Dubai is gearing up to host a groundbreaking conference and exhibition on the future of coastline development in the Middle East.

Drawn by the vibrancy of the Indian construction and interiors markets, companies from the East and West are joining dmg world media Dubai and its partners IEM at the launch of the combined building, construction, furniture and furnishings trade shows in India: Interiors International India (III) and the India International Construction and Contrac

Mideast's construction show a big drawDubai: Dubai: The combined construction equipment shows, the Middle East Construction and Industrial Equipment Show 2005 and the Elevators and Escalators Show – held in Dubai last month – attracted more than 2,000 trade visitors from across the region, including architects, designers, civil engineers, build

Epoc Messe Frankfurt, the Dubai end of the global Messe Frankfurt event organisation, is set to present five dedicated exhibitions across six halls at the Dubai World Trade Centre between May15 and 17.

In line with its policy of assuring total customer satisfaction, Japanese heavy equipment manufacturer TCM has revamped its recently-launched TCM forklift truck “FD-G” series with several advanced and cutting-edge functions that will serve well in the most challenging working conditions.

German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder has opened a $517 million (390 million-euro) power plant built by Siemens Power Generation to boost Kuwait's electricity generation. The gas turbine plant, completed over a period of 15 months, has a capacity of around 1,000 MW to increase the emirate's total power production past 10,000 MW.

The Blue City – an Al Sawadi Development project – is poised to take off in Oman with a new group of investors and developers. Formed eight months ago, the company, which will be in charge of this massive tourism development opportunity, has now been named the Al Sawadi Investment and Tourism Company (ASIT).

Closely following the successful launch of freehold towers around the Porto Arabia – the main marina of The Pearl-Qatar – project promoter United Development Company (UDC) has released the second wave of harbour-side homes in ten, 20-storey towers.

Construction work is nearing completion on a golf club that will come up on an area of 650,000 sq m located at the Hunting and Equestrian Club along the 6th Ring Road in Kuwait.

The $750 million Al Areen Desert Spa and Resort crossed a significant milestone with the following the laying of its foundation and the opening up of an on-site client relations centre (CRC), last month. The foundation stone for the project was laid by Shaikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the governor of the Southern Governorate.

The world’s largest membrane-based wastewater filtration project and GE’s first major water project in the Middle East was inaugurated in Kuwait last month.