Having trouble reading this email?, See it in your browser Thursday, 31 October 2019 Saudi tourism mega project awards contract for airport plan UK-based Fosters + Partners wins design contract for airport to serve the Red Sea Project James Bond Jaguar to go under the hammer at Abu Dhabi F1 auction Limited edition Jaguar C-X75 expected to fetch up to $1.2 million UAE, Saudi Arabia said to launch joint tourist visa New tourist visa which will allow visits to both countries is expected to be introduced in 2020 -... World's biggest solar plant starts commercial ops in Abu Dhabi The 1.2-gigawatt Sweihan project is connected to the grid and can meet the electricity demand of... Gulf countries cut interest rates, following US Fed move Kuwait lowers borrowing costs for the first time since 2012 in response to US Federal Reserve's... Kuwaiti IPOs deemed to have breached Islamic law Kuwait stock exchange's IPO and and a long-awaited public subscription to Shamal Al-Zour have... 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