Company Insights Red Sea Global Real Estate Red Sea Global News Aviation Huge expansion planned for Saudi’s Abha airport Abha International Airport in the south-west of Saudi Arabia is to expand to more than six times its current size. The plans, revealed this week by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, will see the terminal area of the airport increased to 65,000 square metres. It includes the construction of passenger boarding bridges, self-service facilities and […] October 13, 2023 Opinion Giga-projects Paradise found: Conserving and leveraging Saudi’s natural bounty How the world’s most ambitious sustainable hospitality project is being brought to life September 11, 2023 Energy Solar power scaled up at Amaala giga-project Saudi developer Red Sea Global has signed a 25-year concession agreement with France’s EDF and UAE’s Masdar to service its Amaala giga-project on the northwestern coast of the kingdom. The off-grid renewable energy system will have the capacity to generate up to 410,000 MWh per annum, enough to power 10,000 households, the companies said in […] September 11, 2023 Renewable Energy UK company strikes Mideast deal for hydrogen generators UK hydrogen fuel cell company AFC Energy has signed an agreement with a leading Saudi marketer to sell its hydrogen generators in the Middle East and Central Asia. The deal gives Saudi Arabia’s The Machinery Group (Tamgo) exclusive rights to market AFC Energy’s alternative to diesel-powered generators in 16 countries including Saudi Arabia, United Arab […] September 5, 2023 Agriculture Red Sea Global farm co-op builds on Saudi food plans Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Global has set up a farm cooperative to supply its resorts, amid wider plans to boost farming and food security. The Red Sea Farm Cooperative, also known as Tamala, aims to build on Saudi Arabia’s record agricultural production levels that were achieved last year. Farmers will be able to sell their […] September 1, 2023 Construction Red Sea project gets world’s first zero-carbon 5G network Mega-developer Red Sea Global and Saudi-listed telco Zain KSA have launched the world’s first zero-carbon 5G network at the Six Senses Southern Dunes resort in The Red Sea project. The 5G network is powered by 100 percent renewable energy from over 760,000 solar panels that Red Sea has built to power the entire 28,000 sq […] August 15, 2023 Tourism Saudi mountain resort Desert Rock edges closer Construction work on Desert Rock, a Saudi mountain resort being built into the rockface, is more than half complete, developer Red Sea Global has confirmed. Launched in 2021, the resort is located in the wadi vistas in the west of the kingdom. Designed by Oppenheim Architecture in the US, guests will enter Desert Rock through […] August 3, 2023 Tourism Saudi giga-project Red Sea to open first hotels this year The first three hotels at Saudi Arabia’s multi-billion dollar Red Sea destination are on track to open later this year, its developer announced on Wednesday. Red Sea Global (RSG), the company behind tourism destinations Amaala and The Red Sea, also said the first domestic flights are set to take off from its international airport before […] August 2, 2023 Tourism Sustainable tourism the new priority for Middle East Sustainable tourism was once viewed as a marginal segment of the Middle East’s offering – an eco-lodge in Jordanian desert, or a Bedouin trail in the Sinai. Times are changing. The Gulf’s marketing chiefs are rolling out ambitious projects that are designed to lure the eco-conscious traveller. Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Global project airport will […] July 17, 2023 Tourism Reimagined kingdom: Saudi Arabia’s tourism challenge Not so long ago, the extent of tourism in Saudi Arabia amounted to pilgrims and business travellers. Other visitors were largely discouraged. Attracting them is now a priority, in a reimagined kingdom where hotels, leisure venues and cultural assets stand to generate income and jobs. Saudi Arabia now has ambitious goals in tourism: it wants […] July 14, 2023 Posts navigation Previous 1 … 4 5 6 … 8 Next
Aviation Huge expansion planned for Saudi’s Abha airport Abha International Airport in the south-west of Saudi Arabia is to expand to more than six times its current size. The plans, revealed this week by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, will see the terminal area of the airport increased to 65,000 square metres. It includes the construction of passenger boarding bridges, self-service facilities and […] October 13, 2023
Opinion Giga-projects Paradise found: Conserving and leveraging Saudi’s natural bounty How the world’s most ambitious sustainable hospitality project is being brought to life September 11, 2023
Energy Solar power scaled up at Amaala giga-project Saudi developer Red Sea Global has signed a 25-year concession agreement with France’s EDF and UAE’s Masdar to service its Amaala giga-project on the northwestern coast of the kingdom. The off-grid renewable energy system will have the capacity to generate up to 410,000 MWh per annum, enough to power 10,000 households, the companies said in […] September 11, 2023
Renewable Energy UK company strikes Mideast deal for hydrogen generators UK hydrogen fuel cell company AFC Energy has signed an agreement with a leading Saudi marketer to sell its hydrogen generators in the Middle East and Central Asia. The deal gives Saudi Arabia’s The Machinery Group (Tamgo) exclusive rights to market AFC Energy’s alternative to diesel-powered generators in 16 countries including Saudi Arabia, United Arab […] September 5, 2023
Agriculture Red Sea Global farm co-op builds on Saudi food plans Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Global has set up a farm cooperative to supply its resorts, amid wider plans to boost farming and food security. The Red Sea Farm Cooperative, also known as Tamala, aims to build on Saudi Arabia’s record agricultural production levels that were achieved last year. Farmers will be able to sell their […] September 1, 2023
Construction Red Sea project gets world’s first zero-carbon 5G network Mega-developer Red Sea Global and Saudi-listed telco Zain KSA have launched the world’s first zero-carbon 5G network at the Six Senses Southern Dunes resort in The Red Sea project. The 5G network is powered by 100 percent renewable energy from over 760,000 solar panels that Red Sea has built to power the entire 28,000 sq […] August 15, 2023
Tourism Saudi mountain resort Desert Rock edges closer Construction work on Desert Rock, a Saudi mountain resort being built into the rockface, is more than half complete, developer Red Sea Global has confirmed. Launched in 2021, the resort is located in the wadi vistas in the west of the kingdom. Designed by Oppenheim Architecture in the US, guests will enter Desert Rock through […] August 3, 2023
Tourism Saudi giga-project Red Sea to open first hotels this year The first three hotels at Saudi Arabia’s multi-billion dollar Red Sea destination are on track to open later this year, its developer announced on Wednesday. Red Sea Global (RSG), the company behind tourism destinations Amaala and The Red Sea, also said the first domestic flights are set to take off from its international airport before […] August 2, 2023
Tourism Sustainable tourism the new priority for Middle East Sustainable tourism was once viewed as a marginal segment of the Middle East’s offering – an eco-lodge in Jordanian desert, or a Bedouin trail in the Sinai. Times are changing. The Gulf’s marketing chiefs are rolling out ambitious projects that are designed to lure the eco-conscious traveller. Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Global project airport will […] July 17, 2023
Tourism Reimagined kingdom: Saudi Arabia’s tourism challenge Not so long ago, the extent of tourism in Saudi Arabia amounted to pilgrims and business travellers. Other visitors were largely discouraged. Attracting them is now a priority, in a reimagined kingdom where hotels, leisure venues and cultural assets stand to generate income and jobs. Saudi Arabia now has ambitious goals in tourism: it wants […] July 14, 2023
