Austrian Airlines launches new flights to Amman 08/05/2009
Austrian Airlines has expanded its network in the Middle East with new flights from Vienna to Amman in Jordan. The new service was launched on May 5th and increases the airline's number of destinations in the Middle East to 15. An Airbus A320 ...

Liwan Hotel Amman 08/03/2009
Situated in the heart of Amman?s popular shopping district, Sweifieh, Liwan Hotel offers a great location and good-value accommodation with free private parking. Relax in your clean and spacious room, appointed with private bathroom facilities and ...

bmi changes to the summer 2009 timetable 27/02/2009
bmi is making changes to the summer 2009 flying timetable: * Increasing the Heathrow to Beirut and Amman services to ten per week each from 22 May 2009 * Reducing the Heathrow - Addis Ababa service to three per week, now being served over ...

Private Tour: Petra Day Trip from Amman 22/02/2009
No visit to Jordan is complete without a visit to the rose-red city of Petra, one of the wonders of the world. Carved from the pink-hued stone more than 2,000 years ago, this amazing site embraces temples, tombs, gorges and cliffs. Accompanied by ...

World Travel Awards: honour for Mövenpick Resort & Spa Dead Sea 17/12/2008
At a ceremony recently held in Dubai, the Mövenpick Resort & Spa Dead Sea was chosen as Jordan?s leading spa. The hotel beat off stiff competition to win the coveted award which was voted for by tens of thousands of travel professionals. Conceived ...

The Petra Marriott Hotel 07/12/2008
Enjoy one of the Seven Wonders of the World. Overlooking the dramatic Petra valley, the Petra Marriott Hotel combines the warmest Arabian hospitality with the splendor of an ancient city carved into rose-red cliffs. The Marriott in Petra is a haven ...

Private Four Day Jordan Special Tour - Petra, Wadi Rum and The Dead Sea 01/12/2008
This tour will also take you South of the kingdom to Petra. The ancient Nabataean city of Petra is considered one of the wonders of the world and people come from all over the world to see it. Later in the tour, visit Wadi Rum, the uniquely shaped ...

Anantara to Launch Luxury Spa on the Shores of the Dead Sea, Jordan 20/07/2008
Anantara will open a luxury Spa in October on the mystical shores of the Dead Sea that will be the largest and most advanced in the whole of the Middle East. Set over more than 10,000 sqm, Anantara Spa at Kempinski Hotel Ishtar Dead Sea in Jordan ...

Global Hotel Alliance adds two new members 23/01/2008
Global Hotel Alliance (GHA) has announced the addition of 2 hotel brands to its membership, as it grows to nine members. It has added Anantara, Asia?s luxury resort & spa brand, and Cham group, in the middle east. GHA enables small and mid-size ...

Sustainable tourism is the way to go for New Wonders of the World 11/07/2007
The UNWTO has urged the destinations of the newly appointed Wonders of the World to focus on sustainable management programs as a result of increased tourism. As the six original lists of world wonders no longer existed, the process for the search ...

Royal Jordanian Airlines offers new flights 10/07/2007
Royal Jordanian (RJ) Airlines has recently announced that beginning July 28, 2007, regular nonstop flights to Budapest, Hungary will be offered by the airline. The new flights will see RJ Airlines flying from Amman to Budapest twice a week on ...

The World's New Wonders 10/07/2007
After years of anticipation and over 100 million votes, the new seven wonders of the world were finally announced in Lisbon on Saturday. In the end, of course, it was little more than a popularity contest. By midnight on Friday, the number of ...

Oman is Middle East's most peaceful country 08/06/2007
In the first study of its kind, Oman was ranked as most secured and peaceful country in the Middle-East and North Africa in relation to its neighbors, a new study has revealed. The Global Peace Index is a ranking of 121 countries, listed according ...

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