Travel & Hospitality
Vision Hospitality Asset Management regional director for the Middle East Nigel Teasdale explains why it is important for operators to work with their asset managers, especially where hotel refurbishments and benchmarking issues are concerned.
Politics & Economics
Andrew White describes the challenge of trying to compile a Saudi Rich List.
Travel & Hospitality
The Feedback Company CEO and executive director Gustavo Cavaliere says hotels need to rethink their approach to security in the wake of the Jakarta terrorist attacks and put the focus on training.
Technology
How do you feel about an advertiser, in essence, paying for you to play a game that revolves around an advertised subject? As Gareth van Zyl has found out, adver-gaming is not only prevalent amongst big global companies such as BMW, but it is also emerging as a concept in the Middle East.
Transportation
Question: What solutions are available to increase the speed of supply chain operations in the Middle East?
Travel & Hospitality
Viability director Guy Wilkinson offers his views on the cultural acclimatisation of the limited service brand and uncovers Saudi Arabia's secret bed and breakfast network.
Politics & Economics
World gov'ts must shame Russia into stopping murders of human rights activists, says Celestine Bohlen.
Technology
Standards of after-sales service vary tremendously in the Middle East IT market, but vendors are gradually beginning to realise that it is a subject which warrants greater attention if they are to harness the true power of their brands.
Construction & Industry
Our legal guru Dennis Brand from HBJ Gateley Wareing takes a closer look at the issues surrounding standard form contracts.
Construction & Industry
Why Abu Dhabi is continuing its investment push beyond the municipal borders of the UAE's capital.
Construction & Industry
In the second of a two part series, James Bremen discusses policy over practicality on government projects.
Construction & Industry
buildingSMART Middle East Communications Director David Jellings discusses how Interoperability can help the construction industry.
Construction & Industry
In one minute, the sun provides enough energy to supply the world's energy needs for one year. In one day, it provides more energy than the world's population could consume in 27 years. Of course, the sun's energy is free, with a Swiss scientist figuring out how to harness it as long ago as 1767.
Technology
Zain Bahrain’s recently announced plan to upgrade its network to LTE came as a surprising development for the region’s telecoms sector
Technology
The recession has resulted in some lip-smackingly good F&B promotions in this region, says Lucy Taylor.
Energy
It floods markets with cheap goods, but now China's hurting.
Travel & Hospitality
There's a leaf that a few Gulf-based CEOs could take out of Sir Richard Branson's book, Anil Bhoyrul says.
Energy
Sheer need will keep pushing the region's utilities.
Travel & Hospitality
It's certainly been an exciting month if you're working in the leisure industry. July has seen a flurry of announcements that anywhere else in the world would probably seem overwhelming but here seems par for the course.
Construction & Industry
It's that time of year again. As the weather heats up and the garish yellow effigies of Modesh are placed on every street corner here in Dubai lots of people choose to leave the country for the summer.
Have you cut back your spending on groceries amid the downturn?
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