Jubail Industrial City, 24 February 2015. Jubail Industrial City is embarking on a long-term development and expansion plan that will increase its population by 150,000 people by 2030, the Construction Opportunities in Royal Commission Cities conference in Jubail was told…
Month: February 2015
Rove Hotels plans 10 projects by 2020
Emaar Hospitality Group says 10 Rove Hotels are to be opened in central Dubai and elsewhere in the region by 2020 as part of Emaar Properties’ developing hotel strategy, according to a statement issued yesterday. Rove Hotels is a brand developed…
Abu Dhabi reports 25 per cent increase in hotel guests in 2014
Almost 3.5 million people checked into hotels in Abu Dhabi in 2014 — a rise of 25 per cent on the previous year’s figure, the Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority (ADTCA) says is a statement. This compares with the…
Emirates celebrates cricket World Cup with umpire testing plan
Emirates has announced it will run testing centres for cricket fans and potential cricket umpires as part of its support for the the ICC Cricket World Cup in Australia and New Zealand which started on 14 February. The centres will be…
Dubai Metro reports almost 15m riders in January
Dubai Metro’s ridership rose to a record monthly level of 14.8m in January while more than 300,000 people used Dubai Metro in the month, Dubai’s Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) announced today. The Red Line accounted for 9.5m of the total.…
Trade jumps in January on Dubai gold and commodities bourse
The number of contracts traded on the Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange (DGCX) rose to 1,176,111 in January, an increase of 22 per cent over the figure for December 2014 and 13 per cent more than in the same month…
Qatar to keep on bidding for sports events: AFP
Sheikh Saoud Bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, secretary general and CEO of the Qatar Olympic Committee, said in an interview published by AFP earlier this week that Qatar will continue bidding for large-scale sports events. This could theoretically mean bidding for a…
Jumeirah Group aims for 20 more hotels: Reuters
Jumeirah Group president and chief executive Gerald Lawless said in an interview yesterday that the hotel company he leads plans to have a total of 20 more hotels in different parts of the world by 2018. At present, Jumeirah, part…
Carlson Rezidor considers Saadiyat Island resort: The National
The Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group is considering plans to run a resort and an hotel on Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi, the Abu Dhabi daily The National reports this morning “Resort hotels also attract their own level of business travellers as people…
Lower oil price could lead to ME contract challenges: DLA Piper
The sharp fall in oil prices could lead to attempts to renegotiate prices and other terms in contracts, international law firm DLA Piper says in a report about the implications for people doing business in the Middle East & North…