Blog

Your Guide in Sharm El Sheikh

Rixos Hotels Egypt reopens three properties after receiving certification

Rixos Premium Seagate and Rixos El Alamein will be opening their doors to the public on July 1, and Rixos Sharm El Sheikh is set to reopen on August 1. The three hotels rolled out preventative measures to ensure the health and safety of the proper…
Read More
Your Guide in Sharm El Sheikh

Egypt to reopen restaurants and places of worship, lift nighttime curfew starting next week

Egypt will reopen restaurants, sporting clubs and places of worship and will abolish a nighttime curfew imposed to limit the spread of the coronavirus starting Saturday, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly and a cabinet spokesman said on Tues…
Read More
Your Guide in Sharm El Sheikh

Good News For Tourists! Egypt Scraps Visa Fees Until October 31

The government of Egypt has suspended visa fees for tourist destinations till October in order to revive Coronavirus-hit tourism industry, as flight operations will continue from 1st July. According to the details, tourist visas will be f…
Read More
Your Guide in Sharm El Sheikh

Accor to bring Pullman to Egypt in Sharm El Sheikh resort acquisition

Accor has announced it has partnered with the Allied Arab Investment and Development Company to acquire the Naama Bay Promenade Resort, rebranding the Sharm El Sheikh property under the luxury Pullman brand in early 2021. The 520-room Naam…
Read More
Your Guide in Sharm El Sheikh

Egypt’s Antiquities Ministry prepares for seven grand inaugurations

To prepare for the inauguration of seven big archeological sites and museums in the near future, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Khaled al-Anany met with the Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Mostafa Waziri on S…
Read More
Your Guide in Sharm El Sheikh

8 Egyptian archaeological sites to be opened July 1

Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities is preparing to re-open several major archaeological sites, after having been closed since March 2020 as part of the country’s precautionary measures to combat the novel coronavirus. Egypt’s M…
Read More
Your Guide in Sharm El Sheikh

Sharm el-Sheikh prepares for antiquities museum opening

Engineers and construction workers are working hard to complete the construction of the first antiquities museum in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, before its official opening later this year. The museum is set to house more than 3,00…
Read More
Your Guide in Sharm El Sheikh

Egypt to resume tourist flights from July 1 – despite rising coronavirus cases and strict curfew

EGYPT is resuming international flights from next month – despite coronavirus cases continuing to rise in the country. Resorts such as South Sinai and the Red Sea, whose resort cities of Sharm El-Sheikh and Hurghada are among the most…
Read More
Your Guide in Sharm El Sheikh

Italy, Ukraine atop countries ready to resume tourism to Sharm el-Sheikh: Official

Head of South Sinai Investors Association Tamer Makram said that works at South Sinai hotels are in full swing to prepare for the resumption of the tourism movement after months of hiatus. Makram explained that the hotels are applying for the…
Read More
Your Guide in Sharm El Sheikh

Egyptian hotels allowed to reopen with reduced occupancy rise to be 99 Hotels

Egyptian hotels that have met health and safety rules required for reopening with a reduced occupancy rate to contain the spread of the coronavirus have risen to 99 hotels nationwide, after 14 new facilities were granted licenses, Egypt’s t…
Read More