middle east

6 Must See Installations: Dubai Design Week

The Dubai Design Week is around the corner and we take a look at six highlights of the event that should not be missed.

Focus: Oman Property Market

Despite having been hit hard during the 2007 global financial crisis, the Oman property market has rebounded and is gaining speed.

Interview: Mohammed Alshaali for Gulf Craft

It is remarkable that Mohammed Alshaali ever had time to start a yacht building business, but heart and enthusiasm are more than enough to get things moving.

Saudis Set to Build Kingdom Tower

The builder of The Shard skyscraper in London will be the project manager for the planned 1,000-metre-high Kingdom Tower in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Watch the McLaren MP4-12C in the desert

McLaren is expanding in the Middle East and to mark the occasion the automaker has released a new video of its MP4-12C supercar.

Haute couture saved by Middle Eastern socialites

While designers are trying to target Western customers with affordable fashion chain collaborations or diffusion lines, their haute couture branches are almost single-handedly being kept alive by clients in the wealthy Gulf countries. "I want...

Qatar now world’s richest nation

Qatar surpassed Luxembourg as the world’s richest nation in 2010 and is set to pull away with wealth that’s almost twice that of the US. The IMF's Chart of the Day shows Qatar’s gross domestic...

Bright future beckons for gulf cruise vacations

Gulf tourism authorities are lobbying for a new visa which could significantly reduce the cost of cruises in the Middle East, a cruise tourism hotspot which is rapidly growing in popularity. At the moment, some...
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