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Etihad to lure more tourists to UAE
Etihad Airways is aiming to lure more tourists to Abu Dhabi and encourage business travellers to extend their trips by launching a company to organise tours, desert safaris, hotel stays and other services. The company, Hala Abu Dhabi, will be based in the capital but its services will be offered nationwide. More than half of the tourism professionals working for the company are Emiratis, Etihad said.
Accor to expand in Abu Dhabi
Philippe Baretaud, the director of development at Accor Middle East, said the company was also keen to have a Sofitel hotel on Saadiyat Island. “We are adamant to have the brand represented as a representation of French luxury and especially with the Louvre [due to open on Saadiyat Island in 2012] it makes sense.”
UAE leads region in innovation
“If you look at what Abu Dhabi is doing with Saadiyat Island and Dubai’s various knowledge clusters, there might not be any patentable technology innovations per se, but they create value-adding changes in society at large.”
Abu Dhabi’s marinas are lovely but where are the sailors?
I get a sinking feeling whenever I walk into the Yacht Club at the Intercontinental Hotel in Abu Dhabi. It’s not that I don’t enjoy the classy drinks, beautiful people or luxurious sofas, but the venue lacks an essential ingredient: sailors.
Saadiyat show’s finale portrays urban life as art
By Anna Seaman www.thenational.ae
Abu Dhabi // Artists, students, families and cultural aficionados packed Artscape Madina on Saadiyat Island last night at the close of the island’s first art exhibition.
The interactive art show, organised by the Tourism Development & Investment Company (TDIC), celebrated Disorientation II: The Rise and Fall of Arab Cities, and the varied [...]
