Dubai / Emirates Business A slowing economy hasn’t had any sort of impact on Qatar’s residential rental market, with a 7 per cent gain last year following on from the 14 per cent annual growth experienced in 2014. But rental growth numbers are starting to pick up some slack, according to a CBRE report. Growth “during the second half of ...
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Eight pre-qualified firms vie for three water projects in Oman
Muscat / Emirates Business As many as eight international companies have been pre-qualified to bid for developing independent water projects (IWPs) at Salalah, Shaqiyah and Duqm. The Oman Power and Water Procurement Company (OPWP) , which oversees the procurement of all new electricity generation and water desalination capacity in the country, said that these firms comprise a consortium of International ...
Read More »Hilton Garden Inn, Urban Park to open in Al Khuwayr by 2019
Muscat / EMIRATES BUSINESS Muscat National Development and Investment Company (ASAAS) unveiled its second mega-project this year announcing its plans to build a four-star hotel and an Urban Park, managed and operated by Hilton Worldwide under the brand Hilton Garden Inn. The project, a result of an agreement with Muscat Municipality will come up in a 16,000sq m plot in ...
Read More »Starwood Hotels gets $13.2 billion bid, pressuring Marriott
Bloomberg Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc., owner of brands such as Westin, Sheraton and W, said it plans to accept a $13.2 billion takeover bid by China’s Anbang Insurance Group Co. and gave suitor Marriott International Inc. a deadline to make a counteroffer. Anbang and its partners will pay $78 a share in cash for Starwood, according to a ...
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