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‘Jeddah Festival 36’ eyes global tourism
Tourism & Hospitality | Monday 20 July, 2015 2:42 am
Jeddah Festival 36’ is moving toward competing globally with its entertaining and interesting activities.  Launched by Jeddah Gov. Prince Mishaal bin Majed on Saturday at Jeddah Center for Forums and Exhibitions, the event will continue for 30 days, local media reported.  The...
ATLANTIS, THE PALM LAUNCHES THE FAMILY FUN FACTORY
Tourism & Hospitality | Monday 20 July, 2015 2:24 am
Atlantis, The Palm welcomes its newest family attraction this summer with the launch of Atlantis Family Fun Factory, an exciting indoor entertainment destination packed with video games, prizes, treats and arts and crafts, all available for unlimited play at one fixed price: perfect for keeping...
Landmark Reichshof Hamburg Opens as First Curio
Tourism & Hospitality | Monday 20 July, 2015 1:31 am
Hilton Worldwide today opened the iconic Reichshof Hamburg hotel, adding another exceptional hotel to its growing global brand, Curio – A Collection by Hilton. The grand, central Hamburg hotel, operated by Event Hotelgruppe, is the brand’s first hotel in Europe and combines Hanseatic...
ZTE Becomes One of the First Group of Partners in China Mobile Open NFV Test Lab
Tourism & Hospitality | Monday 20 July, 2015 1:04 am
ZTE Corporation (0763.HK / 000063.SZ), a major international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the Mobile Internet, is pleased to be selected as one of the first group of partners in China Mobile’s Open NFV Test lab, aiming at driving the global...
Call to turn Sharbatly house into art museum
Tourism & Hospitality | Sunday 19 July, 2015 4:50 am
Two Saudi designers, Fatima Tameem Samman and Sama Suhail Abu Najam, have urged authorities to convert the Sharbatly’s heritage house, located in Jeddah’s historic Al-Balad historic district, into a museum of traditional Hijazi arts and craft. The suggestion was made as their...
Public urged to take safety precautions on beaches
Tourism & Hospitality | Sunday 19 July, 2015 4:46 am
The Coast Guard in the Eastern Province has intensified patrolling on the beaches during the ongoing Eid holidays to deal quickly with any drowning cases that result from ignoring marine safety rules.  Commander of the Coast Guard in the Eastern Province, Major General Abdullah bin Mubarak...
‘Your Eid is Our Eid’ festival in full swing
Tourism & Hospitality | Sunday 19 July, 2015 4:34 am
Eid here is a family occasion, where traditional customs will be revived throughout the annual Eid festival.   After the Eid mashhad prayer in the morning, families unite and start their day of celebration.   Jeddah’s annual Eid festival has lots of events to choose...
NY landmark lit green for Eid
Tourism & Hospitality | Sunday 19 July, 2015 4:31 am
ew York’s Empire State Building was lit up green on Friday evening in celebration of Eid Al-Fitr that marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan. It was reported that the famous skyscraper will glow green until it closes to the public at 2 a.m. (0600 GMT), when the building traditionally...
Aden street named after King Salman
Tourism & Hospitality | Sunday 19 July, 2015 4:27 am
In a unique Eid gift from one head of state to another, Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi named the most important street in liberated Aden after Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman in recognition of his efforts to restore the legitimate government in Yemen. Hadi, who is...
57 festivals lined up for ‘Saudi Summer 2015’
Tourism & Hospitality | Saturday 18 July, 2015 5:31 am
Fifty-seven festivals are planned as part of this year’s summer “Saudi Summer 2015” to be organized across the Kingdom by the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage (SCTNH) in cooperation with provincial Tourist Development Councils (TDCs). The TDCs will host these...
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