DUBAI / Emirates Business The Middle East hospitality market witnessed a steady growth in occupancy during the first quarter of 2018, according to the latest EY Middle East Hotel Benchmark Survey Report. Except for Jeddah, Beirut, hotel occupancy across the Mena region saw an increase when compared to the first quarter of 2017. This increase was primarily due to a ...

MAKKAH / WAM President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi of Yemen received His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, to take a stock of the latest developments in Yemen, ongoing efforts to restore stability to all Yemeni territories and the delivery of humanitarian and relief assistance to the fraternal Yemeni people. His Highness ...

Sharjah / WAM Sharjah Media Corporation (SMC) has donated AED3 million to The Big Heart Foundation (TBHF) – a Sharjah-based humanitarian charity dedicated to helping refugees and people in need worldwide – to build a hospital in the Cox’s Bazar district of Bangladesh for Rohingya refugees. Within the first year, the hospital is expected to receive 7,200 inpatients and provide ...