Rotana Hotels Management Corporation

Hotelier is planning 25 of the budget business hotels across the MENA region by 2014.

Private equity arm of Shuaa Capital finalises sale of stake to Rotana chairman.

Hotel operators around the world are offering some amazing perks and benefits to get you selling more rooms. So what are you waiting for?

He founded one of the region’s most successful hotel chains and now he plans to build 100 more in the next three years.

Majority of revenue taken by firm 'to cover accommodation, transport and training'.

Plans to convert hotel from four-star into five-star pushed back, exec admits.

With Salon Culinaire around the corner, the region’s chefs are prepping, carving, chopping and challenging themselves, doing their best to ensure they walk away with one of the coveted class medals. Lucy Taylor talks to some of this year’s entrants to find out what goes into cooking up a winning entry.

Lee Jamieson discovers that it takes more than an economic downturn to dent Bahrain's spirits.

Rotana to officially open its 72 storey, 333m tall Rose Rayhaan hotel on Wednesday.

As international demand for halal products rises, Ben Watts examines the size and potential of a market that is attracting attention from operators around the world - in F&B and beyond.

Rose Rayhaan will be 333m high and will be part of the group's alcohol free brand.

Hotelier Middle East uncovers the insider information on 12 of the most exciting and much-anticipated new hotel brands to enter the region's hospitality industry in 2009.

The Middle East has seen a recent influx of budget hotels springing up to take advantage of a clear gap in the market. According to these new players, traditional star ratings are fast losing significance, with brand recognition and value for money driving consumer choice in the new economy.

With Dubai hotels fighting for custom, the pressure is on the emirate's sales and marketing professionals like never before. In a lively roundtable hosted at one of the stunning ski chalets at Kempinski Mall of the Emirates, the cream of the crop discuss how the challenges have changed.

The Gulf’s gilt-edged getaways are sacrificing occupancy rates in favour of high room charges.

Property consultancy, Viability, says Mideast activity comes despite other hotel projects being mothballed.

Hotelier Middle East meets members of the engineering department to discover the nuts and bolts of the role, including advances in technology and a push to develop green operations.

Slowly but surely Doha is building its credentials as a city of commerce as well as a new cultural centre and meetings venue. Kathi Everden takes a look at a few projects scheduled to open in the city this year.

Boasting copious cakes, scores of starters and an array of ice carvings, the jam-packed Salon Culinaire at this year’s Gulfood was proof of the region’s growing enthusiasm for culinary competitions; Lucy Taylor investigates just how such events are encouraging new industry talents.

Beach Rotana Abu Dhabi recreation manager Donna Kenyon explains why co-operating and communicating should be a priority for those working within the health and fitness industry.

Occupancy levels increased by up to 10% in the first week of the shopping festival.

Global hotel brands preparing to set foot in Northern Emirates may become destinations in their own right.

This month Caterer met up with a handful of F&B industry professionals at Al Murooj Rotana Dubai’s Zaika restaurant to discuss ambience and discovered that the region’s outlets are under increasing pressure to meet expectations in the face of growing time and budget constraints.

Guest relations officers working at the coalface of the hotel industry discuss how their jobs can make or break a guest's experience.

Rotana has debuted its first Arjaan-branded property, with the 167-key Arjaan Dubai Media City opening its doors last month.

The UAE east coast’s beach stalwart Le Meridien Al Aqah Beach Resort & Spa and its new neighbour, Fujairah Rotana Resort & Spa, have been co-hosting big bashes — sharing the rooms while Le Meridien staged the actual conference — the former’s general manager, Patrick Antaki, told MIME.

I'd like to take this opportunity to wish Ramadan Kareem to all Caterer Middle East's readers.

How the increased cost of grain commodities is affecting the Middle Eastern market.

Dubai chefs still struggle to source good quality supplies.

The past decade has seen the internet take off all over the world and today it is a force to be reckoned with. Lucy Taylor takes a look at the substantial benefits e-business offers hotels and considers what the future holds for this buzzing industry.

Olive oil consumption is growing as the region's restaurants respond to the increased demands of health-conscious consumers.

The need to ensure that leisure facilities are properly integrated into a hotel has been highlighted by the Hotelier Middle East GM Survey.

Hotelier Middle East talks to exhibitors at the upcoming Arabian Travel Market about their hopes for the big event, and how they plan to maximise their company's exposure to a global audience.

The region's restaurateurs demand the crème de la crème of dairy produce.

The UAE is in danger of becoming over dependent on foreign food sources as it lacks adequate reserves and has limited production, industry insiders have claimed.

Hotelier Middle East talks to BurJuman Rotana Suites' recently promoted assistant marketing and communications manager Carla Adwan about her love of the job and cases of mistaken identity.

Assistant F&B manager at the Fujairah Rotana Nehme Darwiche talks about giving his all to his job.

Aldar Hotels and Hospitality managing director Paul Bell explains the company's strategy to match world-class destinations with the best hotel operators to provide a full gamut of services.

Industry leaders have overwhelmingly selected human resources as the biggest challenge facing hoteliers in the coming year.

ALDAR Properties will develop four hotels to be managed by Rotana in a new deal announced last month.

Caterer takes a look at what's on offer at the region's hotel F&B outlets this festive season and how chefs are coping with the heavy workload the period brings.

UAE and South Africa take top honours in team and individual category.

The Costa coffee competition is a good example of how a company can raise service standards while promoting brand quality.

Rotana Hotels has signed a management agreement with Lebanese holding group Malia for a 205-room five-star property in Erbil, Iraq.

Unless a client working in the oil or construction industry walks into their agency, travel agents are unlikely to have reason to sell Sudan, but ATN offers an insight into the troubled nation, just in case.

This month, Hotelier Middle East catches up with IT managers from properties around the region and discovers the challenges they face in staying up-to-date with the latest technology developments.

A look at why Hilton considers itself as the "number one" hotel group in the world.

Breaking the fast with dates during Ramadan translates into huge turnover for suppliers in the Middle East, yet as demand surges, competition among producers is colossal.

Hospitality experts call embrace of IT technologies for solving industry's recruitment and service struggles.

LTN provides hints, tips, product updates and info on lesser-known shopping locations to help you advise clients where to spend their cash this summer.

First MELDA awards takes place in Dubai.

While independent hoteliers have offered limited service and budget hotels on a collectively large scale for some time now, larger hotel chains are looking to get in on the action in the Middle East with branded budget alternatives catering to the mid-market traveler.

Le Meridien makes improvements as competition intensifies in Fujairah.

Gefinor Rotana Hotel in Beirut might only be achieving 30% of its budget for this year, but there is optimism that business is returning to the city.

Low-cost carrier signs agreement with Rotana Hotels to manage new 300-room Sharjah hotel.

The hotel company’s newest property on Al Aqah beach opened earlier this month to jam-packed bookings.

Tower hotels look great, offer developers great value for money, and provide guests with a unique view of the city, but as Guy Wilkinson explains, the novelty factor can soon wear off.

Rotana Hotels plans to include a spa in each five-star property, with the company recognising the growing trend in the Middle East towards health and well-being facilities at hotels.

Last month Rotana expanded its portfolio in Khartoum, Sudan, with the opening of its second property.

Manufacturing thermal cooking equipment for more than 60 years, Stephan Kammel, Middle East area sales manager for MKN, talks to Caterer about tailor-made kitchens

The recent spell of bad weather across the GCC might have left pedestrians caught out, but for hotels, golf courses and other open-air leisure facilities, it was business as usual

Frontier developers in the UAE are pushing the boundaries, with a plethora of projects planned that were previously off the map in terms of leisure or corporate appeal, reports Kathi Everden

Moving dining beyond the boundaries of the restaurant and into the open air has soared in popularity, yet it is still a testing business in the region. This month, Caterer gathers professionals from across the Middle East to discover the formula for al fresco success

The third Middle East Publishing Conference will highlight the rapid changes being witnessed by the region's newspaper publishers.

This month, the region's sales and marketing directors talk to Hotelier Middle East about the challenges of balancing the two distinct, but interdependent sides of their roles, and discuss the ups and downs of working at the forefront of the Middle East's ultra-competitive hospitality industry

Justine Ormandy, area director of training, Dubai and the Northern Emirates, Rotana, talks to Hotelier about the challenges of conducting training around the clock , adapting courses to suit a multi-national audience and rolling out an emiratisation programme with the DTCM

The Qureshi brothers talk to Laura Barnes about their family’s career in catering, and how they have adjusted Indian cuisine to cater to the Dubai market

The IT department has become one of the most important behind-the-scenes operations in the region's hotels and is likely to become even more so. Colin Edwards checks in to find out more.