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Relocating to Abu Dhabi: Your 2026 Guide from the UAE Capital’s Experts
Most people who research relocation to the UAE start with Dubai. They spend weeks on Dubai guides, Dubai neighbourhoods, Dubai visa types. Then, somewhere in the process, they pause and ask: ‘But what about Abu Dhabi?’ It’s a good question. And increasingly, it’s the right one. Abu Dhabi is the UAE’s capital, its largest emirate,
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Saudi Real Estate, Starwood sign deal to build Riyadh hotels
Saudi Real Estate Co has agreed with US firm Starwood Hotels and Resorts to build two hotels next to a district of Riyadh which the government plans to develop into an international business zone. Starwood will manage a five-star hotel under its Westin brand and a four-star hotel under its Element brand, Saudi Real Estate,
Bahrain to invest $928m in Hawar Islands eco-tourism project
Bahrain Real Estate Investment (Edamah), the real estate arm of Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company, will invest $928 million (BD350 million) in the Hawar Islands project that will transform it into an eco-friendly tourism destination. Extensions on the two-stage project, which is expected to create 3,000 job opportunities, include an eco-friendly development set along 100 hectares
New $571m Dubai-Abu Dhabi motorway to open by end-2016
Abu Dhabi General Services Company (Musanada) has announced it has completed 83 percent of the new Abu Dhabi-Dubai speedway which aims to cut congestion between the UAE’s two major cities. The execution of the new highway followed a detailed study of the conditions and volume of daily traffic between Abu Dhabi and Dubai. The four-lane
US hotel firm plans first MidEast property in Doha
US-based hospitality management company Dream Hotel Group has announced the signing of its first hotel in the Middle East. The company said in a statement that it has inked an agreement with Qatar-based Al Alfia Holding to develop a Dream Hotel in Doha. Dream Hotel Group said the Doha signing is part of a $1.5
Comoros ready to take Kuwait’s stateless, says minister
The African island nation of the Comoros has said it is ready to consider taking thousands of stateless people denied citizenship in the Gulf state of Kuwait, newspapers reported on Monday. “If the issue is raised officially, we are ready to discuss it,” visiting Comorian External Affairs Minister Abdulkarim Mohamed said, when asked if his
Difficult to ‘do’ many jobs without expats: Al-Ghanim – ‘Restructuring population report baseless’
KUWAIT CITY, June 2: The population of Kuwait reached 4,183,658 by the middle of 2015 and it increased to 4,239,006 by end of December in the same year, according to the recent statistics released by the Public Authority of Civil Information (PACI). With the announcement made by Minister of Social Affairs and Labor and State
DEWA to build world’s biggest Concentrated Solar Power project
The project is part of a wider plan for clean energy sources to provide 75% of Dubai’s power by 2050 DEWA has announced plans to build the largest Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) project in the world. The project is to generate 1,000MW by 2030 as per the directives of HH Sheikh Mohammed Rashid Al Maktoum,
Are these the best places for expats?
Survey asks 14,000 expats to rate which destinations offer great quality of life, financial prospects, among other factors Dubai: The UAE is one of the world’s popular destinations for people seeking to work and live abroad, according to the latest report from InterNations, a network of overseas workers. As of May 2016, data from 2.1
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Public transport and parking timings during Ramadan
Dubai Metro Red Line: Saturday to Wednesday, 5.30am to midnight; Thursday, 5.30am to 1am; Friday, 10am to 1am. Green Line: Saturday to Wednesday, 5.50am to midnight; Thursday, 5.50am to 1am; Friday, 10am to 1am. Buses Gold Souq, Ghubaiba: 5am to midnight. Al Qusais: 5.15am to midnight. Route C01 from Satwa Station: 24 hours. Jebel Ali: 5.30am
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