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UAE’s Lootah Biofuels strikes agreement with Atmosphere Core – Business Traveller

13Nov

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UAE’s Lootah Biofuels strikes agreement with Atmosphere Core – Business Traveller

Lootah Biofuels, a circular economy company that produces biofuel from cooking oil in the UAE, has entered into a partnership with hospitality company Atmosphere Core for the latter’s properties in the Maldives. The MoU was signed earlier this month and both entities will now work towards building a circular economy in the Maldives and introduce environmentally friendly biofuel, produced by Lootah Biofuels, at resorts managed by Atmosphere Core. The move is expected to significantly reduce the operational carbon footprint of the hospitality group in the Maldives. Furthermore, they will jointly explore the feasibility of collecting and recycling used cooking oil from resorts, hotels and households in the Maldives through Lootah Biofuels’ pilot biofuel plant in the Maldives. That move will...

UAE’s first ChatGPT-powered virtual hospitality concierge unveiled – Business Traveller

UAE-based Address Hotels and Resorts has launched ‘Nuha’, a virtual hospitality concierge. This artificial intelligence system, conceptualised and developed in-house, has made its debut at the Address Downtown Hotel in Dubai. This makes Address Hotels and Resorts the UAE’s first luxury hospitality group to leverage AI specifically crafted for the hospitality domain. What does ‘Nuha’ stand for?The name ‘Nuha’, or “نُهى” in Arabic, translates to guidance and self-restraint, capturing its essence of offering knowledgeable assistance to guests while upholding service excellence. Where many virtual assistants lack the nuance of human interaction, Nuha, powered by ChatGPT technology, offers guests a conversation that’s natural, intuitive and deeply personal, a statement said. Nuha’s services i...

UAE’s ADNEC Group launches charter flight services – Business Traveller

ADNEC Group, through its tourism arm Tourism 365, has launched new charter flight services from multiple locations around the world to Abu Dhabi. The new service, available from Europe and central Asia, is poised to boost visitor arrivals to the UAE. Charter flights have been launched by Tourism 365 “from high demand and non-commercially operated international markets”, according to new agency WAM. These include Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Belarus, and Tajikistan through its Tour Operators Market like Easy Booking from Central Asia. This October, the German market will also see the launch of weekly charter operations to Abu Dhabi from airports including Leipzig, Nuremberg and Cologne through Capital Holidays. The charter flights will complement the existing direct com...