Tourism & Hospitality | Friday 3 April, 2015 9:21 am

Tourism sector will provide 400,000 jobs in five years

The tourism sector will throw up employment opportunities to more than 400,000 people in the next five years and all-out efforts are being made to train Saudis for these jobs, an official of the Human Resources Development Fund (HRDF) has said.The organization is conducting studies and assessment...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Thursday 2 April, 2015 4:11 pm

Al Hokair Launches "Double Tree-Hilton Riyadh Hotel"


Abdul Mohsen Al-Hokair Tourism and Development group launches its latest hotel in the Kingdom "Double Tree Hilton-Riyadh", the twelfth hotel in Al Hokair group in the central region.The group aims in the expansion in the development of tourist enterprises to double the number of beds in the...

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Business & Money | Thursday 2 April, 2015 8:56 am

TAQA, Archer ink deal to establish oil and gas services company

Joint venture (JV) agreement was signed between Industrialization and Energy Services Company (TAQA) and Archer Assets Ltd. UK.The JV company will cover wireline and mechanical intervention services for oil and gas wells,The JV with Archer will complement other TAQA service offering aiming to...

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Beauty & Style | Thursday 2 April, 2015 8:29 am

L’Oréal Elvive Extends its Line of Oil Infused Hair Cream Products to Strengthen, Repair and Shine!

L’Oréal Elvive presents the 1st hair cream range infused with oil that now consists of repairing oil replacement, anti-hair fall oil replacement in addition to the ever popular nourishing oil replacement. L’Oréal Elvive’s Extraordinary Oil range provides all the essential elements to...

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Business & Money | Thursday 2 April, 2015 1:53 am

MDA inks SR375 million program with Louis Berger

Prince Faisal bin Salman, governor of Madinah and chairman of Madinah Development Authority (MDA), on Wednesday signed a contract with Louis Berger to be the program management office consultant (PMOC) for implementation of the Madinah Public Transportation Program (MPTP), one of the most ambitious ...

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Culture & Education | Thursday 2 April, 2015 1:50 am

Lifting standard of education discussed

Ways to create a link between education and labor and build partnerships with ministries were among the issues discussed at a workshop organised by the Public Education Evaluation Commission (PEEC) in Riyadh on Tuesday.Creating an effective link between education and labor, besides unifying the...

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Culture & Education | Thursday 2 April, 2015 12:02 am

Riyadh schools forced to close due to severe sandstorm

All schools in the Riyadh region, including the ones run by expat communities, will remain closed Thursday.The Education Department announced the suspension of schools on April 2 because of a major sandstorm that hit Riyadh on Wednesday.King Saud University’s Badran Al-Omar announced the...

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Cars & Autos | Wednesday 1 April, 2015 5:32 pm

THE ALL-NEW JAGUAR XF AT-A-GLANCE

• The all-new Jaguar XF: lighter, more efficient and packed with technology• Unrivalled refinement, dynamics and design• Aluminium-intensive architecture enables class leading weight: 80kg lighter than the competition*• The lowest CO2 emissions of any non-hybrid model in the segment:...

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Cars & Autos | Wednesday 1 April, 2015 3:45 pm

Alissa Auto shows fleet, government clients around Nissan’s innovative Yokohama production lines

Continuing a tradition of unique and unprecedented excellence in customer care, Alissa Auto, a member of Abdullatif Alissa Group Holding Company and Nissan’s official dealer in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, took its fleet and government clients on a tour of Nissan’s Japanese headquarters in...

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Cars & Autos | Wednesday 1 April, 2015 2:41 pm

TOP AD HONOUR FOR NISSAN MIDDLE EAST

Japanese auto maker Nissan has received a prestigious Gold Lynx advertising award for its innovative ‘Self-Healing Paint’ campaign.Nissan’s R&D team has broken new ground in the automotive sector with its Self-Healing Paint technology, which makes a vehicle scratchproof. To spread the word of ...

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