Discover Dubai This Festive Season

Droves of Americans are expected to travel with the holidays right around the corner. 

My Second Home, the world’s largest indoor dog park and Dubai’s first and largest luxury pet resort, is serving up a pawsome family feast this festive season, with Christmas dinner for humans – and a special, free festive meal for their dogs. My Second Home has teamed up with Harness Foods to offer a full traditional Christmas dinner – with a choice of meat, vegetarian and vegan options – and a special festive menu just for their pets.  Priced at AED195 per person, with free delivery in Dubai, My Second Home’s festive feast includes a choice of roast turkey, lamb or beef, salmon en croute, vegetarian wellington, and vegan lentil seed loaf.

Amazon Prime has partnered with StudentUniverse to offer students $25 flights this holiday season. New and current Prime Student members who sign up for a StudentUniverse account can search for flights at 12AM PST on December 7 to book at this unbelievable price for the holiday season. The catch? If you aren’t one of the lucky ones who snagged one on December 5th and 6th, there are only 1,000 available to book on December 7. Students must be at their computers, ready to book when the flights become available at midnight EST.

UAE welcomes a modern beach sanctuary for the senses from Asia’s luxury hospitality leader.

Interval International operates membership programs for vacationers and provides value-added services to its developer clients worldwide.

The total value of 12 projects launched until November 2023 by Samana stands at Dh3.7 billion (USD1 Billion) with 3,359 units in total. Barari Views is the company’s first project which will be equipped with the latest smart-home technology and private pools in all 669 units.

Thanksgiving Sunday air travel this year shattered all-time Transportation Security Administration (TSA) numbers with a record 2,907,378 passengers screened at U.S. airports. Americans have certainly proven that they’re ready to go all in on holiday travel—and the December holidays are shaping up similarly. With a longer vacation window surrounding Christmas and New Year’s Day, travelers are setting out on a wide-ranging set of trending destinations, including a mix of classic urban cities, warm weather getaways, and even transoceanic trips.

Each year in the Alps, as the first snows of the season start to fall, mountain towns welcome winter visitors with a slew of smart new hotels. And this year is no different, with upscale brands including COMO Hotels and Resorts moving its beach-beautiful ethos to the Italian Alps in COMO Alpina Dolomites, and Grace Hotels giving St Moritz its first luxury opening in half a century in the Grace La Margna. With its boutique modern addition, the sleek Swiss hotel breathes new life into the former art nouveau hotel La Margna, following a trend for high-profile revamps seen across the Alps this season. Here’s a look at the six best new openings, many of which revitalise former hotel landmarks.

With Christmas markets in full swing and a skyline of baroque spires and domes guiding the eye to snow-frosted mountains, Salzburg is the most festive of cities. Travellers who stroll around its medieval streets during winter will glimpse trees glistening with fairy lights, hear the angelic voices of carollers singing Silent Night (a carol whose first ever performance was in the city) and catch the alluring smells of gingerbread and glühwein (mulled wine) in the air. Beyond the city there’s the beauty of the Alps, best enjoyed on skis or from a horse-drawn sleigh. Here are the best ways to enjoy the city of Salzburg during the festive season.

Smart gating technology keeps American moving during its busiest-ever Thanksgiving season.

Dubai Municipality had assigned a field team of 12 staff to supervise 72 cleaners working on a regular basis and around the clock to keep Dubai’s public beaches clean. It also equipped the team with 13 new mechanisms and equipment to improve communication and emergency response time.

Mabrian, a leading travel intelligence company, has analyzed in a new study the low season opportunities for Croatia and the Mediterranean. The analysis was presented at the 7th edition of the Tourism 365 Conference that has taken place in Toplice, Croatia, this month.