Almost 80% of UK Travel & Tourism marketers expect revenue growth and more than two-thirds expect budgets increases in the coming months, despite concerns over economic and geopolitical uncertainty, according to data from performance marketing agency Impression.
Turkish Airlines has added London Stansted as its third London destination, expanding its UK network to six cities with 15 weekly flights; total weekly frequencies across the UK and Ireland will reach 168 this summer.
Safanad, a principal-led investment company with a major presence in US and Saudi Arabia, said it has completed the sale of HC-One, the largest care home provider in UK featuring nearly 300 homes, to a leading healthcare real estate investment trust (REIT) for over $1.6 billion.
The Ajman Department of Tourism, Culture and Media is organising a promotional tour in the UK from February 8 to 13, covering the cities of Leeds, Liverpool, and London, as part of a strategic direction aimed at expanding the Emirate’s international presence.
TotalEnergies and Airbus, an aircraft manufacturer, have signed two clean firm power contracts to supply 3.3 TWh to all major Airbus sites located in Germany and the UK. The electricity supplied to Airbus into the next decade will have a baseload profile and come from new renewable assets with a capacity of 200 MW. This supply will cover half of the electricity needs of the sites concerned, starting from 2027.
Saudi Arabian Refineries Company said one of its key subsidiaries, Clean Energy Company, has entered into an agreement with British renewable energy company AGR for the sale of green ammonia being produced at its plant in Jazan industrial city in the kingdom.
TWMA, a global leader in drilling waste management, has announced the first receipt of drill cuttings at its newly-built treatment facility in Abu Dhabi. Designed to support over 100 rigs for a major UAE operator, it can process up to 300 tonnes of drill cuttings per day.
Travel Counsellors, one of UK’s top technology platforms for travel entrepreneurs, said it has inked a deal for the strategic acquisition of Canadian group - The Travel Agent Next Door - thus creating a transatlantic leader in the travel operator market.
Shell UK and Equinor UK have completed a deal to combine their UK offshore oil and gas operations to form a new company. Adura, which launched today (December 1), will be the largest independent producer in the UK North Sea.
The role of UK technical and service collaboration in Africa’s energy future was underscored at the Wider African Energy Summit (WAES) in Aberdeen, where operators and industry leaders emphasised the strategic value of North Sea engineering, offshore delivery experience and workforce training for Africa’s next phase of growth.
