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The summer toolkit for hospitality marketing that beats the heat

Sunset Hospitality Group's Iliana Orietta shares her toolkit for hospitality marketing in the Middle East's summer season.

As temperatures rise and desert winds roll in, it’s easy to assume that the hospitality scene in the UAE takes a seasonal pause. Yet, year after year, summer proves to be not a retreat, but a recalibration.

According to the Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism, the city’s tourism industry welcomed a record-breaking 18.72 million international visitors in 2024, a 9 per cent increase from the previous year.

Notably, July and August each attracted approximately 1.31 million visitors, underscoring the city’s year-round appeal.

This sustained influx during the traditionally slower summer months challenges the notion of a seasonal downturn and highlights the importance of innovative


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Shantelle Nagarajan is Campaign Middle East’s Junior Reporter who covers marketing news which focuses on FMCG, real estate and brand retail industries. Her features delve into brand strategy, appointments, trends in consumer behaviour and CX. Shantelle also contributes to social media coverage, editorial event programming and print content work. She previously worked in PR and marketing, most recently at Edelman, where she was part of the Brand team. When she’s not writing for her day job, you can find her with her nose buried in a book, playing at a weekly open mic night or doom-scrolling the latest make-up challenges on TikTok.