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Hollywood Writers Strike: An Arabian Reality TV Opportunity?

Hollywood Writers Strike TLDR: The WGA is negotiating to protect writers from the use of AI in screenwriting, with the future of TV and movie production at stake. The WGA strike has caused some delays and industry insiders believe it could be a long one. Reality TV is expected to come to the rescue of…
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Reviving the Silk Road: The return of Chinese Tourists

The tourism industry is eagerly anticipating the post-pandemic ‘Revenge Travel‘ trend as the World Health Organization (WHO) officially ends COVID-19 as a global health emergency in 2023 and the world steps up the removal of travel restrictions. Will China, the world’s largest outbound travel market prior to the pandemic, be one of these participants? If…
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Eat, Fly, Love: The Gastronomic Experience Is The New King of Tourism

Eat. Fly. Love TLDR; Food tourism is reshaping the global travel industry and is one of the fastest growing segments. Food not only attracts tourists but is key to satisfaction as well as creating loyal returnees. Destinations such as France, Italy and Japan have been world renowned for their food. Luxury food experiences, as well…
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Music Videos Birthed the Tourism Star: Music Videos Inspiring Travel

Music Video Tourism TLDR; Like Movies & TV shows, music videos have demonstrated their ability as a marketing tool to impact inbound tourism to a destination. Tourism boards have seen this and have commissioned music videos or supported their filming in order to have their destination feature heavily and market their destination. In the UAE,…
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Set-Jetting: Media that inspires travel

Set-Jetting TLDR; Shows like ‘White Lotus’ & ‘Emily in Paris’ are inspiring travelers to go to the destinations they are filmed in. We’ve seen this impact with Hollywood, Bollywood and Korean TV shows and Movies. Tourism boards have seen this trend and have support and financed movies to film in their destination. It’s even impacted…
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ATM Dubai 2023: Key highlights and takeaways from the Travel & Tourism Trade Show

Today marks the final day of the 30th edition of the Arabian Travel Market (ATM) which took place over 1–4 May 2023 at the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC). It is estimated that over 34,000 visitors flocked to the Travel & Tourism Trade Show over the course of the four-day event. With 2000 exhibitors, ATM…
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Legendary & Iconic R&B Artists We Want To See Perform In Abu Dhabi
Part of the ‘Is R&B live music an untapped gem for Abu Dhabi?‘ Series, this will focus on artists that are legends and icons of the R&B genre. Whilst they may not be active as performers in recent years, have a huge catalogue of hits, appeal to an older demographic and are likely to drive fans…
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Established R&B Artists We Want To See Perform In Abu Dhabi
Part of the ‘Is R&B live music an untapped gem for Abu Dhabi?‘ Series, this will focus on artists The Travel Consigliere believe are capable of attracting between 1000 – 5000 attendees for their own standalone concert, and can still be considered for a supporting act role for major Abu Dhabi events. Can drive domestic tourists…
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Major R&B Artists We Want To See Perform In Abu Dhabi
Part of the ‘Is R&B live music an untapped gem for Abu Dhabi?‘ Series, this will focus on artists The Travel Consigliere believe have the potential to draw between 5000 – 10,000 attendees for their standalone concert, and can still be considered for a headliner role for headliners for major Abu Dhabi events. Can drive tourists…