Category Archives: Oman Hotels

Oman Air wins an Award

Oman Air has collected the Airline of the Year award at France’s Laurier d’Or du Voyage d’Affaires. The Gold award was presented at the International French Travel Market IFTM-Top Resa, France’s leading international travel and tourism trade fair.

Oman Air

Oman Air

Arab Tourism Capital 2012 is Muscat

Arab tourism ministers, at a meeting in Jordan chose Muscat as the Capital of Arab Tourism for 2012.

Rainbow over Muscat

Rainbow over Muscat

I wonder what events are going to start from Jan 1st.

Ritz Carlton’s Al Bustan Palace Hotel

It must be quite a task to undertake all the changes in lettering needed when a hotel changes from one management company to another.

Here, in Oman, Al Bustan Palace has just undergone a change with it now being A Ritz Carlton Hotel.

Al Bustan Palace A Ritz Carlton Hotel

Al Bustan Palace A Ritz Carlton Hotel

We visited it recently and the transport already has had an artist hand paint the new management name. I expect there will be lots more to do until its all finished.

Royal Opera House in Oman

With a Board of Trustees which includes a couple of US Secretaries of State, a Queen, and innumerable ‘others’  the Aspen Institute is a high profile organization based in the United States.

Later 2011 it will be hosted by Oman’s Royal Opera House when they open the “Aspen Creative Arts World Summit” .  This opening season for the Royal Opera House in Oman will have an extraordinary program – including Continue reading

Al Bustan Palace now a Ritz Carlton

Al Bustan Palace will soon have a new ‘umbrella’ management. Al Bustan opened opened as the residence for a Sultan, King, Emirs and several Sheikhs. Continue reading