Chinese arrivals to the GCC will increase 21 per cent to 2021, rising to 2.5 million visitors annually, according to data released ahead of Arabian Travel Market 2018. Published by Colliers International, the data predicts Saudi Arabia will experience the highest proportionate increase in arrivals from China, up 35 per cent on 2016 figures.

Recent reforms in Saudi Arabia, not to mention widespread investment in the kingdom’s burgeoning tourism industry, will drive growth in the hospitality market of 13.5 per cent compound annual growth rate, according to a new report. That is higher than the established markets in the UAE (10.1 per cent) and Oman (11.8 per cent).

April 21, 2018 10:01 AM
RIYADH (AFP) - Saudi sports authorities shut down a female fitness centre in Riyadh Friday (April 20) over a contentious promotional video that appeared to show a woman in figure-hugging workout attire.

The new Institute of Data Science at the University of is the signature focus of the University of ’s Strategic Plan to foreground information technology in a new educational model for cross-disciplinary research and innovation. Designed to LEED Silver standards, the 61,000 square foot building program includes smart classrooms and faculty offices, robotics, science, computation and environmental labs, a 160-seat auditorium and the Goergen Institute, a new public resource for information technology.

April 21, 2018 5:00 AM
RIYADH • The audience strolled down the red carpet, fetched their popcorn and soda, and filed into the cinema for a night at the movies.

Dozens of Saudi families flocked to the movies on Friday (April 20) for the first time in almost 40 years after the lifting of a ban on a form of entertainment once deemed corrupting and un-Islamic.

Forget everything you’ve heard about the one single audience question that brought the Tribeca Film Festival’s Westworld panel to a screeching halt. “Excruciating?” Try high-brow performance art! After offering some run-of-the-mill compliments about the show, the anonymous questioner admitted that he and his brothers were “huge fans of Interstellar,” the Christopher ...

Dead Ground: Arena comes to the Oculus Experience store today, just one week after launching on Steam. The action-packed VR shooter experience is now available to a much wider audience thanks to VRillAR.

Often people think performing in front of others will make them mess up, but a new study found the opposite: being watched makes people do better.

Often people think performing in front of others will make them mess up, but a new study found the opposite: being watched makes people do better.