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Luxury Travel gets a boost

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Regional carriers such as Emirates and Etihad Airways thrive on the luxury travel habits of GCC travellers and Amadeus, a leading provider of advanced technology solutions for the global travel industry reiterated this recently. According to Amadeus, Gulf carriers see exponential growth of first and business class passenger volumes. Between 2014 and 2015, first class passenger volumes for Emirates, Qatar Airways and Etihad Airways on the top 10 origins and destinations between Europe and Asia Pacific increased 67%, whilst business class traffic increased by 47%. This staggering growth in premium classes was complemented by healthy overall growth, with a 7% … Continue reading Luxury Travel gets a boost

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GCC sets a new record for tourism in Britain

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The International Passenger Survey (IPS) data provided by the Office for National Statistics, show that the tourism figures for GCC has broken records as 723,773 visited and £1.59bn spent in Britain in 2015. Out of all visits to Britain from the GCC, the UAE recorded the highest volume with 347,000 visits in 2015, (up 34%) on 2014. Saudi Arabia followed with 147,000 visitors (2%) increase on 2014, Kuwait with 104,000 visitors (up 3%) on 2014 and Qatar with 76,000 visitors (25%) increase on 2014. In terms of spend; Saudi Arabia saw the biggest percentage increase in spend (52%) over 2014 – … Continue reading GCC sets a new record for tourism in Britain