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Shangri-La’s Barr Al Jissah Resort and Spa

It was good to meet up with Kim Tan, Director of Business Development at the Shangri-la,  after his recent business trip to Moscow. Apart from discussing how our own business with the hotel could improve it was also nice to learn how Oman is focusing on the ‘Brics’ countries for its inbound tourism.

Kim Tan of Shangri-La’s Barr Al Jissah Resort and Spa

Kim Tan of Shangri-La’s Barr Al Jissah Resort and Spa

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Ramadhan Kareem

Ramadhan Kareem 2012

Ramadhan Kareem 2012

Transit of Venus from Muscat

One of the oldest descriptions of Oman’s coast is from the ‘Periplus of the Erithian Sea’ which describes the southern coast, improbably for an Arabian land, as being “wrapped in thick clouds and fog”.

So it was today, as I woke early for yet another once in a century, or so, event – the Transit of Venus. Continue reading