JORDAN: Eagle Hills Jordan To Open W Hotel Amman

Under the umbrella of Eagle Hills, the Abu Dhabi-based private real estate investment and development company, Eagle Hills Jordan has officially revealed its fourth project in Jordan – W Amman and The Skyline Residences serviced by W Amman.

Along with the announcement, Eagle Hills Jordan also launched sales of residential units to the public and opened a fully-furnished two-bedroom mock-up apartment located on the 31st floor to provide a preview of the design elements and views, allowing potential customers view The Skyline Residences serviced by W Amman.

Commenting on the new launch, Eagle Hills Jordan CEO Alaa Batayneh said: This is our fourth project being carried out in the Jordan, adding to our two developments in Aqaba, The St. Regis Amman and The Residences at The St. Regis Amman.

Not only will the new development crown Abdali, Amman’s new downtown area, but it will also allow future residents to live a truly extraordinary urban experience at The Skyline Residences, serviced by W Amman.

This new project reflects our collective commitment to Jordan’s socioeconomic progress, as it, along with our other three projects, will redefine the hospitality experience Jordan, expanding the number of hotel rooms to accommodate guests in the Kingdom and opening up a large number of new job opportunities.

W Amman will comprise of 280 guest rooms and suites, and will feature a number of F&B outlets such as the W Living Room experience, the W’s take on the traditional hotel lobby; FIT, a state-of-the-art fitness centre; WET pool deck and AWAY spa.

The hotel will also offer a 24-hour WIRED business centre and the W brand’s signature Whatever/Whenever service.

W Amman and The Skyline Residences serviced by W Amman mark a major milestone for Eagle Hills Jordan, as part of the company’s fourth development in the country, and the sixth hotel that it has successfully brought to the Kingdom.

Of these six hotels, four of them are to be operated by Marriott International, including the newly announced W Amman.

JORDAN: Red Sea Tourism To Grow After Royal Wings Launched Aqaba-Dubai Flights

Royal Wings,the subsidiary of Royal Jordanian – is to launch direct flights between King Hussein International Airport in Aqaba on the Jordanian coast and Al Maktoum International Airport at Dubai South.

Royal Wings is transferring its operations from Amman to Aqaba to boost air transportation and tourism in the port city.

This new Dubai service will be run twice weekly – Sundays and Thursdays – at a first stage, with competitive ticket fares to facilitate the movement of passengers between Aqaba, an important tourist and economic destination on the shores of the Red Sea, and Dubai, a vital and pivotal business centre.

With this new flight, investors and tourists will be able to visit Aqaba, Petra and Wadi Rum, enjoy Jordanian tourist sites and its moderate weather.

Royal Wings Managing Director Osama Quntar said: Royal Wings operates this route in cooperation with the Jordan Tourism Board, which continuously seeks to promote Jordan to the world, especially in the Arab Gulf countries, whose citizens consider Jordan an attractive destination for family tourism in terms of entertainment, culture, health and medical and eco tourism.

This new service to Dubai comes after it launched direct regular flights to Beirut and Cairo.

The company also aims to operate to new markets like London, Milan, Moscow, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Oslo, Stockholm and others, according to its 2017- 2018 operational plan.

The flights depart at 8:35 from Aqaba and arrives at Al Maktoum International Airport in Dubai at 12:25; it takes off from Dubai at 13:10 and arrives in Aqaba at 15:15.

JORDAN: Secondary School Student Picks $17,000 Of Lost Cash And Returns It To Owner

Mahmood Arabiyat, a secondary school pupil from the town of Salt, asked his father for help to return the missing cash.

A young Jordanian boy has been hailed as a hero after he returned a huge sum of money he found in a market to its rightful owner.

Mahmood Arabiyat, a teenager from the small town of Salt in western Jordan, stumbled on a bag containing 12,000 Jordanian dinars (nearly $17,000) at the town’s main market earlier this week.

The secondary school student handed the bag over to his father, a local trader who earns less than $15 a day according to the campaign group No to Discord Between Jordanians and Syrians.

The pair then set out to find the rightful owner of the bag and managed to return the cash to him on Wednesday.

Arabiyat was hailed as a hero by many in Jordan, and was interviewed by national radio on Thursday morning.

The head of the radio station, Mohammed al-Afuri, later told local news site Assabeel that the act represented the boy's "strong moral character".

"He has behaved with the utmost graciousness, and he deserves to be celebrated."

This boy’s father should raise his head high. This is the true spirit of Salt and of Jordan

Salt is a lower-middle income town in Jordan, where local charities on Wednesday distributed blankets to poorer families suffering in a bout of cold weather.