NEWS & INSIGHTS

Majid Al Futtaim and Starwood Hotels & Resorts has signed a deal to open an Aloft hotel directly connected to City Centre Deira, Scheduled to open in 2018, the standout feature will be an outdoor rooftop VOX Cinema and a […]

DAMAC Properties has launched ‘The Beach at Navitas Hotel & Residences,’ a collection of golf and beach-style living apartments. The residences are set within the AKOYA Oxygen master development in Dubai. A collection of five towers, Phase 1 will see […]

India is set to feel the greatest impact of the continuing oil price scenario, as remittances slump to below the 2008 financial crisis. The huge labour force working on Qatar’s mega infrastructure projects, readying the country to host the 2022 […]

Dubai: The world is still coming to terms with the news that Britain has historically voted to leave the EU after 43 years of membership. There is outrage, there is rejoice; but through all the emotion we need to look […]

Dubai: Dubai residents with whom Gulf News spoke said the survey results on Dubai being a suitable place to raise a family do not come as a surprise as the city does offer many of the things a family needs. […]

Dubai: Almost all or 93.7 per cent of the residents surveyed for the Dubai Pulse 2015 report consider Dubai a suitable place for raising a family due to the city’s infrastructure, peace and order and basic government services. The General […]

Effective June 20, many applicants filing for Saudi Arabian visas (business, work, and family) will be required to purchase medical insurance covering their stay in the country. Added to the online Enjaz registration portion of Saudi visa application, affected applicants […]

Last 22m segment of arch of the new stadium has been installed at a height of 120m A major milestone has been achieved at Khalifa International Stadium with the installation of the last segment of the emblematic arch of the […]

Firm will design, manufacture, supply, install and maintain 641 elevators and escalators Thyssenkrupp has been awarded a contract to design, manufacture, supply, install and maintain 641 elevators and escalators for Lines 1 and 2 of the Riyadh Metro. Riyadh Metro […]

The project is showing ‘good progress’ with the concrete and steel structure works completed. The construction of Dubai Opera House is scheduled to finish in just a few weeks. The developer of the much-awaited project, Emaar, said that the building […]

Abu Dhabi Airports Company has announced that registration of passports for electronic use to improve passenger flow at Abu Dhabi International Airport is now compulsory. Smart Travel was launched in March to reduce by up to 70 percent the time […]

Kuwait-based global logistics provider Agility has announced that it has formed a joint venture in South Africa with Super Group, a Johannesburg-based supply chain management and transportation specialist, after acquiring a minority stake in Super Group’s freight forwarding unit. SG […]