Cruise Arabia, the Arabian Gulf’s cruise tourism alliance, promoted the region’s 2016/2017 winter/spring cruise season at Seatrade Cruise Global 2016 in the USA this month. Sharjah is an active member of the cruise alliance, which also includes tourism authorities from Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Qatar and Oman. Seatrade Cruise Global is the leading annual global business-to-business event for the cruise industry ...

Sharjah Waterfront City, a multi-billion dollar development on Sharjah’s northeast coast announced at Cityscape Global last September, has been listed as the third largest mixed-use project in the Gulf by MEConstructionNews.com. The AED 20 billion (US$ 5.4b) project, being developed by Sharjah Oasis Real Estate Development, is Sharjah’s largest master-planned mixed-use development project to-date and will be built over 10 ...

Sharjah Economic Development Department (SEDD) has issued 35 percent more new trade licences during January and February 2016, compared with the same period last year, underscoring the health of Sharjah’s economy. The emirate has enjoyed strong business growth over the past two years, in the face of changing regional economics, while its stable economic outlook has been supported by a ...