Tourism & Hospitality | Thursday 1 October, 2015 4:25 pm

Taste of Waldorf Astoria Prepares for Second Course

Following the program’s 2014 debut, today Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts announces the second year of Taste of Waldorf Astoria, a global culinary program in partnership with the James Beard Foundation (JBF), the United States’ foremost culinary arts...

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Technology & IT | Thursday 1 October, 2015 4:14 pm

Acer Inspires Gamers with its Innovative Predator Series launch at Acer Collection 2015 in the Middle East

Acer has introduced its anticipated gaming product line – the Predator Series, to the Middle East at the Acer Collection 2015 press event held at the Westin Dubai Mina Seyahi on November 30. In addition, Acer showcased its leading devices including the versatile two-in-one Aspire Switch...

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Business & Money | Thursday 1 October, 2015 1:18 pm

Riyadh ranked in the top ten in the MTSI 2015 index with overall score of 59.3 out of 100

Riyadh was ranked among the top 10 destinations within the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for Muslims to travel to for shopping purposes, according to a new report released today by MasterCard and CrescentRating just ahead of the upcoming Global Islamic Summit to be held in...

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Environment & Energy | Thursday 1 October, 2015 1:13 pm

GCC Chemicals Industry Contributed 31% to regional manufacturing GDP in 2014

With revenues reaching almost US$88 billion in 2014, the petrochemicals industry contributed to 31% of the GCC’s total manufacturing GDP, according to the latest industry report by the Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association (GPCA).   Petrochemical production in the GCC rose...

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Environment & Energy | Thursday 1 October, 2015 12:07 pm

Saudi petrochemical sector growth prospects excellent

Saudi Arabia is leveraging low oil prices to accelerate development of its downstream petrochemical derivatives sector, and will add over 30 million tonnes of production capacity by 2020, raising production to 126 million tonnes from 2014 levels of 94.6 million tonnes, the latest edition of The Oil ...

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Business & Money | Thursday 1 October, 2015 10:49 am

Ministry of Agriculture Innovates Kingdom’s Agricultural Sector with Online Platform for 500,000-Plus Visitors

The Ministry of Agriculture is innovating the Kingdom’s agricultural sector by launching a host of new government e-services, supporting the country’s nearly USD 5 billion domestic agribusiness market, industry experts announced today.   Supporting the agricultural...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Thursday 1 October, 2015 10:45 am

‘Tourism could replace oil’ as main source of revenue

Tourism has the potential to replace crude oil as the primary source of revenue for Saudi Arabia, according to tourism industry experts. Speaking during a panel discussion on the rapid growth of domestic tourism and its future, experts maintained that tourism and national heritage are the most...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Thursday 1 October, 2015 5:54 am

Four Seasons Hotel Riyadh at Kingdom Centre Welcomes Tony Coveney as New Hotel Manager

Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts has announced the appointment of  Tony Coveney as the new Hotel Manager at Four Seasons Hotel Riyadh at Kingdom Centre. A Four Seasons veteran with two decades of hospitality experience, Coveney arrives in the Kingdom from Four Seasons Hotel Sydney where he...

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Technology & IT | Thursday 1 October, 2015 5:44 am

Huawei and Google Unveil the Ultimate Premium Smartphone: Meet the Nexus 6P

Today in San Francisco, Huawei and Google introduced the Nexus 6P, an innovative smartphone featuring Android 6.0 Marshmallow, Google’s newest operating system for mobile devices.  “Huawei is very excited to collaborate with Google and deliver a premium Nexus experience for the...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Thursday 1 October, 2015 5:03 am

Prince Sultan leads KSA team to G-20 meeting in Turkey

 Prince Sultan bin Salman, president of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage (SCTNH), is leading the Kingdom’s delegation that will attend the Group of Twenty (G-20) tourism minister’s meeting in the Turkish city of Antalya on Wednesday. A SCTNH official said...

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