Saudi Arabia's $500-billion Neom megacity project is creating a crescendo effect in the market with the intensity of announcements – including project updates, hospitality and technology partnership deals, building contracts and recent launch of its fifth region Leyja – reaching new heights. Neom, which means “new future”, ...
Newly announced Leyja designed for thrillseekers
Neom last month unveiled its latest tourism destination Leyja, a stunning new ecotourism ...
Sculpting a ski resort in KSA
Trojena, Neom’s unique, futuristic ski destination, is currently making significant ...
SIBS wins new order; total 3,400 homes
SIBS, one of the world’s leading companies in modular construction technology ...
Experts from more than 190 countries around the world will gather in Dubai this month to brainstorm on ways to combat the climate crisis. The 28th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) is scheduled to take place in Dubai, from November 30 to December 12, 2023. The event is expected to ...
Leading by example
As preparations in the UAE for the 28th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework ...
Climate positivity: A new vision
The global built environment is a major contributor to climate change. It is responsible ...
UNEP points way to decarbonisation
Rapid urbanisation worldwide means, every five days, the world adds buildings equivalent ...
Adaptive reuse holds green promise
Much of the ageing building stock that populates our cities’ skylines has either ...
Ras Al Khaimah, once a low-key emirate, has transformed into a real estate powerhouse taking centre stage in the Northern Emirates, with a series of world-class hotels, resorts, and luxury homes. The star attraction, undoubtedly, is the announcement of the $3.9-billion Wynn Al Marjan Island integrated resort, which seems to have catalysed a real estate ...
A Wynn-win for Marjan
Construction work has been launched on the $3.9-billion Wynn Al Marjan Island in Ras Al ...
Bay homes on a budget
A four-tower residential complex is now rising rapidly within Ras Al Khaimah’s Mina ...
A total of 16 hotels with 3,892 rooms opened in the Middle East during the first half of 2023 with a further 93 new hotels with 21,306 rooms scheduled to open by the year-end, according to a recent Middle East Hotel Construction Pipeline Trend Report. However, the region’s total pipeline of hotel projects indicates that a whopping 597 projects with ...
Hotel pipeline rising despite challenges
Huge investments are being made in the region’s hospitality sector, particularly in ...
Two Red Sea resorts open for bookings
Two new hotels – Six Senses Southern Dunes and the St Regis Red Sea Resort – ...
Geberit creates stylish, hygienic washrooms
Designing hotel washrooms can be a daunting task, given the multitude of factors to ...
Countries in the GCC region have experienced remarkable economic growth and development, leading to a surge in construction projects. Local governments have invested heavily in infrastructure, real estate, and mega-projects, creating substantial opportunities for businesses in the construction and infrastructure sectors. However, despite the immense ...
Digital mindset key to future of sector
The Middle East’s construction sector is on the brink of a tech transformation, ...
Sustainable construction
As a globally active group specialising in sanitary technology, Geberit aims to play a ...
