Posts by: ATM Team

Halal Tourism, Trends

While some Halal tourism networks showcase outstanding promotional services to their audiences, many travel professionals still struggle to address their Muslim travellers’ needs. A panel of thought ... Read more

April 10, 2019April 10, 2019

Saudi tourism sector worth over $70 billion in 2019

Arabian Travel Market

New leisure and tourism facilities forecast to fuel domestic tourism at 8% per year until 2023, says new Arabian Travel Market report 33% of delegates, exhibitors and ... Read more

April 4, 2019April 4, 2019

Halal Tourism Becomes Mainstream

Halal Tourism, Trends

Halal tourism is amongst the fastest developing sectors in the travel industry, gradually becoming more conventional. Global travel companies are thus implementing business models to be included ... Read more

March 26, 2019March 26, 2019

Shaping the Luxury Travel Experience for a New Generation

Halal Tourism, Trends

As current children under the age of 18 are capable of booking holidays on their own, the access to digital technology has made children sharper and more ... Read more

March 26, 2019March 27, 2019

63% of Dubai Airport passengers were in transit during 2018, says new ATM report

Arabian Travel Market

Only 8% of Dubai airport’s transit passengers left the airport to explore the emirate during 2018 New transit visas and dedicated tourism packages to drive stopover tourism ... Read more

March 19, 2019March 19, 2019

Bots, A.I, wearables and VR to create billion-dollar savings in the tourism industry says latest ATM report

Arabian Travel Market

The global airline industry expected to make savings of up to US$30 billion in the next 15 years due to Internet of Things (IoT) implementation 42 million ... Read more

March 12, 2019March 13, 2019

European visitors to GCC to increase 29% by 2023, says ATM report

Arabian Travel Market

8.3 million EU residents will travel to the GCC in 2023, an additional 1.9 million travellers when compared with 2018 The number of ATM delegates, exhibitors and ... Read more

March 12, 2019March 12, 2019

Muslim travellers of the future

Halal Tourism, Trends

Gemma Greenwood, Director of Content Inc. panelled a discussion to gain insight into pivotal market trends and how the industry is going to evolve and move on ... Read more

March 6, 2019

Oman tourism arrivals to increase 5% annually to 2023, says ATM report

Arabian Travel Market

Arrivals to Oman to increase at a CAGR of 5% fuelled by visitors from India who accounted for 21% of total arrivals in 2018 The number of ... Read more

March 5, 2019March 5, 2019

The Middle East Travel Landscape of the Future

Business Travel, Halal Tourism, Trends

Raymond Vrijenhoek, Vice President of the Sabre Travel Network caught up with Antono Fellino, Vice President of Retail and E-commerce for Dnata, to hear about his observations ... Read more

January 30, 2019

Reed Travel Exhibitions launches inaugural Arabian Travel Week

Arabian Travel Market

Arabian Travel Week will comprise four co-located events: ATM 2019, CONNECT Middle East, India and Africa; ILTM Arabia and ATM Holiday Shopper Reed Travel Exhibitions, organiser ... Read more

January 21, 2019

Arabian Travel Market launches inaugural consumer event ‘ATM Holiday Shopper’

Arabian Travel Market

ATM to debut consumer event which will offer attractive travel and tourism discounts and deals exclusively for visitors on the day Travellers from the UAE, Saudi Arabia ... Read more

January 16, 2019

Artificial Intelligence and automation to increase hotel revenues by 10% and cut costs by 15%, says ATM report

Arabian Travel Market

Technology and innovation to headline Arabian Travel Market 2019 Voice and facial recognition, virtual reality (VR) and biometrics to be mainstream in hospitality industry by 2025 Cutting ... Read more

January 16, 2019

Chinese visitors to GCC will increase 81% by 2022 says ATM report

Arabian Travel Market

9 million Chinese tourists will travel to GCC in 2022 Saudi Arabia to experience highest proportionate increase in arrivals from China, with a projected CAGR of 33% ... Read more

January 15, 2019

Arabian Travel Market signs partnership with Emaar Hospitality Group to be ATM’s Official Hotel Partner

Arabian Travel Market

Arabian Travel Market to host international press and key buyers across Emaar Hospitality Group’s hotel portfolio Reed Travel Exhibitions, organiser of Arabian Travel Market (ATM), the leading ... Read more

January 14, 2019January 14, 2019

Indian visitors will add 10.8 million hotel room nights to GCC by 2022

Arabian Travel Market

37% of India’s total outbound market will travel to GCC by 2022 UAE and Saudi Arabia to lead comparative growth, witnessing a 6% increase in Indian arrivals ... Read more