Sharjah Roads and Transport Authority (Sharjah RTA) has announced that it will replace 767 of its taxi cabs over the next six months, at a cost of AED 42.75 million (US$ 11.6 million). Sharjah Taxi’s fleet has grown from 720 cabs in 2012 to 1,540 this year, transporting an estimated 16.2 million people per annum and accounting for nearly 30 ...

Sharjah’s Al Bait Hotel, which is currently under construction, has won the Interior Design of the Year – Hotels Category at this year’s 2015 Commercial Interior Design Awards, organised by Commercial Interior Design magazine. The designers of the new hotel interior, Godwin Austen Johnson (GAJ), also walked away from the event with an award for their work on JA Manafaru ...

Sharjah’s Department of Seaports & Customs and Canaveral Port Authority of Florida in the USA have signed a ‘Sister Ports’ agreement, which will underpin a variety of cooperation and collaboration initiatives including trade and investment development activities between the two authorities. The agreement was signed at a meeting hosted by Sharjah-headquartered international port operator Gulftainer in the Sharjah Chamber of ...