Manchester City FC manager Mark Hughes meets a young fan watched by Gareth Barry, Stephen Ireland, Roque Santa Cruz and Carlos Tevez during a visit to Abu Dhabi en route to South Africa where they will take part in a pre-season tour. The players also visited its training academy and had a special session learning to fly in an A320 full flight simulator

Shuja Zaidi (second left), GM for Makkah Hilton and Towers receives the General Manager of the Year Award at the Kingdom Hotel Expansion & World Investment Summit from the organisers Naseba. Also present, Essam Abouda, VP operations, Hilton Hotels, Arabian Peninsula & Indian Ocean (L) and Jean Paul-Herzog, president, Hilton Hotels, Middle East and Africa (R)

The Marriott Executive Apartments Manama Bahrain recently brought home two prestigious awards from Marriott International. The serviced apartments was awarded Sales & Marketing Team for Q1 2009 for Marriott worldwide properties, and HR manager Loay Mamdouh was named HR Rising Star for the Year 2008 for Marriott’s MEA properties

Ali Abdel Aziz, CEO of the Holding Company for Tourism, Hotels & Cinema (HOTAC) shake hands with Edwin Fuller, president & managing director for Marriott Lodging International at the ribbon cutting ceremony of the new royal suites and the renovated Gezira entrance at the Cairo Marriott Hotel. Also in the picture is Nihad Kattan, Marriott International’s VP, MEA, Nabil Selim, chairman of EGOTH, Assem Ragab, chairman of the Investment Association & Ulrich Huth, GM of Cairo Marriott Hotel

Mohamed Alabbar, chairman of Emaar Properties; Samia Saleh, owner of the Courtyard Gallery; Kuwaiti sculptor Sami Mohamed Al Saleh; and Edward Oakden, British Ambassador to the UAE at the unveiling of 'Al Sidra' a free shaped bronze sculpture by Al Saleh on the Emaar Boulevard next to Al Manzil Hotel