Sharjah has been recognised by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as the Middle East’s first Healthy City, as a result of the city meeting a wide range of criteria set by the WHO Healthy Cities programme. The programme engages local governments in health development in an effort to prioritise health on the social, economic and political agenda. The WHO Healthy ...

Sharjah Commerce and Tourism Development Authority (SCTDA) has announced a new initiative to promote Sharjah’s tourist attractions and services via hotels and hotel apartments in the emirate. The SCTDA is installing interactive touch-screen information terminals in all five- and four-star hotels as well as luxury hotel apartments in an effort to engage visiting tourists. The new initiative falls under the ...

ATS, a UAE-based logistics company catering to the global shipping, logistics and marine industries, has doubled the capacity of its liquid storage terminal at Sharjah’s Hamriyah Free Zone as part of an estimated AED 100 million (US$ 27m) investment in the facility. The state-of-art liquid storage terminal has increased capacity from its initial 22,000 cubic meters to 42,000 cubic meters ...