Italian designers employed by an American hotelier supported by Japanese investors have taken an uninhabited coral dot on the Baa Atoll of the Maldives and created a whimsical world where the …
Zen pals: Deepak Chopra and entrepreneur Carmen Busquets meet on the astral plane
The author and integrative-medicine advocate and e-com fairy godmother have forged a friendship on a shared love of meditational “travelling” and trailblazing tech …
Conrad Hotels & Resorts to open residences in Bahrain
Conrad Hotels & Resorts is set to open residences at Bahrain Financial Harbour. Coming to First Energy Bank Tower on the northern shore of Manama in 2022, it will be the first fully residential luxury …
Battushig Batbold Guides Mongolia’s Altai Holding Into New Era
Mongolia’s Altai Holding— a conglomerate of ten companies, including robust and leading companies in various sectors— headed by a western-educated, young, and innovative leader Battushig Batbold has …
The Surprise Stock Market Winner in the Georgia Senate Elections
Much of the reason came from a surprise winner in the aftermath of the Georgia Senate elections: bank stocks, which powered higher. Coming into the Georgia elections, many investors were nervous about …
Kuwait shisha café owners demand action to save their livelihoods
By Nawara Fattahova KUWAIT: Although the number of COVID-19 infections has dropped and the situation is stable in Kuwait, some businesses haven’t reopened since they were forced to shut down in March …
Israel economy to lose up to $1.3 billion a week from tighter lockdown
A tightening of Israel’s third nationwide coronavirus lockdown is expected to cost the country’s economy as much as 4.0 billion shekels ($1.3 billion) a week, according to government and central bank …
Medved: How Israel and Gulf economies can do the ‘business of peace’
The event, in partnership with Sharaka, a group that promotes coexistence in the wake of the Abraham Accords, discussed the “business of peace” and looked at new Israel relations with the United Arab …
Sagewind Capital, Jordan launch new government platforms
Private equity firms Sagewind Capital and The Jordan Company reveal their latest backings of companies in the government technology and professional services market.
Feature: Jordan’s tourism suffers “all-time-low” holiday business under shadow of COVID-19 pandemic
By the end of 2020, the COVID-19 crisis claimed more than 3,800 lives in Jordan and hammered the kingdom’s economy, which trapped the tourism and hospitality business at an “all-time-low” while left …