Cruise liner Queen Elizabeth will arrive on April 17 at Zayed Port as part of a 2014 World Cruise programme and will spend a day in Abu Dhabi.
Both the hotels are scheduled to open in July 2014.
The Southeast Asian country has been facing political turmoil since November.
Regional club owner expresses concern about the number of new night leisure venues opening in the emirate.
Organisers have announced the sale of tickets for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, to be held in November 2014.
A joint venture between US-based Parsons and Halcrow has won the deal.
The developer is launching 15 resort beach plots and 79 waterfront hotel plots across two of the development’s four islands.
Up to 14,500 delegates from Nu Skin Enterprises in China will visit the emirate between April 6-16.
Branson was looking for potential Middle East investors for his $1.7 billion cruise ship project, according to media reports.
The hotel chain is focussing on Saudi Arabia and the UAE with four hotels apiece.
The Kingdom’s tourism sector provided around 751,000 new jobs in 2013, including around 27 per cent of them for Saudis.
The sector contributed around Dhs117.4 billion- 8.4 per cent- to the UAE’s GDP in 2013.
Located in the upcoming Opera District, the multi-format venue will host operas, concerts, art exhibitions, film and sports events.
Situated in an upscale hotel district in Guangzhou, the project is scheduled to open in 2015.
The Dh6 billion Bluewaters Island project will also be connected to the mainland via a monorail system and a footbridge.
The fatal bombing of a tourist bus in Egypt’s Sinai region prompted a travel advisory from Germany.
The UAE has passed a new ruling exempting citizens from 13 European member states from requiring a pre-entry visa.
New survey attributed the higher than average rates during the start of the year to the holiday season.
Over 11 million guests stayed in the emirate’s hotels and hotel apartments last year with occupancy rates reaching 80 per cent.
Guests numbers at Abu Dhabi hotels reached 276, 970 during January with hotels earning Dhs522 million in revenues.
Dubai’s market rapidly absorbed an influx of new hotels in 2013 whilst maintaining a healthy occupancy rate throughout the year.
Qatar is planning to increase tourism’s contribution to GDP by 5.1 per cent, up from 2.6 per cent.
The hotel will offer 268 fully refurbished and brand new rooms and suites.
The International Congress & Convention Association shares global business events expertise in preparation for Expo 2020.
The new project, called Lost Cities, is expected to be unveiled in early March.
New decor, modern technology and two fresh F&B concepts among the changes at established beachfront hotel.
The brace of hotels will meet the growing need for affordable accommodation in the run-up to Expo 2020
Visitors will face an additional charge of between Dhs7 to Dhs20 per room, per night.
New openings include Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, Rwanda and Ghana.
Saudi Arabia provided the most visitors from another GCC country.