A luxury resort in San Diego is offering rooms for $19 a night... if you don't mind sleeping in a tent.

Guests can avail deal if they live in a tent and give up breakfast, air conditioning and toilet paper.

Swiss-Belhotel International, one of the fastest growing medium sized international hotel management companies, will manage a new four-star property in Oman, as part of an aggressive expansion plan in the Middle East and Asia.

Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company (Adnec) has revealed that upon full completion, the Aloft Hotel, the first of its on-site hotels to open, will provide the UAE capital with 408 additional hotel rooms, making it the second largest hotel in Abu Dhabi, in terms of capacity.

Kuwait-based IFA Hotels & Resorts (IFA HR) yesterday reported year-end profits of $108 million, which is 77.75 fils per share (27 cents per share), with revenues totalling $184.67 million.

Tourism in Sharjah has improved for the first half of the year, with more guests registered in hotels in the emirate, according to a recent survey.

President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan yesterday toured tourism projects on Saadiyat and Yas islands and Al Raha Beach in Abu Dhabi.

Mayor accused of commercialising city and selling it at a loss

Europeans make up majority of visitors to the cultural capital of the Gulf

Britain might have made a national tradition out of falling at the last hurdle rather than achieving great sporting success, but it is at least getting better at ensuring its noble failures take place at home.