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	To unsubscribe from this e-newsletter please reply to sender with `UNSUBSCRIBE` in the subject line.   Thursday 24 May 2012   TOP STORY » New Doha firm to open two souq hotels by year-end by Louise Birchall Souq Waqif Boutique Hotels has already opened 4 properties in hot spot Read more... •  PHOTOS: First look at Doha's highest restaurant •  Four Seasons Doha ready to fight for top spot •  Looming rate war threatens Doha hotel industry NEWS » Bin Majid plans 'hotel in each emirate' by 2015 Firm currently has one hotel Ras Al Khaimah; eyes rapid growth in UAE Cravia inks $8m deal for 57 KSA Zaatar w Zeits World's largest Zaatar w Zeit outlet will be first to open in Sept Bahrain hotel rates rocket in tourism revival Data shows Manama hotels post 69% rise in occupancy in April Accor launches emissions calculator for events Carbon Optimiser will show business customers level of carbon produced Rotana says two Dubai hotels to open in Q3 Al Ghurair Rayhaan, Al Ghurair Arjaan to be part of Al Ghurair growth Hilton HHonors launches The Great Getaway sale Global sale offers savings up to 40% on stays between now & September Qatar Airways grows ME footprint with Iraq flights Carrier starts flights to Erbil, with Baghdad service to begin June 7   FoH FOCUS » •  Accor sells US budget hotel division to Blackstone   Motel 6 and Studio 6 chains comprising 1102 hotels sold in $1.9bn deal BoH FOCUS » •  TV's Top Chef host to launch restaurant chain   Joe Barza to take new-wave Lebanese cuisine to MidEast, Europe and US F&B FOCUS » •  Saudi in first move away from sponsor system   Deputy labour minister says KSA to start licensing expat labour firms IN DEPTH » EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Getting to know Gary Rhodes Caterer catches up with the celeb chef ahead of his Rhodes 44 opening Dictating hotel design trends All you need to know from the 2012 IFFS/AFS design show in Singapore Top 10 culinarians in the Middle East Part five of Caterer Middle East's top 50 most influential F&B people BULLETIN TOOLS EDITORIALS ADVERTISE To SUBSCRIBE please click here and to UNSUBSCRIBE send email to newsletter @hoteliermiddleeast.com Louise Birchall Editor, HotelierMiddleEast.com t: +971 4 444 3564 e: louise.birchall@itp.com Diarmuid O`Malley Publishing Director t: +971 4 444 3568 m: +971 50 5597339 e: dom@itp.com   MOST POPULAR » •  Top 10 executive chefs in the Middle East •  Hotel key cards to be replaced with biometrics •  Top 10 F&B industry gurus in the Middle East •  Local answer to TripAdvisor reports massive growth •  PHOTOS: What Dubai's underwater hotel look likes   PHOTOS » Top 5 GCC hotels recruiting now Hotelier's handy list of the region's top hotels hiring and contacts PHOTOS: What Dubai's underwater hotel look likes Partly-submerged World Discus Hotel being developed by Drydocks World PHOTOS: May's F&B career climbers Promotions at Vivaldi, Media One, Moevenpick and Le Royal Meridien PHOTOS: First look at Doha's highest restaurant Strata at InterCon Doha The City to 'transform' Qatar's culinary scene EVENTS » •  Beirut Food Show   29 May - 2 June, Beirut •  Garden Show & Spring Festival   29 May - 2 June, Beirut •  Horeca KSA   14 September - 17 September, Riyadh JOBS » •  Sous Chef, Tournade   Company : Qatar National Convention Centre Location :Doha,Qatar •  Training Manager   Company : Qatar National Convention Centre Location :Doha,Qatar •  Sales Executive, Exhibitions   Company : Qatar National Convention Centre Location :Doha,Qatar