United Arab Emirates
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Travelport announced that Middle East travel firm Dnata is using its Universal API, a first in the region
… removes "the need to manage and maintain multiple API connections" and is helping the company "better manage our IT expenditure whilst streamlining our travel supply chain." Part of the Emirates Group, Dnata is headquartered in Dubai .
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Doha Prepares For Decade Of Travel Growth
Doha, Qatar - Like many nearby cities in the United Arab Emirates , the skyline in the Qatari capital within a few ..... construction industries. While such neighbors as Dubai and Abu Dhabi have seen a build-up and subsequent plummeting …
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UAE carrier Etihad Airways for 2011 reported a record 8.3 million passengers
… routes in 2011 and now operates a network of 82 destinations. Routes with the strongest passenger growth last year included Dubai to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (48 percent), Paris (32 percent) and Manchester, U.K. (29 percent). According to CEO James …
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UAE's Etihad Airways agreed to increase its stake in Airberlin to 29.21 percent, becoming the German carrier's largest shareholder
… their networks. As part of the partnership, Airberlin will switch its Middle East operations to Abu Dhabi from Dubai and launch Berlin- Abu Dhabi service on Jan. 15, 2012. Etihad previously held a 2.99 stake in Airberlin. As part of the …
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Emirates early next year will open new gateways in Dallas/Ft. Worth and Seattle
Daily nonstop service between Dubai and Dallas/Ft. Worth are scheduled to start Feb. 2 while daily nonstop service to Seattle is scheduled to start March 1.
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Sabre Enters South African Market
… partnership with Emirates Group subsidiary EmQuest, outside EmQuest's home market of the United Arab Emirates . Sabre in 2008 signed a deal with EmQuest to be its UAE representative, and at the same time sold EmQuest the rights to distribute Sabre in …
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May Hotel Rates Continue Worldwide Climb
… despite a 12.5 percent dip in occupancy to 53.7 percent. Rates increased by 17.6 percent in Cape Town and by 11.3 percent in Riyadh. Rates fell by 22.3 percent in Abu Dhabi , by 11 percent in Amman and by 10.9 percent in Beirut .
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April Hotel Rates, Occupancy Rise Worldwide
… rates were up 10.8 percent. The largest rate increases were in South Africa: Rates were up 21.6 percent in Johannesburg and by 15.7 percent in Cape Town. Abu Dhabi , Beirut and Cairo all reported double-digit rate decreases.
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5Q With Doubletree's John Greenleaf
… convert them. What new markets does that include? Just this year we've opened a hotel in Jordan, one in the United Arab Emirates , a hotel in Panama and our first hotel in Mexico. We have two hotels in Tanzania that we've opened, and hotels …
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Emirates Airline and Etihad Airways announced new services from Manchester, U.K., to their hubs in the Middle East
. Emirates on May 1 will add a third daily to Dubai and Etihad on Aug. 1 will double its service to Abu Dhabi , bringing flight frequency to 14 weekly.
