Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (Dubai Tourism) is taking its Hospitality Sustainability Board Game to a wider segment within the private sector, as part of efforts to encourage companies outside the hospitality sector to play a role in promoting sustainable tourism in Dubai. An innovative educational tool, the Board Game is a key component ...

Ras Al Khaimah / Emirates Business Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority (RAKTDA) has announced that the world’s longest and highest zip line will officially open on the UAE’s highest peak, Jebel Jais, in December. With the exact length of the zip line remaining a closely-guarded secret until the multi-million dollar adventure tourism product’s opening, the zip line will propel ...

­­­­­­­­­­­Bloomberg As Harvey’s winds die down, trouble for Texas may have just begun with forecasts for unprecedented flooding across the heart of US energy production and in Houston, the nation’s fourth-largest city. Harvey smashed ashore as a Category 4 hurricane on Friday near Rockport, Texas. Two deaths have been attributed to the storm, which has also halted about one quarter ...