The Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq) signed a management agreement with Emaar Hospitality Group to operate a lifestyle boutique hotel in the heart of Al Qasba, one of the most popular lifestyle and leisure destinations in the emirate. Vida Al Qasba Sharjah, to be operated under Emaar Hospitality Group’s Vida Hotels and Resorts, an upscale lifestyle hotel and serviced ...

The recent Moody’s rating for Sharjah will impact positively on the emirate’s business environment as well help in attracting investments, according to the chairman of Sharjah Economic Development Department (SEDD). Sharjah’s rating of A3 by Moody’s Investors Service is based on the increased government revenue, stability of the budget indicators and high gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, Sultan Abdullah ...

UAE’s game-changing investment law, which will allow up to 100 per cent ownership to foreign investors in some specific onshore business sectors, is expected to prop up private and foreign direct investments when it will be finally introduced in the last quarter of this year, economists and analysts said. The law, eagerly awaited by the business community, was widely expected ...