Luxury at its best

“A 2014 YouGov Luxury Travel report for the MENA region showed that out of the 1,000-plus regionally based survey respondents, luxury clearly has a home in the Middle East with Dubai ranked in top spot A total of 69% of respondents in the YouGov report agreed that luxury travel is defined by the availability of five-star accommodation as a minimum standard Of the respondents surveyed, on average they reported typically spending around US$8,310 per trip, with 60% choosing a destination based on recommendations from family and friends, and 53% personally booking their travel