Issue 05 • September 2012 • www.cpidubai.com
Feature: RAK Ready! Hilton chooses Ras Al Khaimah to debut two new brands Interview: JW Marriott Marquis’ Rupprecht Queitsch talks us through his vision for Dubai’s biggest hotel Q&A: Local or imported? Are sourcing processes across the region changing? F&B Directors and Executive Chefs talk
News and analysis for the Middle East’s hospitality professionals
Trends: The future of long distance learning; Are technology collaborations the way forward?; How effective is the PIC scheme? Tenders: 31 new tenders for the MENA region inside this issue
IATA data shows 16,670 passenger movements between Dubai and Salalah by end of April 2012
number of hotels in oman 2012
248
16,670
GLOBAL HOTEL INDEX: Asia Pacific 68.3% - Americas 70% - Europe 71.7% - Middle East/ Africa 56.7% (Average room occupancy July 2012)
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30% UAE visitors to oman up 30 per cent, on 2011
additional properties are being considered in oman by golden tulip
$3.1b
going into airport expansion and mega developments
2.4m
arrivals received at muscat airport (IATA) in 2011, up 14 per cent from 2010
Oman Nominated by National Geographic and Lonely Planet as one of the top places to visit in 2012
2000
additional rooms online before end of 2013
hotel
14
oman Received a record 14 World Travel Awards this year
access all oman The Sultanate is ripe for development as a surge of new projects are underway
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