• Wednesday, 7 July 2021

    Hotel occupancy rises in 1H2021

    Hotel occupancy rates in key Egyptian holiday destinations rose to 35-40% in the first six months of 2021, Reuters reports, citing an unnamed tourism official. Occupancy in Red Sea resorts Sharm El Sheikh and Hurghada almost doubled to 35-40% from...
  • Monday, 31 May 2021

    It’s Groundhog Day on the Red Sea

    A delegation of 12 Russian security and safety experts arrived in Egypt yesterday to conduct yet another round of “control inspections” of Hurghada and Sharm El Sheikh airports, assessing the aviation security measures as well as protective measures against covid-19...
  • Sunday, 30 May 2021

    Hotel occupancy rates decline in 1Q2021, and you can thank the high base effect

    Hotel occupancy rates fell in 1Q2021, with four of Egypt’s tourist hotspots seeing declining figures from the same period last year, according to a Colliers International report (pdf) on hotels in the MENA region.Hotels in Red Sea resorts were the...
  • Sunday, 9 May 2021

    Hotel occupancy outlook in Cairo + Sharm on the up

    Colliers International has revised upwards its 2021 outlook for hotel occupancy in Cairo and Sharm El Sheikh in its latest monthly MENA hotel forecast (pdf). The real estate services company now sees occupancy in Cairo hitting 45% this year, up...
  • Wednesday, 5 May 2021

    We’re getting our export council back

    Egypt is resurrecting a council responsible for overseeing the country’s exports, according to a presidential decision green-lit today during the weekly cabinet meeting. The body — which will be headed by the president and composed of the prime minister, the...
  • Sunday, 25 April 2021

    Spasibo, druz’ya

    Russian tourists are finally set to return to Egypt’s Red Sea resort towns after a six-year hiatus, after President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed in a phone call on Friday to resume all flights between...
  • Tuesday, 13 April 2021

    Take your pick of 54 new hotels in Egypt

    We currently have 54 new hotels in development across Egypt, which will add a combined 16k new rooms by 2023, according to Top Hotels News’ database. The busy hotel development pipeline is concentrated mostly in Cairo, Sharm El Sheikh, and...
  • Wednesday, 24 February 2021

    Also on our radar on 24 February 2021

    A planned factory to manufacture railway tracks should be operational within 24 months, Transport Minister Kamel El Wazir said, according to a cabinet statement. Unnamed Transport Ministry officials had said last year the ministry was in talks with three international...
  • Wednesday, 24 February 2021

    Egypt in the News on 24 February 2021

    Topping coverage of Egypt in the foreign press this morning: A fishing boat carrying at least 19 people has capsized in Lake Mariut near Alexandria, killing at least nine people — including three children. The incident likely occurred because the...

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