Al Bustan Palace, Oman. 28 October 2014. STR Global Middle East & Africa executive director Philip Woolmer told the MEED Oman tourism Day that STR’s September hotel census showed that there are plans to build 6,000 new hotel rooms in…
Month: October 2014
MEED Oman Tourism Hotel Day told Oman Air plans major growth
Al Bustan Palace, Oman. 28 October 2014. Oman Air chief operating officer Abdulrahman al-Busaidy told the MEED Oman Tourism Hotel Day this morning that the airline aims to increase its fleet to 70 aircraft in its present 10-year plan from…
MEED Oman Projects Forum told sultanate will benefit from radical change in Arabian supply chain
Al Bustan Palace, Oman. 28 October 2014. The development of the GCC railway linking Oman with Kuwait plus new high-quality roads across Arabia will allow the sultanate to recover its historic role as gateway to the peninsula, the MEED Oman Projects Forum…
MEED Oman Project Forum told Sohar Port & Free Zone to expand
Al Bustan Palace, Oman. 28 October 2014. Sohar Port & Free Zone is preparing to deal with rising demand, new industrial investments and the construction of the Oman Railway Company (ORC) project, the MEED Oman Projects Forum was told this…
MEED Oman Project Forum told SME Development Fund has started activities
Al Bustan Palace, Oman. 28 October 2014. The MEED Oman Projects Forum was told this morning that the SME Development Fund, which raised its first RO 20 million ($5.4 million) tranche in February, is developing its initial SME promotion and…
MEED Oman Projects Forum told Oman contract awards to hit all-time high in 2014
Al Bustan Palace, Oman. 28 October 2014. The value of contracts placed in Oman will reach an all-time high of more than $10bn in 2014 and this figure could rise to $13.7bn in 2015, MEED Projects’ director of analysis Ed…
MEED Oman conference told sultanate’s fish catch to grow by 10 per cent annually; fisheries to become strategic industry
Al Bustan Palace, Oman. 28 October 2014. The fish catch by the sultanate’s fishing industry is growing by 10 per cent a year and could reach 500,000 tonnes in 2020 compared with just over 200,000 tonnes in 2013, the MEED…
MEED Oman Projects conference told Port Sultan Qaboos area to be the region’s premier tourism destination
The quickening pace of development in Muscat was unmistakably advertised at the end of August when the final commercial cargo was unloaded at Port Sultan Qaboos, the largest port servicing Oman’s capital. From that date, all cargo previously shipped to…
MEED Oman conference told borrowing and privatisation on the agenda as the sultanate faces up to lower oil prices
Al Bustan Palace, Oman. 27 October 2014. The annual MEED Oman Projects conference was told today that lower oil prices will increase pressure for the government to borrow and privatise as it seeks to maintain investment in major infrastructure projects.…
Dubai Film Festival to recognise aspiring UAE film journalists
The Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) has invited applications for its annual Young Journalist Award, which offers access to the festival and mentorship for writers wishing to break into entertainment journalism. The festival’s 11th edition will be on 10-17 December. Participants will be…