Ansari, who is a member of the Arabian Hotel Investment Conference (AHIC)'s Advisory Board, said: “2009 has been extremely challenging for the hospitality industry in Dubai, the drop in demand for hotel rooms as a result of the recession coupled with a huge increase of 17 percent in rooms inventory drove occupancy down by 15 percent and revenue per available room by 35 percent so far this year as compared to 2008.”
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