Orascom Development Egypt (ODE) is planning to add a 100-room-capapcity Casa Cook Hotel, one of the high-end hotels the company ever had with only four others in the Middle East, to its hotel portfolio in El Gouna, under the Thomas Cook brand by (...)
Egyptian tourist numbers to Georgia increased during the first half (H1) of 2019 by 12.1% to reach 3,734 tourists, ambassador of Georgia to Egypt, Alexander Nalbandov, said during his regular press conference for the Egyptian media, on (...)
Cairo, Sharm El-Sheikh, Hurghada, and Alexandria are to witness a growth of 11%, 39%, 29%, and 27% respectively year-over-year (y-o-y) in revenues per available rooms (RevPAR), Colliers International said in its latest MENA Hotels Forecast report in (...)
Egyptian navy forces managed on Monday to save a touristic boat (My OXYGEN) from drowning near one of the Red Sea's islands. The boat was carrying eight Egyptians, in addition to other three persons who are representing the crew.
According to a (...)
Metito is implementing a desalination plant in Al-Arish area with a capacity of 100,000 cubic metres per day in the first phase at a cost of EGP 1.6bn.
“The project is implemented in cooperation with Orascom, and the desalinated water from this (...)
Following the lead of Hurghada in setting a plastic-free community, Dahab's City Council President, Tarek El Baz, announced the prevention of single use plastics for all the shops located in the city.
The decision came for the impact plastic waste (...)
Moderate weather is expected along Egypt's northern coast over the next few days, but heat and humidity will reign in Cairo, the Nile Delta and northern Upper Egypt, according to Egypt's Meteorological Authority (EMA).
Higher temperatures are (...)
As part of his current visit to Moscow, ِEgypt's Speaker Parliament Ali Abdel-Aal held a meeting with his Russian counterpart Valentina Matviyenko to discuss on-going strategic relationships between Egypt and Russia.
“We have created and (...)
The Lufthansa Group is pleased to announce they will be increasing their flight offering in Egypt during the upcoming winter schedule. Lufthansa will be increasing weekly connections from Cairo to Frankfurt from seven to ten flights per week and the (...)
President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi expressed on Wednesday Egypt's keenness in its relations with Romania, praising the Romanian position toward Egypt. He also hailed the recent progress in relations between the two sides.
During a press conference with (...)
With the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) football tournament kicking off in Cairo tomorrow, it is not only the sport's fans that are elated that the tournament is being held in Egypt. So is the country's tourism sector in the hope that the competition (...)
With the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) football tournament kicking off in Cairo tomorrow, it is not only the sport's fans that are elated that the tournament is being held in Egypt. So is the country's tourism sector in the hope that the competition (...)
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi said his talks with the Romanian President Klaus Iohannis have proven that opportunities of cooperation are promising, adding that he is looking forward that his visit to Romania would give a strong momentum to (...)
Egypt's government-led Informal Settlements Development Fund (ISDF) will inaugurate eight slums after a development process within the upcoming months, ISDF's executive director Khaled Siddiq said on Wednesday.
The developed informal settlements (...)
Egypt's trade exchange with Ukraine is expected to remarkably hike by end of 2019, Yevhen Mykytenko, the Ukrainian ambassador said, adding, "the trade in goods was $1.65bn in 2018. I was astonished to know that Ukrainian exports to Egypt increased (...)
Pharos Holding for Financial Investments will hold its 3rd Annual Investor Conference this month, in El Gouna, Hurghada, with the presence of over 40 Egyptian stock exchange listed companies represented across 11 key sectors.
The two-day (...)
Egypt's Red Sea governorate took the first steps in the banning of single use plastic campaign in Hurghada, and organised an on ground campaign at one of the groceries in the local market in the city to distribute alternative bags, and cease shops (...)
The Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is funding 11 projects in Egypt currently, including the establishment of the Egyptian Grand Museum, the Egyptian-Japanese Schools, and electricity projects in Upper Egypt; improving electricity (...)
The New Egypt Gold Group is one of the leading Egyptian companies in the gold and jewellery industry. It has six different companies under its umbrella and accounts for 30% of the gold industry in Egypt. The company is studying the products and (...)
Egypt has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish two new logistics zones, Supply Minister Ali Moselhy said on Tuesday.
The MoU was signed by Red Sea Governor Ahmed Abdullah and Ali Moselhy to establish the logistic zones spanning (...)
Majid Al Futtaim, the shopping mall, communities, retail, and leisure group across the Middle East, Africa, and Asia, and the operator of Carrefour brand in Egypt, targets to open three new Carrefour branches in the New Administrative Capital, as (...)
Egypt's Meteorological Authority (EMA) warned Egyptians of an ‘extremely hot weather' nationwide on Tuesday, with Cairo seeing a high of 39.
In an official statement, the EMA said the weather will be very hot nationwide, yet it will see an (...)
Dubai-based airline Emirates is expected to expand its already established lounge at the Cairo International airport (CAI) to absorb the anticipated increase of flights between Cairo and Dubai during the winter schedule which begins on 28 October, (...)
Egypt is making new efforts to promote tourism on the international stage by partnering with the US channel CNN to launch a global tourism campaign and making a series of documentaries on Egypt's archaeological wonders with an Italian media group, (...)
Kayan Egypt, the agent of Skoda and SEAT, won the best agent award for Spanish SEAT in 2018 during the annual "Commercial Day" celebration which was held in Barcelona in Spain last February. Noha El-Meligy, the manager of SEAT at Kayan Egypt, said (...)
