CruiseXplore Middle East successfully hosted its Cruise Workshop 2025 in the UAE, drawing participation from over 80 travel trade professionals across the region. The annual event, exclusively designed for travel agents and industry partners, continues to build momentum as a premier platform for cruise education, engagement, and collaboration.
The GCC has established itself as a global stage for major sporting events – and now stands to capture a share of the $2 trillion global sports tourism market by 2030, according to new PwC Middle East report.
Forbes Middle East kicked off the third edition of its Sustainability Leaders Summit. The summit brought together global leaders and decision-makers from across the public and private sectors, alongside sustainability experts, investors, and entrepreneurs.
US President Donald Trump declared "peace in the Middle East" during his speech to a gathering of world leaders in Egypt to inaugurate his plan to end the war in Gaza.
Hamas has released all 20 of the living captives it had been holding in the Gaza Strip, while Israel has begun freeing about 2,000 Palestinian prisoners under the conditions of the ceasefire deal.
BCD Global, a leading Indian multinational group with interests in real estate development, construction and finance, has announced its foray into the Middle East, naming Dubai as its regional headquarters as it accelerates its next phase of global growth.
EFG Hermes, a leading investment bank in the Mena region, has announced that it has played a key advisory role in the AED658 million ( ) rights issue of Depa, an interior solutions group based in Dubai, as the financial advisor and bookrunner for its listing on Nasdaq Dubai.
Iran’s leadership lashed out Friday after US President Donald Trump threatened intervention amid deadly protests, with Iranian officials warning that American troops in the region could be targeted if Washington interferes, said media reports.
UAE national carrier Etihad Airways is set to launch its first-ever nonstop flights from Abu Dhabi to Calgary this November, creating a new strategic air link between the Middle East and Western Canada. The route will be operated by Etihad’s Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner.
Intech, an industrial automation and digitalization technology company, has secured an intelligent field operations and maintenance (I-field O&M) contract covering more than 1,000 oil and water wells at an oil and gas production facility in the Middle East.
