NEOM CITY NEWS BRIEFING

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NEOM to Announce Advisory Board Soon
aawsat.com
NEOM, Saudi Arabia's megacity project, is going to announce its advisory board shortly, it said in a tweet on Saturday. "Stay tuned for news about the …
Saudi replaces chief executive of NEOM mega city
dailymail.co.uk - Afp
Saudi Arabia has replaced the CEO of its NEOM mega city project less than a year after the unveiling of the $500 billion venture billed as a regional …
Japan’s SoftBank to open Saudi office
gulfbusiness.com - Staff Writer
Tuesday 15 May 2018 Masayoshi Son, chairman and CEO of SoftBank Group Corp SoftBank is planning to open a Saudi Arabian office, two sources familiar …
FDI opportunities growing in Saudi Arabia
zawya.com - By Staff Writer, TradeArabia
Opportunities for foreign direct investment (FDI) in the GCC, driven by economic diversification across the region, were highlighted at the final day …
Saudi's $500 billion mega-city NEOM is attracting 'overwhelming' interest from investors
CNBC - Holly Ellyatt
With ambitious plans to transform its economy as part of the crown prince's Vision 2030, Saudi Arabia is hoping to boost foreign direct investment …
ThePlace: KSA’s Qiddiya project soon to become the world’s largest entertainment city
arabnews.com
JEDDAH: Qiddiya is one of three Saudi giga-projects, in addition to Neom and the Red Sea Project, launched by Crown Prince Mohammed bin …
Virgin Hyperloop One eyes high-speed NEOM route
tahawultech.com
Virgin Hyperloop One has big plans for the Middle East. Aside from the vision to bring the technology to the UAE in the form of a high-speed …
Saudi Arabia’s dream city set to become a reality
arabnews.com
Basil M.K. Al-Ghalayini April 08, 2018 02:28 The announcement of Neom city as one of three “giga-projects” launched last year by the Public Investment …
“Dubai dynamism equals any global city": Orange Business Services CEO
tahawultech.com
Orange Business Services chief executive Thierry Bonhomme has said that the entrepreneurial spirit and willingness to adopt technology in Dubai is as …
Saudi projects put Kingdom on international tourist map
arabnews.com
JEDDAH: The large developments at the Red Sea, Al-Gidya and NEOM will help to put Saudi Arabia on the world tourist map, project executives said on …
Saudi crown prince and Softbank chief are hunting for investments in New York
CNBC - Tom DiChristopher
Saudi Arabia's powerful crown prince is widely expected to drum up investment capital during the New York City leg of his U.S. visit, and he appears …
Neom: What’s the new city of Saudi Arabia going to look like? - KAWA
kawa-news.com
Neom, a “mega-village” of 26,500km2 , created in the northwest of the country, is a city that will be at the forefront of innovation, and the first …
World’s Biggest Solar Power Project in Saudi Arabia
aawsat.com
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Vice President of the Council of Ministers and Minister of Defense, has signed a Memorandum of …
Saudi 'giga projects': tall ambitions, high risks,Riyadh
muscatdaily.com - AFP
The kingdom has revealed plans to build NEOM, a mega project billed as a regional Silicon Valley, in addition to an entertainment city in Riyadh that …
NEOM and the future of our youth
saudigazette.com.sa - Mahmoud Ahmad
RECENTLY, Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman, deputy premier and minister of defense, announced the launch of NEOM, a project that aspires to be the …
Saudis Are Talking To Amazon, Alibaba Over New City, Prince Says
ndtv.com - Alaa Shahine, Erik Schatzker, Vivian Nereim, Glen Carey, Bloomberg
Neom, as the project is known, is due to open for business by 2025, with limited operations expected as early as 2020, Prince Mohammed told Bloomberg …
Saudi Arabia’s NEOM project good news for Jordan, region — officials
jordantimes.com
AMMAN — Minister of State for Media Affairs Mohammad Momani on Thursday said that the NEOM project, launched by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin …
Meet NEOM, Saudi Arabia’s megacity that will be 22 times the size of Delhi
cntraveller.in - Suprita Mitter
There will be “nothing traditional” about this city of the future, they’re saying With an eye on a future without oil, Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince …
Alcohol to be banned in NEOM: Saudi Crown Prince
egyptindependent.com - Egypt Independent
Following his declaration of plans to establish a new zone known as NEOM in the kingdom’s northwest region that would run across Saudi Arabia, Jordan …
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rt.com - RT
"The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) wants to be a co-investor with other international funds. The Fund will attract leading Russian companies …
The Prince of Saudi Arabia Plans to Build a Megacity 33x the Size of New York
Esquire - By Sarah Rense
Women will apparently be equal to men there. The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, just unveiled his plan to build a megacity in the dessert that will stretch over 10,000 square miles
Saudi Arabia launches a futuristic economic zone
The Economist
IT WAS like Davos in the desert: some 3,500 politicians, business bosses and bankers from around the world crowded into a vast conference centre in …
Saudi Arabia Just Announced Plans to Build a Mega City That Will Cost $500 Billion
Bloomberg - Alaa Shahine, Glen Carey, Vivian Nereim
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced plans to build a new city on the Red Sea coast, promising a lifestyle not available in today’s Saudi …
Saudi Crown Prince reveals Neom megacity to be listed
arabnews.com
RIYADH: The $500 billion mega-city planned by Saudi Arabia will be floated on financial markets alongside oil giant Saudi Aramco as part of the …
‘Virtual’ Neom wows Future Investment Initiative delegates
arabnews.com
RIYADH: A virtual reality show illustrating what the soon-to-be-constructed Neom city will look like drew big crowds at the Future Investment …
Saudi Public Investment Fund looks for more global alliances
arabnews.com
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) is looking for further international partnerships as part of its ambitious aim to become the …
Saudi Arabia unveils $500bn investment zone spanning three countries
thenational.ae
Saudi Arabia, Opec’s biggest oil producer and the Arab world’s largest economy, launched on Tuesday a specialised investment zone in the …
Saudi Crown Prince launches NEOM, a ‘$500bn investment in the future’
saudigazette.com.sa
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced the launch of NEOM on Tuesday, a project that aspires to be the “safest, most efficient, most future …
Saudi Arabia's $500 Billion Neom Mega city project
arabnews.com
Saudi Arabia unveils plans to build a $500 billion mega city on the Kingdom’s Red Sea coast, as part of a huge national push to diversify its economy.