United Arab Emirates

WTM 2018: Ras Al Khaimah visitors set to triple

Ras Al Khaimah plans to triple annual visitor numbers to three million by 2025 with a programme of hotel building

WTM 2018: UAE continues to break records

Not only are the United Arab Emirates breaking their own records this year, they’re topping global charts and giving each other a run for their money

Etihad Airways increases festive Heathrow-Abu Dhabi service

Fourth daily service added during winter peak period

Premier Holidays adds four new Faraway destinations for 2019

The tour operator’s 2019 Faraway brochure features Doha, Has Al Khaimah, Koh Kood and Colombo for the first time

UAE leads in home-sharing

The United Arab Emirates has been much quicker to switch on to home-sharing as a form of accommodation than its Middle Eastern neighbours

Aito announces location for 2018 conference

After heading to Petra in 2016 and Portugal’s Alentejo region last year, the association says this year’s event will be held in the Middle East

Virgin Atlantic to axe Heathrow-Dubai route next year

The airline said the route, which will be withdrawn from March 31, 2019, was no longer economically viable

Full extent of British Airways 'cheap tickets' debacle revealed

TTG understands as many as 10,000 tickets, most now cancelled, may have been sold too cheaply through eight large agencies

Super fast travel links planned for the UAE

Passengers could soon be transferred between Dubai’s two international airports in just six or seven minutes, said experts speaking at the Arabian Travel Market’s (ATM) Future Travel Experiences seminar last month

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