Tourism & Hospitality | Thursday 15 February, 2018 2:41 pm

The GCC F&B Market set to grow to US$ 196 billion by 2021, according to MENA Research Partners

The food and beverage sector in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states is expected to continue to grow at a healthy 7.1% annually, reaching US$ 196 billion by 2021, from the current US$ 130 billion, according to MENA Research Partners, a leading research company in the region. Saudi Arabia alone ...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Thursday 15 February, 2018 2:16 pm

Etihad Airways Honours Record Breaking Executive

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has honoured its high flying executive Andrew Fisher following his record-breaking feat of travelling around the globe in the fastest time and in the fewest number of flights.   Clocking a flying time of 52 hours and...

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Business & Money | Thursday 15 February, 2018 12:57 pm

Red Sea Mall Launches Career Fair to Help Saudize the Mall and Retail Sector

In line with Saudi Arabia's 2030 Vision and the National Transformation Program 2020, Red Sea Mall, in support and cooperation with the Makkah branch of the Ministry of Labor and Social Development (MOLSD) and the Human Resources Development Fund (HRDF) (Hadaf), launched “How to be a...

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Culture & Education | Thursday 15 February, 2018 10:33 am

Ghent University’s Faculties To Show Up At 7th Gulf Education Confab

Ghent University’s two important faculties will be showcasing their leading edge research and high impact work at the 7th Annual Gulf Conferences and Exhibition on 20-21 February, University official Pieter Pauwels said in an emailed statement. “The faculty of Bioscience Engineering...

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Culture & Education | Thursday 15 February, 2018 9:30 am

Study Texas Takes Pride In Offering Congenial Atmosphere For MENA students

Endorsed by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Study Texas is an educational consortium in the Texas that connects international students, professionals, and governmental entities with quality education and training opportunities. At the 2018 Gulf Conference at Jeddah on 20-21 February, Texas...

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Culture & Education | Thursday 15 February, 2018 8:28 am

University Of Dundee ‘Produces’ Future Leaders

Scotland based University of Dundee which is taking part in the 7th Gulf Education Conference and Exhibition at University of Business and Technology (UBT) in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on the 20 and 21 February 2018, features in the World’s Top 200 universities and one of only 12 in the United...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Thursday 15 February, 2018 8:00 am

Cruise boats in Jeddah can now be booked through app

Now cruise boats in Jeddah can be booked through a smartphone app. A license to this effect was issued by the Public Transport Authority (PTA) to ride-hailing app company Careem. The new app service is expected to reduce the cost of renting a cruise boat by 50 percent compared to the usual...

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Business & Money | Thursday 15 February, 2018 7:35 am

DAMAC Properties deliveries surpass 20,000 unit milestone as it reports net profit of AED 2.8 billion and booked sales of AED 7.5 billion for FY 2017

DAMAC Properties Dubai Co. PJSC (DFM: DAMAC) (“DAMAC” or the "Company"), announced financial results for year ended 2017, reporting total revenue of AED 7.5 billion, a 4 % increase over last year and net profit of AED 2.8 billion.   DAMAC also announced it has...

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Environment & Energy | Thursday 15 February, 2018 7:30 am

KSA plans to double natural gas production in next 10 years

Saudi Arabia is planning to double its natural gas production to 23 billion cubic feet per day in the next 10 years, Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources Khalid Al-Falih said on Wednesday. “When it comes to natural gas, over the next decade we are going to be roughly...

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Culture & Education | Thursday 15 February, 2018 7:26 am

Kyungnam University To Showcase Its Excellence At Jeddah Gulf Conference

Located in Changwon, a modern commercial harbor city in South Gyeongnam (Kyungnam) province in Southeastern South Korea, Kyungnam University (KU) is the oldest and largest private university in the region. The University maintains a teaching staff of over 900 professors, lecturers, adjuncts,...

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