Shaza Madinah launches guest safety programme
Shaza Madinah, a leading 5-star hotel in Saudi Arabia, has launched its own high standards programme named Shaza Assures (Active Safety & Sanitisation measures to Uphold and Reassure Excellence in Service) for the safety of its guests.
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No Hajj seat allocated to Nigeria yet – NAHCON
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has refuted the claim that it had already secured Hajj allocation from the Saudi Arabia government for this year’s Hajj.
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Report: Majority of new Saudi hotels opening in holy cities
The Holy City of Makkah housed more than 80 percent of the new hotel keys brought into Saudi Arabia last year
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Saudi real estate firm cancels management deals with two Madinah hotels
Al-Aqeeq Real Estate Development Co. had terminated agreements signed on Nov. 30, 2014 with Millennium and Copthorne Middle East Holdings Ltd. for the management of the Al-Aqeeq Millennium and Taiba Millennium hotels located in the central area of the holy city.
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Hajj Training Institute Will Take Off Soon-NAHCON
The National Hajj Commission (NAHCON) says it will do everything possible to ensure that its proposed Hajj Training Institute (HTI) takes off before the end of the year.
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India ready to send Haj pilgrims after vaccinating them, but no word from Saudi govt yet
The Narendra Modi government is “fully prepared” to send Haj pilgrims to Saudi Arabia and ready to even vaccinate all of them, but there has been no official communication from the Arab nation so far.
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Emergency first aid center opens inside Grand Mosque in Makkah
An emergency first aid service center named “Haram Emergency Center 1” was opened on Sunday inside the Grand Mosque in Makkah to provide emergency health services to all visitors and pilgrims around the clock.
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Travel, Tourism & Hospitality Saudi Arabia to add 17,000 hotel keys by 2023
Saudi Arabia's hospitality market is expected to add 17,000 hotel keys by 2023, at a constant annual growth rate of 8%, according Colliers' Mena Hotels Quarterly Report. The holy cities account for 51% of the expected growth in supply.
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Easier Hajj as Jaiz, NAHCON Launch Savings Scheme for Northeast, Southeast — Economic Confidential
The National Hajj Savings Scheme that would make it easier for all Muslims in Nigeria to go to Saudi Arabia to perform one of the pillars of Islam, the Hajj, has been launched in the Northeast and Southeast regions of the country.
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Zain KSA profits drop 46%
Revenues dropped by 5.6 percent due to the impact of the pandemic, which led to minimal numbers of Umrah visitors, limiting Hajj to local pilgrims.
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Hesham Abdulmonem Saeed, assistant deputy minister for Hajj and Umrah services
Hesham Abdulmonem Saeed has been an assistant deputy minister for Hajj and Umrah services at the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah, and the ministry’s official spokesperson, since January.
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Top official inspects COVID-19 measures at Prophet’s Mosque
Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Sudais, president of the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques, visited the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah to check over coronavirus disease (COVID-19) health and safety measures put in place to protect worshippers and visitors.
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