DUBAI — Celebrating four decades in the hotel business this year, Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts has announced a sensational worldwide summer discount of up to 30 percent at its hotels and resorts.
The special rates are available at over 75 Mövenpick (...)
Sadiya A. Nadeem
Saudi Gazette
HIDDEN beneath the ocean, coral reefs are the world's most magical, beautiful and diverse ecosystem. Often referred as the “rainforests of the sea,” coral reefs occupy only less than one percent of the world's ocean (...)
JEDDAH – Hotels in Saudi Arabia experienced noticeable increases in occupancy rates, with Jeddah increasing by 7.0 percent year-to-date, and Madinah increasing 2.0 percent year-to-date, Ernst and Young Middle East said in its latest Hotel Benchmark (...)
Four German tourists and three Egyptians were killed Sunday in a crash involving two buses in Egypt's Red Sea resort town
of Hurghada, said security officials.
Two other Germans were injured in the accident, which initial investigations blamed on (...)
AlQa'dah 17, 1433, Oct 3, 2012, SPA -- Naif Arab University for Security Sciences (NAUSS) in collaboration with Interpol and the Egyptian Ministry of Interior concluded here today the 2nd Symposium for Traffic Sectors of Arab Countries entitled: (...)
CAIRO — Egyptian singer Shahinaz will record a song for the Palestinian film “Changing Point”. The film was shot in Palestine and shows what daily life is like for Palestinians living under Israeli occupation. It was produced by Anas Abu Seeda, (...)
AlHijjah 11, 1432, Nov 7, 2011, SPA - At least 11 Hungarian tourists were killed late Sunday in a bus accident at the Egyptian resort Hurghada on the Red Sea.
Another 27 Hungarian vacationers were injured, including four children, the Middle East (...)
A 76-year-old German tourist drowned in the Red Sea
off the coast of Egypt's touristic town of Hurghada, dpa quoted Egyptian
authorities as saying Tuesday.
Hurghada, some 530 kilometres southeast of Cairo, is a popular
among international (...)
I wrote many times in this column that Ronald Reagan was demented, or that he developed Alzheimer's disease (memory loss) when he was still in office in the eighties. I also wrote that the Israel gang, or the neoconservatives, or the extreme right, (...)
A plane with 183 passengers on board was given priority landing with a full airport alert Friday after smoke was
seen in a galley of the Boeing 737-800, according to German police.
Nobody was hurt during the unscheduled touchdown in Stuttgart (...)
Hijjah 14, 1431 / Nov. 20, 2010, SPA -- Eight tourists were killed and 22 injured in a bus crash on a road along Egypt's Gulf of Suez coast, the state news agency MENA said on Saturday.
Health Ministry undersecretary Mohamed Sarhan was quoted by (...)
Rare torrential rains across the Middle East swept away homes, marooned resort towns and killed seven people Monday, including a British tourist, in what officials are calling the worst flooding in at least a decade, according to AP.
The flooding (...)
Production on the Shukheir Bay-5 ST, in the Shukheir Bay Field of the Shuhkeir Marine Gulf of Suez concession, has been increased from 60 to 1600 barrels of oil per day (BOPD) from the Lower Rudeis sandstone, raising total production at NPC to 1,908 (...)
Air Berlin PLC said Monday that a one-day strike by some of its pilots caused it to cancel several German domestic flights.
The Berlin-based airline, Germany's second-largest after
Deutsche Lufthansa AG, said pilots at its LTU unit and (...)
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will participate in the conference on Intellectual Property, starting tomorrow in Egypt.
The WTO Arab Regional Conference on Intellectual Property is being organized by The Arab Chamber of Conciliation and Arbitration (...)
Under the patronage of Prince Khalid bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz, Assistant Minister of Defense and Aviation and Inspector General for Military Affairs and Chairman of the Board of Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water, the 13th (...)
The Executive Office of Arab Federation for Fishing held a meeting earlier today in Hurghada, Egypt.
The meeting was chaired by Mukhtar Hussein, the President of Arab Federation for Fishing.
During the meeting, the Federation approved the request (...)
A strong sandstorm swept the Taif-Baha Highway on Friday, sharply lowering visibility and causing at least 30 accidents that left 35 people injured.
The winds that lashed the northwest region at speeds exceeding 50 kmph also disrupted maritime (...)
year-old Saudi who went missing on June 30 refused to allow rescue operations to stop on Sunday amid concerns the youth could still be alive.
Salah Al-Zahrani, 21, went missing from a ferry traveling to the Tabuk region from Egypt.
His father (...)
With investment in excess of $30 billion in more than 120 new multiple hotel projects across the Arabian Gulf and Egypt, suppliers to the region's hospitality sector can expect unparalleled business opportunities over the next 10 years, said a (...)
With the Middle East construction boom showing no sign of abating, the enormous scale of regional development will be highlighted when the PMV exhibition, dedicated to manufacturers and suppliers of plant, machinery and construction vehicles, joins (...)
Strong desert winds whipped up a
severe sandstorm that engulfed Cairo and other parts of
Egypt on Tuesday, forcing the closure of Cairo's
International Airport for several hours due to poor
visibility.
Cairo's airport authorities announced at (...)
One Egyptian policeman was killed and
Fourteen German tourists were injured Wednesday when the bus
they were traveling in crashed into the rear of a moving
truck, a police official said.
The accident occurred about 40 kilometers (25 miles) (...)
One Egyptian policeman was killed and
Fourteen German tourists were injured Wednesday when the bus
they were traveling in crashed into the rear of a moving
truck, a police official said.
The accident occurred about 40 kilometers (25 miles) (...)
