Qatar Airways launched a voluntary carbon offset programme for corporate customers. This initiative will enable corporate and trade clients to offset their own carbon emissions via a dedicated web portal at any time before or after a flight. The Qatar Airways voluntary carbon offset programme allows its corporate clients to offset or reduce the carbon emissions associated with their business …

This spring, Shangri-La celebrates Earth Day with an enhanced ‘Rooted in Nature’ programme championing sustainable culinary initiatives across the Middle East, Europe, India, the Indian Ocean and North America. Launching this Earth Day on 22nd April 2022, an array of new gastronomic journeys will be added and continue indefinitely across the group’s MEIA region, ensuring that every day is Earth …

Following the ease in travel restrictions, Dubai-based AAA Associates Immigration Services launched a one-of-a-kind instalment plan for investors to pay for the Portugal Golden Visa. Citizenship By Investment industry-first scheme facilitates mid to large size investors who are planning to obtain the Portugal Golden Visa, which is a 5-year Permanent Residency and leads to Portuguese citizenship. Instalment PlanInvestment for the …

Intertek Cristal, a market leading global health, safety, quality, and security risk management business focused on the travel, tourism, and hospitality sectors, announced on Earth Day 2022 today that it is now offering a bundled service of their EcoCheck module with a Carbon Footprint Calculation service to support Sustainable Tourism. The increasing threat of climate change alongside the global pressures …

flydubai, the Dubai-based airline, has announced today that it will resume operations to Hail and Tabuk in Saudi Arabia, which will bring the number of destinations served by the carrier in the Kingdom to ten. Flights to Hail and Tabuk will commence on 09 May with five weekly flights. flydubai has built a network of more than 95 unique destinations …

Conrad Dubai has announced a donation of 500 meals to the “1 Billion Meals” initiative as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility drive. Conrad Dubai is 1 of 25 hotels from the Hilton Group that will contribute to the initiative with a total of 6300 meals pledged to the initiative. The campaign, which is organized by Mohammed Bin Rashid Al …

Etihad Engineering, one of the world’s leading maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) services providers, has signed a Component Agreement with Touchdown Aviation (TDA), a global specialist in the supply, loan, exchange, and repair of aircraft components. As part of the agreement, TDA will provide Etihad Engineering supply chain solutions locally in Abu Dhabi, to ensure the availability of high demanded …

Etihad Airways, the national carrier of the United Arab Emirates, is undertaking a week of intensive research and testing on over 30 flights to test operational efficiencies, technology and procedures that will reduce carbon emissions, in an expansion of its ongoing sustainability flight testing regime. The week-long programme, coinciding with Earth Day on 22 April, includes over 20 commercial flights operating across …

The Middle East’s aviation industry is expected to expand at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of more than 6 percent during the period 2022-27, according to data from research firm Mordor Intelligence. The news comes as the global travel and tourism community prepares to gather in Dubai for Arabian Travel Market (ATM) 2022, which will take place at Dubai …

Mr. Hosni Abdelhadi, CEO, Carlton Hotel and Suites, a seasoned hotelier with a rich and diversified experience spanning over three decades across various critical functions of the hospitality industry. A hospitality management graduate he started his foray in the industry with the then French luxury hotel chain Le Meridien and Hilton hotels. With his work assignments spread across Middle East …