13 Feb 2018
DUBAI: Saudi Arabia’s focus on tourism as one avenue to diversify the Kingdom away from oil dependence is receiving a boost with a slew of hotel projects now under construction. Industry monitor STR, in its latest update on the Middle East and Africa hotel sector, said that projects now being undertaken in Makkah and Riyadh would add almost 30,000 rooms to the current supply.
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6 Feb 2018
JEDDAH: Two hundred people from Russia and former Soviet republics visited the King Abdul Aziz Complex for the Kaaba Kiswa on Tuesday as guests of the King Salman Program for Umrah, the Saudi Press Agency said. The guests represented the 11th batch of the program and came from Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, and Belarus.
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4 Feb 2018
Makkah Millennium Towers Hotel, located by the Holy Haram Piazza in front of King Fahd Gate, continues to extend over 25 years of hospitality service in Makkah since Millennium Hotels & Resorts took over the operations of Makkah Construction & Development Company’s Hotel & Towers under the new name, Makkah Millennium Towers Hotel.
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22 Jan 2018
JEDDAH: The Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage (SCTH) will announce details about tourist visas by the end of Q1 of the current fiscal, after the approval by the commission’s board of directors, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. The SCTH pointed out that the news about details, requirements, and nationality specifications mentioned in the media are
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22 Jan 2018
So far 229,764 people have completed pre-registration for an opportunity to perform Hajj, and the registration process will begin from February 1
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