NEWS & INSIGHTS

Dubai-based solar energy developer, investment manager and asset manager, Phanes Group, has announced the launch of an office in Johannesburg, South Africa, its first African office. The company said in a statement that the office will act as a hub […]

Oman has taken legal actions against 437 expat workers and deported 286 of them for violating its labour law, reported local media. Officials detected the violations from May 29 to June 4, when a weekly report and inspection took place, […]

In Abu Dhabi, Philippine Ambassador Constancio R. Vingno Jr. led a lively celebration at Dalma Mall with thousands of kababayans treated to various games, prizes and a cultural show dedicated to Philippine’s flag evolution. Filipinos rank as the fourth largest […]

More than half of the UAE’s Western expats want to increase their savings in 2016, compared with 68 percent of Arab expats and 60 percent of Emiratis, according to a survey. The National Bonds Savings Index reveals the majority of […]

Saudi Arabia is targeting 1.5 million tourists by 2020, according to analysts. The Saudi Vision 2030 development initiative announced by Deputy Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman aims to increase the revenue generated from tourism to 18 percent in the next […]

Saudi Real Estate Co has agreed with US firm Starwood Hotels and Resorts to build two hotels next to a district of Riyadh which the government plans to develop into an international business zone. Starwood will manage a five-star hotel […]

Bahrain Real Estate Investment (Edamah), the real estate arm of Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company, will invest $928 million (BD350 million) in the Hawar Islands project that will transform it into an eco-friendly tourism destination. Extensions on the two-stage project, which […]

Abu Dhabi General Services Company (Musanada) has announced it has completed 83 percent of the new Abu Dhabi-Dubai speedway which aims to cut congestion between the UAE’s two major cities. The execution of the new highway followed a detailed study […]

US-based hospitality management company Dream Hotel Group has announced the signing of its first hotel in the Middle East. The company said in a statement that it has inked an agreement with Qatar-based Al Alfia Holding to develop a Dream […]

The African island nation of the Comoros has said it is ready to consider taking thousands of stateless people denied citizenship in the Gulf state of Kuwait, newspapers reported on Monday. “If the issue is raised officially, we are ready […]

KUWAIT CITY, June 2: The population of Kuwait reached 4,183,658 by the middle of 2015 and it increased to 4,239,006 by end of December in the same year, according to the recent statistics released by the Public Authority of Civil […]

The project is part of a wider plan for clean energy sources to provide 75% of Dubai’s power by 2050 DEWA has announced plans to build the largest Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) project in the world. The project is to […]