Tourism & Hospitality | Wednesday 25 July, 2018 3:33 am

Jeddah, Madinah airports busy with pilgrims’ arrival flights

As of Monday 185,360 pilgrims had arrived in Madinah, Madinah-based National Pilgrim Guide Foundation announced in its daily statistics. The statistics reported that 159,599 pilgrims remained in Madinah and the others left for Makkah. The Madinah airport Haj lounge is able to accommodate...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 24 July, 2018 6:04 pm

NCB Achieved SAR 5,566 Million Net Income for the First Half of 2018

The National Commercial Bank announced that its net income for the first half of 2018 reached SAR 5,566 million compared to SAR 5,120 million for the same period of the previous year, an increase of 8.7%.NCB’s net income for the second quarter reached to    SAR 2,579...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Tuesday 24 July, 2018 5:10 pm

flynas Appoints Al-Musained as Official Spokesperson

flynas, the national Saudi carrier and leading low-cost airline in the Middle East, announced that Mr. Ahmed bin Ibrahim Al-Musained has joined its team as an Official Spokesperson and Director General of Corporate Communications in the Marketing and Corporate Communications Department. Mr....

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Government | Tuesday 24 July, 2018 3:09 pm

King Salman welcomes pilgrims arriving in Saudi Arabia for Hajj

King Salman on Tuesday welcomed pilgrims who have started arriving in the Kingdom from around the world to perform Hajj rituals. The Saudi ruler directed public and private sectors serving the pilgrims to “exert all efforts” to help the arrivals in the two holy cities of Makkah and...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Tuesday 24 July, 2018 7:35 am

Saudi Red Crescent readies for Hajj with 2,631 staff and 105 emergency centers

The Saudi Red Crescent Authority is intensifying its preparation efforts for the coming Hajj season, the Saudi Press agency reported Monday. The organization will offer emergency services for pilgrims at the Grand Mosque in Makkah and all roads leading to the city, as well as other scared...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 24 July, 2018 4:31 am

Riyadh ranks 30th place in UN E-Gov Survey on increasing resilience and sustainability

Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh ranked 30th place in the United Nations e-Government Survey on the assessment of municipal portals in 40 cities. The report published, by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs this month, presents a persistent positive global trend toward higher...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 24 July, 2018 2:37 am

Saudi Arabia receives bids for $500m wind farm

Saudi Arabia has received bids from four consortiums competing to win a contract for the $500 million Dumat Al Jandal project — the Kingdom’s first utility-scale wind farm. The project is due to be awarded on Dec. 18, according to a government announcement on Monday. It will be...

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Business & Money | Monday 23 July, 2018 3:30 pm

US Embassy delegation visits PepsiCo’s Riyadh snack factory

A high-level delegation from the U.S. Embassy visited PepsiCo's state-of-the-art snack factory in Riyadh, highlighting the economic value of U.S. companies operating in Saudi Arabia.   The delegation, led by the Counselor for Economic Affairs, Douglas Apostol, met with the PepsiCo...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Monday 23 July, 2018 5:00 am

Makkah gov meets with region’s Law Society Committee panel

Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal received a delegation of the Makkah region’s Law Society Committee headed by its chairman at the headquarters of the Jeddah Emirate on Sunday. The chairman of the committee, Nazih Musa, briefed the Makkah governor on the committee’s overall...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Monday 23 July, 2018 4:47 am

Jeddah Summer Festival is now ‘on the map’

Jeddah Summer Festival drew to a close on Saturday evening, boosting Saudi investment in domestic tourism through cultural and entertainment activities, theater performances, folk art, sea shows, shopping, sporting events and poetry evenings. The month-long festival was the result of intensive...

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