NNA - Minister of Tourism, Ramzi Musharrafieh, on Monday partook in the 46th meeting of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Committee for the Middle East, chaired by the United Arab Emirates. The meeting discussed the challenges experienced by the Middle East region within the tourism"...

Lebanon on Sunday hosted its annual music festival in the ancient northeastern city of Baalbek without an audience for the first time, a move organizers dubbed 'an act of cultural resilience' to the coronavirus pandemic as well as the country's unprecedented economic meltdown.

NNA - Pummeled by an unprecedented economic crisis in Lebanon’s new history, the tourism sector on Friday gave the government, and the relevant authorities, one month to meet a list of the sector’s demands or else a “Black Day for Tourism in Lebanon' will be announced"...

Le Vendome hotel has been sold to investors from Qatar, linked to the ruling family, specifically Hamad Bin Khalifah Al Thani, former ruler and father of the current Emir.

Sources said that the hotel was sold for $35 million. It had been offered for sale at $70 million before"...

Release date: June 25, 2020 | Online at https://youtu.be/VzbwKqLSvVw Beppu City’s tourism economy was hit with an unprecedented shock as COVID-19 began to spread in April of this year. Never in our history have we seen visitors drop to nearly zero, especially during the weeklong holidays in May. We struggled through those months, and have entered a new phase where we believe we can begin to hope that the COVID-19 curve has flattened. Beppu City has begun to look toward a recovery in tourism demand once the fear of COVID-19 has been eliminated. To that end, we are releasing a public relations video, Beppu, The Onsen Journey, on June 25,......

Airports Council International (ACI) World has today revealed the winners of its world-renowned Airport Service Quality Awards.

The awards recognize those airports around the world that deliver the best customer"...

Venture Group, a hospitality concept development company owned by Marwan Ayoub and Rabih Saba, has secured a deal to develop and manage the Belajio Resort in Jeddah.

The deal was awarded by Al Diri’i Group, a Saudi company owned by Ousama Al Ghazaoui.

Investment"...

Over 500 travel agencies in Lebanon are facing the risk of shutting down due to banks’ restrictions and the economic slowdown in the country.

Travel agencies’ operations dropped by over 50 percent,"...

NNA - Minister of Tourism and Social Affairs Ramzi Msharrafieh, Minister of Public Health Hamad Hassan, and Minister of Information Manal Abdel Samad, held a meeting this Friday at the Ministry of Tourism to discuss the means to promote medical tourism in Lebanon.

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WASHINGTON — Online travel giant Expedia will cut about 3,000 jobs after what the company described in a statement as 'disappointing' performance last year.

The firm, which operates its flagship travel site as well as Hotels.com, Hotwire, Travelocity, Cheaptickets,"...