Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia shifts from luxury to mass tourism
Saudi Arabia is expanding its tourism sector beyond high-end resorts, targeting mid- and upper-mid-range travellers and increasing hotel capacity for religious visitors. The shift comes as part of the...
Saudi Arabia: Darwin Nuñez wants to flee Al-Hilal!
Darwin Nuñez already wants to leave Al-Hilal!Saudi Arabia: Darwin Nuñez wants to flee Al-Hilal!Darwin Nuñez's Saudi adventure could be cut short. After being shown the door by Liverpool, the...
CEO Talks: Chalhoub Group’s Michael Chalhoub on Cornering Saudi Arabia’s Untapped Potential
MILAN — When Michael Chalhoub took over the company his grandfather, also named Michael, started 70 years ago, he found himself at the helm of the Middle East‘s biggest luxury...
Ahmed Seddiqi Opens First Flagship in Saudi Arabia, Marking Major Regional Expansion
RIYADH — Ahmed Seddiqi is stepping beyond its UAE home base for the first time in its 75-year history, opening a flagship boutique in Riyadh that signals the family-owned...
Ethiopian migrants face kidnappings and death, leaving behind heartbroken families
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — When 19-year-old Nigus Yosef told his parents he was going to leave home in Ethiopia’s Tigray region and try to get to Saudi Arabia,...
Riyadh Fashion Week Calls on Saudi, International Designers to Join Official Show Calendar
RIYADH CALLING: Riyadh Fashion Week is finalizing the official calendar for its third edition, and appealing to fashion houses in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and internationally, to apply...
OPEC+ further raises output in August
A view of the OPEC pavilion on the COP28 grounds. Hannes P Albert/dpa The core group of OPEC+ oil cartel members is increasing production to 548,000 barrels per day...
How Saudi Arabia can follow Israel’s AI blueprint
The launch of Humain, the artificial intelligence platform backed by the Saudi Public Investment Fund, has put AI at the center of the kingdom’s diversification strategy. With a supercomputer...