Dubai, May 19 (PTI) Asia and South America are drivers for growth in the hotel sector in the Gulf, particularly for Dubai, where demand is only limited by the number of available airline seats, senior hotel officials have said.
China and India were cited as the key to future expansion in the sector, while others said that recent events had demonstrated the effects of the numbers game.
Marc-Fran?ois Dardenne, the CEO of Emaar Hotels & Resorts, said it was not only China, but other emerging markets that would sustain development in the future.
"We are targeting countries closer to home in the first instance -- the GCC and India -- but will be setting up sales offices in China and then look at Brazil and Africa as source markets," he said.