Category: Business

Saudi Jobs Expo 2010

The Saudi Jobs Expo 2010 is a unique one-stop employment shop which helps you to meet face to face with the decision makers. This is nothing but, you develop a rapport with your future employer, something you can’t do through the employment websites over the internet. Every aspect of Saudi Jobs Expo is specifically designed to [...]

Advertising Spend in KSA to Grow at 10 percent until 2013

Mohamed El Fatatry, Vahid Mehrinfar to present at First Saudi Brand and Communications Summit 2010. Riyadh – May 16th, 2010: Research reports suggest that total advertising spend in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) will recover at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of nearly 10 percent from 2009-2013[1]. The main focus would be internet [...]

Become a leader with Hilton’s PANORAMA programme

A structured Management Development programme by Hilton, PANORAMA is designed for talented Saudi National Students with the ambition and skills necessary to become future Heads of Department in Business Development and Operations. Starting mid September, 2010, the programme will last for 15 to 18 months, depending on the needs of individual students. The Management Development programme will be hosted by Hilton Hotels throughout Saudi Arabia. [...]

Xbox Motion-Sensing Project Natal coming to Saudi in October

Whether Microsoft intended to say so or not, its Saudi entertainment wing may have revealed Project Natal, the company’s motion sensing add-on for the Xbox 360, will launch worldwide in October. Claiming he had “great news to share with everybody,” Microsoft Saudi marketing manager Syed Bilal Tariq said that Natal would launch in Saudi Arabia [...]

Al Faisaliah Hotel marks 10th anniversary with new south wing, The Globe wins Award

With government initiatives well underway to re-position Riyadh as the major business and financial hub for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, business travel continues to drive the capital city’s hospitality sector. To meet the growing demand of both the corporate and tourism markets in the country, the renowned five-star Al Faisaliah Hotel, A Rosewood Hotel, [...]

US-Saudi Business Forum this week in Chicago, IL

Chicago will host the US-Saudi Business Opportunities Forum, from 27-29 April, which seeks to highlight Saudi Arabia’s growing role in global financial and economic issues and the opportunities for greater economic collaboration between Saudi Arabia and the US A delegation of approximately 200 Saudi government and business leaders, including ministers of petroleum, commerce and industry, [...]

General Electric to manufacture in Saudi Arabia

CHICAGO (AP) – General Electric Co. said Wednesday it signed an agreement with Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry to explore manufacturing opportunities in the Middle Eastern country. The memorandum of understanding was signed at the U.S.-Saudi Business Opportunities Forum in Chicago. It sets up the framework to explore manufacturing opportunities in the country [...]

Citigroup Applying to Open Saudi Arabia Office

(via Bloomberg) Citigroup Inc., the New York-based bank that sold its 20 percent stake in a Saudi Arabian lender six years ago, is applying to open an office in the kingdom, shareholder Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal said. “Saudi Arabia welcomes the presence of a Citibank office here,” the Saudi billionaire, who owned 218 million shares [...]

Winners Announced! Saudi Brand and Communications Summit 2010

The winners: 1. HR 2. S.I 3. Wael Moathen ___________________________________ Win a free ticket to Saudi Brand and Communications Summit. Each ticket is worth more than $900 USD! We are giving away two tickets to two lucky winners! HOW TO WIN: Write a comment why you should win a free ticket to Saudi Brand and [...]

SAP to meet with Saudi companies in Riyadh as part of the World Tour 2010

SAP Executives will meet with leading Saudi companies on 20 April in Riyadh as part of the SAP World Tour. “See Your Way Clear: Strategies for Success in the New Reality” is the theme of the tour, which will visit key markets across the region including KSA, Oman, Qatar, Jordan, and Lebanon, to explore how [...]



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