Rotana CEO says Gulf Q4 booking window narrows, hard to predict

On September 30, 2026, Rotana CEO Philip Barnes said that due to uncertainty over the US-Iran war, the booking window in the Gulf region has narrowed, and confirmed fourth-quarter business is significantly below the same period last year. But he noted that August and September also had sparse bookings yet performed well, so current data cannot indicate the quarter's trend. He mentioned that source markets such as Russia and Germany are beginning to return, but have not yet recovered to pre-war levels, and China and India are also important supports for the region.