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Varun Godinho

Varun Godinho is the Editor for Business Traveller Middle East. He has over 14 years of work experience across titles including GQ, Time Out and Times of India. He was also previously the Deputy Editor at Gulf Business where he covered the luxury and lifestyle sector for the magazine, and wrote daily news reports too for the website across several subjects.

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InterContinental Durrat Al Riyadh Resort and Spa (Image: Supplied by IHG Hotels and Resorts) 

InterContinental unveils first Riyadh resort

Marriott launches all-new Four Points Express by Sheraton brand (Image: Supplied by Marriott International)

Marriott launches all-new Four Points Express by Sheraton brand

Rove Expo 2020 (Image: Supplied by Rove Hotels)

Rove Hotels aims for 10,000 rooms over the next five year

Khalidia Palace Hotel in Deira by Mourouj Gloria will launch in the last quarter of this year (Image: Supplied by Gloria Hotels)

New five-star hotel coming soon to Dubai’s Deira district

Nikki Beach to open resort in Ras Al Khaimah (Image: Supplied by RAK Properties)

Nikki Beach to open resort in Ras Al Khaimah

Marriott announces two new properties in NEOM’s Trojena (Image: Supplied by NEOM)

Marriott announces two new properties in NEOM’s Trojena

Flydubai will launch services to Langkawi and Penang (Image: Supplied by flydubai)

Flydubai will launch services to Langkawi and Penang

Hilton takes over management of The Plaza Doha (Image: Supplied by Hilton)

Hilton signs management agreement for The Plaza Doha

Emirates signs interline with SriLankan Airlines (Image: Supplied by Emirates)

Emirates signs interline with SriLankan Airlines

Saudi’s flyadeal takes possession of 30th aircraft (Image: Supplied by flyadeal)

Saudi’s flyadeal takes possession of 30th aircraft

dnata to cut CO2 emissions by 80 per cent in UAE (Image: Supplied by dnata)

Sustainability: dnata to cut CO2 emissions by 80 per cent in the UAE

Flynas to begin flights to Addis Ababa from Riyadh and Jeddah (Image: Supplied by flynas)

Flynas to begin flights to Addis Ababa from Riyadh and Jeddah

Les Zeniths Arjaan by Rotana in Dakar (Image: Supplied by Rotana)

UAE’s Rotana expands into Senegal

Marriott’s Autograph Collection to open in AlUla (Image: Supplied by Marriott International)

Marriott’s Autograph Collection to open in AlUla

Emirates to operate only A380s to Sydney (Image: Supplied by Emirates)

Emirates to operate only A380s to Sydney

Rove Hotels announces branded residences project in Dubai (Image: Supplied by Rove Hotels)

Rove Hotels announces branded residences project in Dubai

The First Collection Waterfront will open in Dubai this year (Image: Supplied by The First Group)

The First Collection Waterfront will open in Dubai this year

Etihad significantly expands codeshare with Air France-KLM (Image: Supplied by Etihad)

Etihad significantly expands codeshare with Air France-KLM

Emirates adds third daily service to Hong Kong (Image: Supplied by Emirates)

Emirates adds third daily service to Hong Kong

SO/ opens first Middle East property in Dubai (Image: Supplied by SO/ Uptown Dubai)

SO/ opens first Middle East property in Dubai

Marriott signs 13 properties in Türkiye (Image: Supplied by Marriott International)

Marriott signs 13 properties in Türkiye

Flynas launches new operations base at Madinah airport (Image: Supplied by flynas)

Flynas launches new operations base at Madinah airport

Saudi Arabia economic outlook

Saudi Arabia receives 7.8 million tourists in Q1 2023

W Al Marjan Island will feature 300 rooms (Image: Supplied by Marjan)

Marriott confirms second property for Al Marjan Island

Flydubai first UAE carrier to operate direct flights to Mombasa (Image: Supplied by flydubai)

Flydubai first UAE carrier to operate direct flights to Mombasa

SAUDIA Group allocated 1.2 million seats for 2023 Hajj season. Image credit: Twitter @bhx_official

SAUDIA Group allocated 1.2 million seats for 2023 Hajj season

Emirates obtains IATA Environmental Assessment certification (Image: Supplied by Emirates)

Emirates obtains IATA Environmental Assessment certification

Riyadh Air to support inclusion of Saudi nationals in aviation workforce (Image: Supplied by Riyadh Air)

Riyadh Air to support inclusion of Saudi nationals in aviation workforce

Red Sea Global has launched The Red Sea Farm Cooperative (Image: Sourced from Red Sea Global Media Centre)

Sustainability: Red Sea Global launches new agricultural cooperative

Radisson Blu Residences Saidia (Image: Sourced from Radisson Hotel Group Media Centre)

Radisson opens eighth property in Morocco