Lebanon Travel News

Lebanon: 2 hours, 47 minutes ago Beirut has just received a shot of high octane glamour with the opening of CampbellGray Hotels' first property in Lebanon and the Middle East, Le Gray.

BEIRUT: Samira Soueidan's story is not unusual in Lebanon. The Burj Hammoud resident fell in love, married and started a family.When her husband passed away in 1994, Soueidan was left with four children the Lebanese state viewed as foreigners.

BEIRUT: Chief economist at Bank Audi said that the Middle East economy was not immune from the negative effects of the global financial crisis.

Naji Hamdan, an American of Lebanese origin, looks from the balcony of his home, in Beirut, Lebanon, on Thursday Nov.

In a continuous effort to delight customers, Malaysia Airlines together with its in-flight caterer, LSG Sky Chefs Brahim, held a Middle Eastern food tasting session recently for selected customers under its 'Friends of MH' programme.

BAALBECK: The giant columns that rise against the Baalbeck skyline serve as a timeless reminder of worlds long past.

BEIRUT: Lebanon is to mark occupied Jerusalem's appointment as "Arab Culture Capital 2009" with events across the country for the Palestinian Diaspora next month, as Israel quashes celebrations at home.

The US on Wednesday condemned the previous day's firing of a Katyusha rocket into Israel from Lebanon.

BEIRUT: Middle East Airlines chairman on Tuesday gave an upbeat picture of the national carrier as the airline heads for a net profit of more than $100 million in 2009, the highest in the company's history.

'Today Kyiv is the world's most fashionable capital. Nowhere else are there more significant and elegant events taking place at this moment,' said Iryna Danylevska, the founder and chairperson of the organizing committee of the Ukrainian Fashion Week, introducing the famous Paris-based couturier Elie Saab at a press conference in Kyiv.

Officials in Jerusalem on Wednesday denied that French Foreign Minister Bernard's cancellation of a visit planned for next week was a sign of a diplomatic crisis between Israel and France, and stressed ties with Paris are "excellent." French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner embraces Defense Minister Ehud Barak during a meeting between the two at ...

Lebanon: 4 hours, 6 minutes ago Rotana, the hotel management company in the Middle East and North Africa, announced the opening of its third hotel in Lebanon, Raouche Arjaan by Rotana.

WAM Beirut, 21st Oct. 2009 -- The UAE Embassy in Lebanon celebrated the end of Operation Emirates Solidarity , an initiative launched and partly funded and executed by the UAE to assist mine clearing in south Lebanon.

Last week I wrote about how I was looking forward to driving in Lebanon again. I even mentioned that there were a couple of places in the world that might be more dangerous to drive in.

BEIRUT: Any good comedian will tell you that from any great tragedy you must make laughter.

They had come from opposite sides of a border between longtime enemies. But Elie Wakim and Nada Ghamloush from Lebanon, and Dimitri Stafeev and Olga Zaytseva from Israel , had a problem in common: Belonging to different religions, neither couple could get married in their home country, and had to fly to the Mediterranean island of Cyprus to tie the ...

BEIRUT/BLAT: Spanish Premier Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero reiterated Friday his country's commitment to peace in the region and confirmed that Spain was committed to Lebanon's future and stability.

BEIRUT: Lebanese Farmers Syndicate President Antoine Hwayek Tuesday criticized successive post-1989 governments for failing to adopt reliable strategies capable of maintaining a profitable agricultural industry in Lebanon.

BEIRUT: The Italian Cultural Institute in Lebanon is kicking off the ninth week of its "Italian Language in the World" event series at the Italian Embassy in Baabda next Monday, focusing on the Italian language in Art, Science and Technology.

"The new cabinet is mainly expected to be formed next week," according to the source who requested anonymity.