UDC mulls new link road to Pearl Qatar
United Development Company (UDC) is considering building a new road to connect man-made island, The Pearl, Qatar with the rest of Doha in bid to ease traffic congestion. The developer has launched an engineering More...
Bruce Shaw to rebrand as Linesight
International construction consultancy firm, Bruce Shaw, has changed its name to Linesight. Bruce Shaw International has operated in the Middle East for eight years and has regional offices in the United Arab Emirates More...
Siemens technology to control buildings at Dubai Parks and Resorts
Siemens will provide a building management system for Dubai Parks and Resorts, the Middle East‘s largest theme park destination, which opens next month. Desigo CC Building Management System (BMS) will control More...
Qatar Airways Increases Flights By 40% In Saudi Arabia
Qatar Airways will now operate 20 flights per week to and from Riyadh, increasing its services by more than 40%. Qatar Airways Passengers travelling into and out of Saudi Arabia will benefit from greater connectivity More...
Omniyat Set To Open More Than 1,000 Hotel Rooms By 2020
Dubai-based property developer Omniyat is set to open 505, 5-star hotel rooms and 495 deluxe serviced apartments in Dubai by 2020. Mark Phoenix, Managing Director of Omniyat revealed the developer’s impressive More...
The Westin Dubai, Al Habtoor City Officially Opens For Business
Westin Hotels and Resorts, part of Starwood Hotels and Resorts, Inc., has offically opened the 1000+ room hotel, The Westin Dubai, Al Habtoor City. The hotel is the second Westin hotel to open in Dubai and the largest More...
250, 000 passengers to travel over Eid holiday
Emirates Airline said on Wednesday it expects high passenger traffic on its flights this upcoming weekend as travellers take advantage of the long Eid Al Adha weekend. Over 160,000 travellers will be passing through More...
EXPO 2020 Dubai reveals further details of legacy plan
The site for Expo 2020 will be transformed into an ecosystem to encourage the growth of the UAE’s knowledge-based economy, according to plans unveiled at Cityscape Global on Monday. In a keynote speech at the More...
Nakheel launches twin-tower residences at Ibn Battuta Mall
Master developer Nakheel has launched Ibn Battuta Residences, a twin-tower complex with 531 luxury apartments to be built next to Ibn Battuta Mall in Dubai. The project, launched on the first day of Cityscape Global More...
J&P clinches contract for Qatar Foundation Stadium
A joint venture led by Cyprus-based Joannou & Paraskevaides (J&P) has been confirmed as the main contractor for the Qatar Foundation Stadium, the fifth venue to begin construction for the 2022 FIFA World More...
Dubai awards $272m deal for Mohammed bin Rashid Library
A mystery company has clinched a AED1bn ($272mn) contract to build Dubai’s Mohammed bin Rashid Library. Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, deputy ruler of Dubai, approved the deal for the 650,000 square feet More...
Dubai South to become the new address of happiness
Master developer Dubai South, billed as the first city in the world centred around the happiness of its residents, on Tuesday unveiled its first two key real estate projects, The Villages and The Pulse at Cityscape More...
SAIF Zone hopes to attract more investors from Sri Lanka
The Sharjah Airport International Free Zone, SAIF Zone, has recently participated in a business event entitled, ‘International Business Forum – Expanding Business Globally’, which was organised by the More...
EXPO 2020 Dubai reveals further details of legacy plan
The site for Expo 2020 will be transformed into an ecosystem to encourage the growth of the UAE’s knowledge-based economy, according to plans unveiled at Cityscape Global on Monday. In a keynote speech at the More...
Nakheel launches $1.36bn Deira Islands Boulevard
Nakheel has started work on a AED 5bn ($1.36bn), 20-tower community at Deira Islands, Dubai. With 16 residential buildings, two hotels and two serviced apartment complexes, Deira Islands Boulevard will transform More...
Ooredoo ICT Workshop Tackles Issues Facing Small Businesse
Ooredoo hosted a workshop for small and medium enterprises in Qatar recently, as the company strives to ensure that companies of all sizes can access advanced solutions and services. Representatives of more than More...
Adoption of bankruptcy law to boost competitiveness of national economy
The Cabinet’s adoption of the bankruptcy law was timely and would make the national economy more competitive and investment environment more attractive, Rashid Al Balushi, CEO of Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange, More...
Mohammed bin Rashid unveils 47mn sq.ft Jumeirah Central project
Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum on Saturday announced the launch of Jumeirah Central, an urban mixed-use city district expected More...
Eurozone Inflation Remains at 0.2% in August
Eurozone inflation remained at 0.2% in August, a new estimate by the EU statistics agency Eurostat showed Wednesday, according to the (dpa). The figure is far below the European Central Bank’s annual inflation More...
DIFC posts Strong growth in first half of 2016
Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), the leading financial hub for the US$7.8 trillion Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA) region, today announced the successful results of its first half 2016 operating More...
Microsoft makes USD1 million software donation to Al Jalila Foundation
Al Jalila Foundation, a global philanthropic organization dedicated to transforming lives through medical education and research, today announced that Microsoft has donated USD 1 million of software to support the More...
Mohammed bin Rashid tours IMG Worlds of Adventure, hails role of private sector
Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, said today that the private sector is a key partner to the public sector in the UAE’s economic development More...
