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The Emirates Palace hotel with other Abu Dhabi hotels in the background, including Jumeirah at Etihad Towers and Bab Al Qasr. Hotel revenues for the third quarter were up to Dh1.1 billion, an increase of 1.7 per cent from the same period last year. Photo courtesy DCT Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi hotel guests exceed 1.3 million in third quarter, buoyed by ‘world-class events’

November 16, 2019
A business class flight with LOT Polish Airlines from Budapest to Chicago worked out cheaper than a shorter Milan to New York journey with Emirates. Courtesy LOT Polish Airlines

Executive Travel: Chicago from central Europe doesn't cost a LOT

November 15, 2019
Artists' impression of Crystal Cruises' new Crystal Endeavour.

Arctic cruises are becoming the ultimate in cool tourism

November 14, 2019
FILE PHOTO: A woman stands outside a closed Thomas Cook travel agents store near Manchester, Britain, October 9, 2019. REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo

Fosun Tourism to buy Thomas Cook and related hotel brands for Dh52m

November 2, 2019
The lobby area of the hotel welcomes guests with a forest of 14 bronze metal trees. Courtesy Mandarin Oriental

Executive Travel: Mandarin Oriental Jumeira offers far more than the social media hype

November 1, 2019
View over Victoria Harbour from a corner suite at the Rosewood Hong Kong hotel. Courtesy Rosewood Hong Kong

Executive Travel: serene harbour views from Hong Kong's new luxury 'vertical estate'

October 18, 2019
Behind the grand old facade of the Conrad St James is a modern hotel which opened in 2012. Hilton Hotels

Executive Travel: Discrete luxury and convenience at London’s Conrad St James

October 11, 2019
Thomas Cook had blamed a slowdown in bookings because of Brexit uncertainty for contributing to its crushing debt burden. Reuters

Thomas Cook's UK stores to be bought by Hays Travel after collapse

October 9, 2019
The Ovolo Woolloomooloo in Sydney Harbour

Executive Travel: take a step back in time at Sydney's Ovolo Woolloomooloo ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

October 4, 2019
Gloria Guevara, president and chief executive of World Travel & Tourism Council is bullish on the growth of tourism sector in Saudi Arabia. Pawan Singh / The National 

Tourism to account for 5% of Saudi Arabia’s GDP by 2021

October 2, 2019
Qiddiya City, an entertainment development located on the outskirts of Riyadh, will be home to the kingdom's first theme park. Courtesy Saudi Tourism

Business Extra: Saudi Arabia opens for tourism for the first time

October 1, 2019
Tourists stroll along a beach at Senegambia, Banjul, Gambia. Tour operator Thomas Cook had flown in 45 per cent of the holidaymakers to Gambia, which is just entering its peak six-month tourism season.    

Gambia's economic recovery could be hobbled by Thomas Cook collapse

September 30, 2019
Site of the Red Sea project, where Saudi Arabia is planning a huge tourism venture encompassing 90 islands. Courtesy of Consulum.

Oyo keen to create jobs through Dh3.9bn Saudi tourism investment

September 29, 2019
A sign at London Gatwick airport informing passengers that Thomas Cook has ceased trading. The 178 year-old tour operator filed for receivership on Tuesday. AFP.

Thomas Cook's creditors have a right to feel aggrieved

September 24, 2019
Passengers talk to British government officials at Thomas Cook check-in points at Mallorca Airport after the world's oldest travel firm collapsed stranding hundreds of thousands of holidaymakers around the globe and sparking the largest peacetime repatriation effort in British history, in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, September 23, 2019. REUTERS/Enrique Calvo

UK travel company Thomas Cook collapses, stranding hundreds of thousands

September 23, 2019
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Guillaume Faury of Airbus at a press conference announcing its $16bn order from Emirates at Dubai Airshow on Monday. Leslie Pableo for the National

Business Extra: Airbus the big winner at this year's Dubai Airshow

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Tourists wear masks as they pose for photographs during their visit of the Taj Mahal amid heavy smog conditions. AFP

Beyond the Headlines: why are so many cities struggling with smog?

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Podcast: Arianna Huffington, the books that inspired the media powerhouse

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