portfolio. The Marriott Rewards, The Ritz-Carlton Rewards and Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG)"...

The governments of Iraq and Ukraine recently signed an agreement to launch direct flights, operated by Iraqi Airways between the capitals of both countries.

The establishment of direct flights between Baghdad and Kiev was revealed at a ceremony held in Kiev, with officials from both sides, including Iraqi Ambassador to Ukraine, Bakr Ahmed al-Jaff, and Ukrainian Ambassador to Iraq, Victor Nidbas, in attendance, according to an Iraqi Foreign Ministry’s"...