Business network EFactor Group Corp. recently opened an office in Dubai, which will serve and build its membership base for EFactor.com and ELEQT in the Middle East and Africa. Read More »

A semi-furnished four-bedroom villa in Hamala is available for purchase. With 4,153 square feet of living space, there’s surely room for everyone to stay comfortable. A fully outfitted Italian kitchen makes entertaining a breeze, and the swimming pool and central air conditioning will make your home the place to be. Each of the four bedrooms has an en suite bathroom. Read More »

Qatar-based Silatech and Dubai-based start-up Nabbesh recently joined forces to connect university graduates in Palestine with flexible telecommuting opportunities in the region through a first-of-its kind campaign called Fursati. Read More »

The Australia-based real estate group Harcourts International opened the company’s first office in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) last week. The Dubai office is owned by former Harcourts New Zealand husband and wife team Trevor and Margaret Lyall. They are working on the venture with their son-in-law Mohammad Abeidata and local Emirati businessman Mohammed Salem Al Shamsi. Read More »

The United Arab Emirates was cited as a one of the nations of greatest improvement in the latest Visa Restrictions Index report from Henley & Partners. The UAE took the spotlight as the biggest climber up the index this year. The Gulf nation added 37 countries to its list of visa-free travel partners. That marked an improvement in the rankings, launching the UAE from 55 to 40. Read More »

The United Arab Emirates and Belize signed a trade agreement last week that is expected to serve as a catalyst for investments from the UAE. With its discovery of oil 10 years ago, Belize shares a similar vision with the UAE's founding father, which includes the belief that the discovery of oil is only the start of the ultimate economic success story for the country. Read More »

This five-bedroom villa in Riffa Views would be perfect for a growing family. With more than 7,000 square feet of living space on two levels and outdoors, the home also features five bathrooms as well as a fully equipped kitchen with a range, refrigerator and lots of storage space. There is also a maid’s room, an outdoor kitchen and a garage. The villa is listed for $927,889. Read More »

When construction is completed in 2020, the Kingdom Tower in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia -- at more than 3,281 feet -- will be the tallest building in the world.The building is a component of a new urban development project in Kingdom City. Kingdom Tower was designed by Chicago's Adrian Smith + Gordon Grill. It will cover over 5.7 million square feet and have more than 240 floors.  Read More »

In celebration of the Eid Al-Adha holiday, Oman Oil Marketing Company donated clothes to 500 children across Oman in collaboration with the charity Dar Al Atta’a.The initiative was part of omanoil’s At’a Campaign, which ran through the last 10 days of the holy month of Ramadan. The campaign donated 10 percent of all sales from a number of ahlain convenience stores in Oman. Read More »

CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) Oman again will bring the Omani business community together to debate and discuss crucial corporate social responsibility (CSR) topics at the Grand Hyatt Muscat Oct. 27-29. Read More »

Through a decree from United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, a Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Authority (FCSA) under the UAE Cabinet has been formed.The new authority will be headquartered in Dubai and will take the places of the National Bureau of Statistics and the Emirates Competitiveness Council. It will perform functions of both bodies. Read More »

Vuclip, a premium mobile video-on-demand (VOD) service for emerging markets, released a report this week on its survey of consumer behavior associated with sharing videos on the platform. Read More »

Lubna bint Khalid Al Qasimi, minister of international cooperation and development and head of the UAE Committee for the Coordination of Humanitarian Foreign Aid, is calling on her international counterparts to work on the partnership between the public and private sectors to create innovative financing solutions. Read More »

GFH Financial Group (GFH), which is a Bahrain-based financial group, has repaid $37.5 million (USD) to its debt syndicates, repayments that come in addition to another $33 million GFH had already paid to its debt holders in 2014; together, the payments from last year and this year represent more than 30 percent of the group's outstanding debt facilities, which is an important step toward strengthening the company's financial future. Read More »

In less than a year's time, Qatar Airways officials said that it has plans to provide daily direct services from Doha to Sydney, Australia; the new flight service is set to begin on March 1, 2016, to the third Australian city in the Qatar Airways network, as the Doha-based carrier currently operates daily non-stop flights to Melbourne and Perth, coming to a total of 14 services each week. Read More »

The international law firm Squire Patton Boggs has appointed Charbel M. Maakaron as the managing partner of the firm's office in Doha, Qatar; Maakaron succeeds Susan B. Bastress, who served as managing partner in Doha since she established the office there in 2003 -- she has decided to leave Doha so that she can return to her real estate practice in the firm's Washington, D.C., office. Read More »

The U.S.-based railway manufacturer Greenbrier Companies Inc. has received an order from the government-owned Saudi Railway Company (SAR) for 1,200 railroad tank cars; Greenbrier will supply three types of tank cars that will support industrial mining operations at Saudi Arabia’s Wa’ad al Shamal Industrial City, and the tank cars will facilitate rail transportation of molten sulfur and phosphoric acid -- materials that are commonly used in a range of industrial activities. Read More »

Kuwait’s 360 MALL is in the midst of a massive expansion project that will include development of the new state-of-the-art Sheikh Jaber Al Abdullah Al Jaber Al Sabah International Tennis Complex: the new complex in Al Zahra is designed to put Kuwait firmly on the world’s professional tennis map, and the new mall expansion -- complete with tennis complex -- is expected to open its doors in 2019. Read More »

Oman Air has signed an agreement with travel technology provider Sabre Corporation to expand the airline’s passenger services system; the new agreement will add additional technology to Oman Air’s current SabreSonic Customer Sales & Service system, designed to enhance the shopping experience for customers and create better and more profitable interactions with passengers throughout their journeys. Read More »

Aluminium Bahrain (Alba), the Gulf nation’s leading aluminum smelter, is set to exceed its annual production growth targets, an announcement that came at the company’s third quarter meeting in a statement from Alba’s Chairman Daij Bin Salman Bin Daij Al Khalifa; that announcement comes as the company continues its Line 6 Expansion Project, which will allow the company to massively increase output even more in coming years. Read More »