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.
Global energy demand is set to jump 20% by 2055 driven by economic and population growth, said an industry expert, adding renewable energy and natural gas will likely account for much of the growth, creating big opportunities for investment in new gas projects and supporting infrastructure.
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.
The International Energy Agency (IEA) warned on Wednesday that global diesel supplies will remain tight until 2027. It attributed the shortfall to supply disruptions caused by tensions in the Middle East and declining exports from Russia and parts of Asia.
Aluminium Arabia, a premier platform for the aluminium and metals industry, which was scheduled to be held on November 11, has now been postponed to April next year. The event is expected to facilitate B2B engagement, enabling partnerships, technology transfer and the development of advanced manufacturing clusters.
Employee well-being is emerging as a critical business resilience and workforce retention issue for the Middle East energy, engineering and resources (ENR) sector, with new analysis from Marsh revealing a 24 per cent decline over two years in employees reporting that they are thriving.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) could unlock more than $1 trillion across the Middle East by 2030, including $200 billion through sustainable finance and $370 billion through public investment. a new World Economic Forum report says.
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.
