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ALBAIK Opens 4th Outlet in Holy City of Madinah
Tourism & Hospitality | Sunday 10 July, 2016 2:34 pm
ALBAIK Food Systems Company, which owns the chain of ALBAIK chicken and seafood restaurants, has announced the opening of its fourth branch in the holy city of Madinah.   The new branch is the latest effort in the company’s drive to boost its presence in the city of Prophet...
British Airways launches Dreamliner 787-9 complete with new First class cabins on Jeddah route
Tourism & Hospitality | Sunday 10 July, 2016 4:58 am
Customers flying from Jeddah with British Airways can now relax on board the airline’s Boeing 787-9 aircraft complete with new generation First class cabins. British Airways’ 787-9 aircraft touched down at King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah for the first time yesterday...
Samsung Electronics Expands 750 EVO SSD with Worldwide Availability and Increases Capacity to 500GB
Technology & IT | Saturday 9 July, 2016 3:38 pm
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., an expert provider of advanced memory solutions for more than three decades, today introduced the 750 EVO solid state drive (SSD) in 120GB, 250GB and an all new 500GB capacity. The 750 EVO SSDs provide mainstream consumers and PC builders with an efficient migration...
Mass Jeddah wedding next month
Tourism & Hospitality | Saturday 9 July, 2016 6:52 am
The celebration of a mass wedding takes place every year, where the Society for Marriage and Family Guidance of Jeddah, under the patronage of Makkah and Jeddah governorates, organizes a mass wedding ceremony and arranges household items for starting the couples’ new lives. This year, Makkah ...
Brexit batters UK consumer confidence
Business & Money | Saturday 9 July, 2016 5:54 am
British consumer confidence suffered one of its biggest drops in 21 years and the country's largest department store expressed concern over the pound's fall, in the strongest evidence to date of the challenges Britain's economy faces after the Brexit vote. The vote to leave the...
Organizers upbeat about Riyadh Shopping Festival
Tourism & Hospitality | Saturday 9 July, 2016 5:50 am
The Riyadh Shopping and Entertainment Festival kicks off Tuesday with the participation of various entertainment and commercial centers to ensure the success of the event in connection with the Kingdom’s Vision 2030. The festival will showcase various events ranging from exhibitions,...
80% increase in attraction to tourist resorts during Eid
Tourism & Hospitality | Friday 8 July, 2016 4:31 pm
 Tourist resorts and chalets in Jeddah are attracting more tourists, with response rising to 80 percent during the Eid Al-Fitr holiday. Simultaeously, occupancy in these resorts has reached 100 percent and the price hikes 80 percent. Specialists in the recreation sector confirmed that the...
Riyadh marks start of Eid Al-Fitr celebrations
Tourism & Hospitality | Friday 8 July, 2016 7:15 am
The auspicious festival of Eid Al-Fitr that marks the culmination of the holy month of Ramadan and the beginning of Shawwal was celebrated by citizens and expatriates alike on Wednesday. Eid prayers were offered in the early morning at more than 600 designated mosques and prayer grounds, with...
‘1 million new retail sector jobs by 2020’
Business & Money | Friday 8 July, 2016 6:13 am
The Saudi retail sector has taken concrete steps to achieve one of the goals of Vision 2030, which is creating 1 million new jobs by 2020 and offering the youth more opportunities to work in commercial shops, vegetable markets, telecommunication shops, and several other areas in the coming...
Fira de Barcelona wins the 2016 UFI Education Award
Business & Money | Wednesday 6 July, 2016 4:50 am
UFI, The Global Association of the Exhibition Industry, has named Fira de Barcelona as winner of its prestigious UFI Education Award.   Three finalists’ projects were carefully examined by the UFI Education Committee during their meeting on 7 June in Cologne. The Committee was...
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