Tourism & Hospitality | Tuesday 8 May, 2018 2:46 am

Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd International aims to become regional high-flyer

King Fahd International is expected to see rising passenger and cargo volumes as the Dammam-based airport expands its infrastructure and welcomes new airlines, according to the CEO of Dammam Airports Company (DACO) Turki Abdullah Al-Jawini. The airport — which serves the city of Jubail...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 8 May, 2018 2:42 am

Saudi Aramco signs MoU to develop cities, empower local communities

Saudi Aramco has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Saudi Industrial Property Authority (Modon) to enhance a joint collaboration in developing industrial cities in the kingdom, the Saudi Press Agency said. The deal will enable the top oil exporter and the property authority to...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Tuesday 8 May, 2018 2:19 am

Dammam Airports Company signs agreements with Vanderlande and Serco

Dammam Airports Company (DACO) has signed two strategic agreements at the 18th Airport Show, taking place in Dubai, UAE. The agreements are with Vanderlande and Serco Middle East. As part of DACO’s agreement with Vanderlande, the global market leader for value-added logistic...

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Business & Money | Monday 7 May, 2018 3:25 pm

Gulf Capital Acquires a Strategic Stake in Geidea

Gulf Capital, one of the largest and most active alternative asset managers in the Middle East, today announced that it has acquired a strategic stake in Saudi Geidea, the leading provider of electronic payment solutions and financial technologies in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, for a...

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Business & Money | Monday 7 May, 2018 3:00 pm

Tetra Pak® Arabia joins Careem & Al Rabie to Launch Water in Carton packages in Saudi Market

Tetra Pak®, the world's leading food processing and packaging solutions company, has teamed up with Careem & Al Rabie to launch a three-month campaign that will introduce Water In Carton packages to Careem customers.   “Water In Carton” is an innovative...

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Technology & IT | Monday 7 May, 2018 2:20 pm

Huawei wins “Saudi Industrial Quality Award” at the Saudi International Quality Exhibition and Forum

Huawei, a leading global ICT solutions provider, has been awarded with the “Saudi Industrial Quality Award’’ at the second Saudi International Quality Exhibition and Forum (Saudi Qualex,) held in Riyadh on April 29. The award comes in recognition of Huawei’s outstanding ...

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Business & Money | Monday 7 May, 2018 5:26 am

Madinah governor opens 1st conference on ‘Humanizing Cities’

Prince Faisal bin Salman, Madinah’s governor and chairman of its development authority, will patronize the inauguration of the first International Conference on Humanizing Cities on May 7-10. The conference is organized by the Development Authority of Madinah at Taibah University, with the ...

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Culture & Education | Monday 7 May, 2018 4:23 am

Cinema licensing body wants KSA to attract producers from all over the Arab world

Movie screenings returned to the Kingdom on April 18 with the gala premiere of “Black Panther” in Riyadh, and one man in the audience was watching more closely than most. Reda Alhaidar, the president of the General Commission for Audiovisual Media (GCAM), is in charge of the...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Monday 7 May, 2018 3:24 am

KSA’s 300kph Haramain train to start service in September

The first high-speed electric trains between Makkah and Madinah will be running by September, Saudi Transport Minister Nabil bin Mohammed Al-Amoudi said on Sunday.  The high-speed electric train is designed to travel at speeds of more than 300 kilometers per hour and is considered the...

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Technology & IT | Sunday 6 May, 2018 4:29 am

Badir Program launches new strategy to invest in startups 9 hours ago

Badir Program for Technology Incubators and Accelerators, one of the leading initiatives of King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), has launched a new investment strategy seeking to invest in “high potential” technology start-ups with a focus on the program's...

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