Egypt
New hotels in Giza and elsewhere
http://www.businesstodayegypt.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=6213
"Five-year-old Italian hotel chain Domina has filed plans with the Ministry of Tourism to build six new hotels at locations across Egypt. The plans include new resorts on the Red Sea at Taba, Marsa Alam and Ras Sidr and hotels in Heliopolis, Downtown Cairo and near the Pyramids in Giza. Domina currently operates eight hotels and resorts; its room capacity will increase to 1462 rooms when its two new Sharm El-Sheikh hotels open next month. The group’s presence in Egypt currently represents 30% of its international investments in Europe, Africa and Asia".
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New Book: Grand Hotels Of Egypt
AUC Press Grand Hotels of Egypt In the Golden Age of Travel By Andrew Humphreys A colorfully illustrated celebration of Egypt’s classic era of touring From the earliest resthouses serving travelers on the Overland Route between Britain and Bombay to...
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Tourism: Egypt Taking Measures To Protect Tourism
Egypt competing with Spain for tourists Reuters UK Egypt's tourism industry, the country's top hard currency earner, has started to feel the pinch of the global financial crisis, with hotel bookings down 30 percent in January 2009 compared to...
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Abydos Sound And Light Show
Al Ahram Weekly (Rehab Saad) This piece looks at the development of Ain Al-Sukhna for additional tourism, but right at the end makes a throw-away comment about Abydos:Part of the revenue of the Ain Al-Sukhna sale will go to the development of hotels owned...
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Tourism: Hotels And Cruise Ships
Movenpick http://www.ttnworldwide.com/Articles.asp?Article=6385"As of November this year, Mِvenpick’s Nile fleet, which already encompasses three luxury cruisers, will be augmented by the new Mِvenpick M/S Royal Lily. The move follows an agreement...
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Tourism: Internet For Tourism Sector
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/1/ Speaking as a not infrequent visitor to Egypt, this initiative is very welcome:"As part of the USAID project While in Egypt Stay Connected and in collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism and the Egyptian Hotel...
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