A new, vibrant and luxurious address, with its Spanish-inspired zest and contemporary verve, is making a sensational debut in Riyadh. And it goes by the name of Vivienda Hotel Villas. Vivienda Hotel Villas have been designed to provide the ultimate in comfort, facilities and pri vacy. It’s the new address in Riyadh for short and [...]

The Information and Communication Technology Exhibition and Conference (Saudi ICT 2011) will bring together the principal companies and specialists in the industry, from across the Gulf and globe, to showcase their latest products and generate new business. The event will be held 11-15/12 at Jeddah Centre for Forums and Events (JCFE) Profile for exhibit includes hardware, [...]

London-based fashion retailer LK Bennett will open 12-15 stores in the Middle East over the next three to five years as it looks to expand outside of its home market, its CEO said. The upmarket shoe and bag brand, made famous in recent months for being a wardrobe staple of the Duchess of Cambridge Kate [...]

Saudi Arabia’s suggestion last month that it will try to limit how much money expatriate workers send home showed concern about the cost of having foreigners make up nearly a third of the population. An estimated nine million foreign workers and their dependents remitted SR26.8bn ($7.1bn) out of the country in the second quarter of [...]

Residential rents in Jeddah have increased by an average of 14 percent so far this year, real estate consultants Jones Lang LaSalle said on Sunday. Its Jeddah Real Estate Market Overview for Q3 2011 said the city’s residential sector had seen an “robust upward trend” between July and September. Soraka Al-Khatib, co-head of Jones Lang [...]

STC launched the new BlackBerry Curve 9360 equipped with Blackberry operating system version 7 with the Blackberry monthly package for current and new customers with a one month starting from the day of purchase and with the option to purchase the device with monthly fee. Both packages offer customers a monthly free balance including voice [...]

Ritz-Carlton is to open its first hotel in Saudi Arabia this month, the luxury operator said yesterday. The hotel in Riyadh, which has 493 rooms, is near the capital city’s diplomatic quarter. The property was “envisioned as a royal guest palace for visiting dignitaries and heads of state”, Ritz-Carlton said. Analysts say that luxury hotel [...]

New social networking site, Godudu, has developed a platform that allows users to communicate across language barriers, allowing instant language translation to a user’s preferred language on instant chat, wall posts and pages, according to Alibek Issaev, chairman of Godudu.com. “Translation between languages is instant, if someone posts on a user’s wall, it will show [...]

GE has announced the appointment of Dr. Manar A Al-Moneef, a Saudi Arabian national and experienced healthcare professional, as the Managing Director of Imagination Breakthrough in the Middle East and Pakistan. Dr. Al-Moneef will be responsible for leading the business development of GE Healthcare, the healthcare operations of the company in the region, and providing [...]

Nasair held an Open Day in Riyadh, KSA to recruit Saudi Nationals looking to join the company as flight attendants. Candidates hoping to join the team were received and greeted by Nasair representatives, and were given the opportunity to discuss their career options and the benefits of working for Nasair. Naiem Al Shabanah, Executive Director [...]