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Lebanese hotels look to Jordan for arrivals

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April 3, 2016

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Hotel owners in Lebanon are seeking to attract new guests from Jordan as a slow tourism season impacts the country’s hospitality sector. The Lebanese Syndicate of Hotel Owners secretary-general Wadih Kanaan said that a delegation from Lebanese hotels will head to Jordan in a bid to encourage Jordanians to visit the country, the Central News Agency reports.

He said that the delegation would try to persuade Jordanian officials to reduce the airport tax claiming that it is too high and is discouraging visitors from travelling to Lebanon.

Once a beacon, Lebanese dailies lose regional sway

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April 3, 2016

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Lebanese newspapers are suffering because of the country's political paralysis and a slump in funding

Beirut (AFP) - Its slogan was "the voice of the voiceless", but after four decades the prestigious Lebanese daily As-Safir is in danger of falling silent, illustrating the unprecedented crisis rocking the country's media.Lebanese newspapers, long seen as a beacon of freedom in a tumultuous region, are suffering because of the country's political paralysis and a slump in funding from rival regional powers.

As-Safir's main competitor, An-Nahar, is also struggling to survive and its employees have not been paid for months."Our ink has run dry," said Talal Salman, founder and editor-in-chief of As-Safir. "The Lebanese press, a pioneer in the Arab world, is undergoing its worst crisis ever."

Saudi embassy in Beirut boosts security

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April 2, 2016

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An employee walks on newspapers after protesters attacked the office of Saudi-owned newspaper Asharq Al Awsat in Beirut, Lebanon, April 1, 2016.

Gulfnews Joseph A. Kechichian, Senior Writer Following tensions that arose after a trained group of rioters stormed Al Sharq Al Awsat’s Beirut offices — to protest a cartoon deemed insulting to Lebanon — fresh threats against the Saudi ambassador to Lebanon Ali Awadh Asiri, prompted the chancellery to adopt new security measures.

According to the generally well-informed Al Nahar daily, extra measures were adopted to what are strictly enforced access limitations on Bliss Street, near the American University of Beirut. Imposing stone barriers that are manned by the Internal Security Forces prevent any vehicle from approaching the embassy building, and visitors are screened via airport-style scanners, before they can gain access to inner grounds. A large vacant lot next to the embassy, a former parking lot, is permanently closed to prevent potential car bombings.

Beirut-based employees of Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya TV say it’s shutting down Lebanon operation amid Riyadh-Beirut tensions

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April 2, 2016

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BEIRUT (AP) — Beirut-based employees of the Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya channel said the station has decided to shut down its Lebanon operation amid tensions between Riyadh and Beirut.

The channels' Beirut correspondent Adnan Ghamloush said the decision to shut down "for security reasons" was communicated to the staff on Friday through a lawyer, and effectively puts 27 employees out of work. He declined to give other details and the nature of the security threat remained unclear.

Al Arabiya, which is affiliated with the MBC group, provoked protests by supporters of the Lebanese militant Hezbollah group in February after the channel broadcast a comedy skit mocking the Hezbollah leader.