Sharjah registered a 15 percent increase in tourist numbers during the first half of 2014, with more than one million tourists staying in the emirate compared with 955,355 tourists during the same period last year, according to new figures announced by the Sharjah Commerce and Tourism Development Authority (SCTDA). According to the SCTDA, Sharjah’s hotels enjoyed an average 74 per ...

Sharjah-based energy company Dana Gas PJSC (DANA:ADX) has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Dana Gas Egypt, has been awarded the North El Salhiya (Block 1) and El Matariya (Block 3) onshore concessions in the Nile Delta as part of the 2014 Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) bidding round held recently in Egypt. The company is currently the 6th ...

The Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq) has successfully concluded its participation in Cityscape Global 2014, the Middle East and North Africa’s largest real estate trade show, which took place at Dubai World Trade Centre from 21-23 September.