Investors in Canada will be receiving an in-depth analysis of Sharjah’s premium business environment and its array of economic opportunities with the participation of a high-level delegation from the emirate comprising of Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq), Sharjah Investment Office ‘Invest in Sharjah’ and Sharjah Media City (Shams) at the Toronto Global Forum. Titled ‘Redefining Globalisation,’ the 11th edition of ...
Read More »Tag Archives: feature
Shurooq takes Sharjah eco-tourism message to WTM London 2017
Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq), one of the most ambitious environmental tourism developers in the Middle East, will be announcing exclusive updates regarding its business management and project expansion during World Travel Market London 2017 being held from 6-8 November at ExCeL London. Shurooq will be exhibiting in the Sharjah tourism pavilion (stand ME400). Shurooq, which has helped to ...
Read More »Sharjah real estate transactions up 37%
Sharjah registered a 37.2 percent increase in the value of real estate transactions made in the third quarter of 2017 compared to the same period in 2016, according to new statistics released by Sharjah Real Estate Registration Department (SRERD). A total of 34,304 million square feet of real estate was traded during Q3, with a total value of US$ 2.23 ...
Read More »Invest in Sharjah film wins at Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards
A promotional film commissioned by Invest in Sharjah as part of its marketing collateral has won a coveted prize at the Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards. Out of nearly 1,000 entries the jury selected the “Invest in Sharjah” submission as a winner of the Dolphin Trophy in the category ‘Marketing Communication – B2B’. The film won the prize at ...
Read More »City Centre Sharjah expansion nears completion
The AED 260 million (US$ 71 million) redevelopment and expansion of City Centre Sharjah, one of Sharjah’s largest shopping malls, is now 75 percent complete. The redevelopment, which will add 13,700 square metres (147,466 sq. ft.) of retail space, is now entering its final phase, according to mall-owner Majid Al Futtaim. The mall project is expected to create hundreds of ...
Read More »Sharjah passenger growth rises to 4% in Q3
Passenger traffic at Sharjah International Airport grew by 4 percent during the third quarter of 2017, compared with the same period of 2016, handling 2.996 million passengers. Summer travel drove Q3 growth with the airport handling 1 million passengers during July and 1.1 million passengers during August. Performance during the three months also beat that of Q1 and Q2 this ...
Read More »Sharjah Municipality announces largest digitalisation project in GCC
Sharjah Municipality has announced the largest digitalisation project in the GCC, which will deploy enterprise software provider SAP’s advanced business solutions across all of the organisations internal and external services. The project will be developed and implemented in partnership with SAP, Evoteq (a technology company set-up by Bee’ah earlier this year) and Evoteq’s implementation arm, EvoGulf. One of the most ...
Read More »Sharjah-based Al Qabdah wins AED 400 million Dubai contract
Sharjah-based Al Qabdah Building Contracting has been awarded a AED 400 million (US$ 110m) construction contract to build a mid-market luxury residential community in the neighbouring emirate of Dubai. Alandalus Apartments, part of the world-class Jumeirah Golf Estates residential golf destination, will include 715 apartments, 95 town houses and a retail centre. The first handover of properties is expected to ...
Read More »Sharjah survey to gather demographic data on Emirati households
Sharjah Department of Statistics and Community Development (DSCD) has launched a new data gathering project that will update demographic information on the emirate’s 25,000 Emirati households. The project, called ‘Tahdeeth’, is the largest population survey since the Sharjah Census 2015 and is expected to continue until 4 December. Sharjah last full population census found that more than 1.4 million people ...
Read More »Sharjah tourism opens east coast office ahead of the winter tourism season
Sharjah Commerce and Tourism Development Authority (SCTDA) has opened a new tourism office and information center in Khorfakkan, in advance of the winter tourism season. Located on Sharjah’s Indian Ocean coast, Khorfakkan Port has been a destination for luxury cruise-liners since the early 1980s and has become an increasingly popular tourist destination and a focus of Sharjah’s tourism development strategy. ...
Read More »