The Guide
From The Report: Saudi Arabia 2020
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Explore listings of some of the leading hotels and resorts in Saudi Arabia, as well as access useful tips and information for both business and leisure visitors. This chapter contains an interview with Cihan Yilmaz, General Manager KSA, MAPA Construction & Trade Company.

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Interview

Keeping pace: Cihan Yılmaz, General Manager KSA, MAPA Construction and Trade Company, on adapting to a rapidly evolving environment
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Interview:Cihan Yılmaz What should investors and local entrepreneurs take into account prior to investing in the Kingdom? CIHAN YILMAZ: Saudi Arabia’s economy is among the 20 largest in the world, and the Kingdom is the only G20 member country in the GCC. The country offers an attractive market for investors and has a stable outlook for the long term. While there had long been barriers imposed on foreign investors, in 2016 the government started an ambitious series of socio-economic reforms,…

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Rest easy: Hotels in popular cities
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INTERCONTINENTAL RIYADH King Saud Road, PO Box 3636, Riyadh 11481 T: (+966) 11 465 5000 www.intercontinental.com/riyadh reservations.icriyadh@ihg.com Rooms: 275 rooms, with 140 standard rooms, 39 junior suites, five large executive suites, two royal suites, 56 club rooms, 10 presidential suites, five club royal suites and 18 cabana rooms. Business & Conference Facilities: 13 meeting and event rooms, and two main halls. Business centre includes workstation, fax machine, express courier…

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Facts for visitors: Useful information for business and leisure travellers – Saudi
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Etiquette There are social expectations for interactions between unrelated men and women, which is polite to follow when visiting Saudi Arabia. Businessmen should wait for a woman to offer her hand to shake in a meeting. In other situations, keep a respectful distance. Handshakes between men are common. Saudis pride themselves on their hospitality, and it is impolite to begin business without engaging in small talk first. In formal meetings it is common to be offered a small cup of qahwa…