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  • Saudi GP circuit ‘will be one of world’s best’ – designer

    Saudi Arabia is set to host the penultimate round of the championship in December, with a 27-turn circuit currently under construction in the corniche of the country’s second city, Jeddah.

  • An inside look at Saudi Arabia’s luxury Red Sea Project

    The destination is being developed over 92 islands, spread across 28,000 sq km of prime land on Saudi Arabia’s west coast, covering mountain canyons, dormant volcanoes and ancient heritage sites. In phase one, visitors will be able to explore five developed islands and two inland sites, while upon completion in 2030, no less than 22 islands and six inland sites will welcome guests.

  • Saudi Arabia signs deal with Alibaba Cloud to attract Chinese tourists

    Alibaba Cloud will deploy advanced, secure and reliable cloud services and technologies to improve digital experience for Chinese tourists in Saudi Arabia, and allow for the automation of services in content delivery, digital storage and digital processing.

  • Saudi Arabia starts tendering process for second water transmission pipeline PPP

    Saudi Water Partnership Company (SWPC) issused on Wednesday an Expression of Interest (EOI) notice for the Rayis – Rabigh Independent Water Transmission Pipeline (IWTP) project with a transmission capacity of 900,000 cubic metres per day (m3/day). The 100-kilometre long water pipeline project is the second IWTP project to be tendered by SWPC after the 400,000 m3/day Ras Mohaisan–Baha-Makkah IWTP.

  • Saudi investment minister visits UK to widen trade prospects

    Saudi Investment Minister Khalid Al-Falih will take part in a series of meetings with UK business leaders during a visit to Britain in a bid to boost bilateral trade. The talks will cover the financial services, health, chemicals, hotel and hospitality, and manufacturing industries, among others. The minister said that more than 600 British companies were operating in Saudi Arabia and expressed aspirations that the meetings will contribute to increasing the volume of UK investments in Saudi Arabia.

  • New COVID-19 infections in Saudi Arabia drops below 300-mark

    New COVID-19 cases dropped below the 300-mark for the first time on Thursday after continuing to slide in the last tow weeks with 290 new infections recorded over the past 24 hours. According to a statement from the Ministry of Health, 7 more people died due to complications caused by the virus over the past 24 hours.

  • MDLBeast dance-music festival to return to Saudi Arabia in December

    The Middle East’s biggest dance-music event, the MDLBeast festival, is back after its inaugural 2019 session. Rebranded as Soundstorm (following from the entertainment brand’s eponymous first album), it is scheduled to be held in Riyadh from December 16 to 19. The 2019 iteration boasted performances by David Guetta, Tiesto, Martin Garrix, Steve Aoki, Afrojack, J Balvin and Rick Ross, a stellar roster that attracted more than 400,000 attendees.

  • Saudia to increase domestic flights seating capacity by 52%

    Saudi Arabian Airlines will allow full passenger seating capacity on domestic flights as of September after obtaining the approval of the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA), the airline said in a statement on Thursday. The airline will increase seating capacity for domestic flights by 52%.

  • Saudi industrial sector attracts $18.7bn in 7 months, says minister

    The Saudi industrial sector attracted investments worth SR70 billion ($18.7 billion) from the beginning of 2021 till the end of July, Bandar Alkhorayef, minister of industry and mineral resources, said in a tweet.

  • PROJECTS: Saudi Arabia announces preferred bidders for three wastewater PPP projects | ZAWYA MENA Edition

    Saudi Water Partnership Company (SWPC), the principal offtaker for water and wastewater projects in Saudi Arabia, announced on Wednesday the preferred bidders for three wastewater public-private partnership (PPP) projects. In statements posted on its website, SWPC said the consortium of Acciona Agua, International Water Distribution Company (Tawzea) and Tamasuk Company has been selected as the preferred bidder for Madinah 3, Buraydah 2 and Tabuk 2 Independent Sewage Treatment Plant (ISTP) projects.