Dan Naudo has been appointed as General Manager at Sindalah Island Golf Club in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Dan has spent the last five years at the Fairmont St Andrews in Scotland, recently host to the Asian Tours International Series, and most recently ended his time there as Director of Operations in September 2022. Sindalah Island Golf Club, which is part of the $500bn NEOM development project currently under construction on Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Coast, will feature a 9-hole course designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr.

Visitors to the upcoming Cityscape Global event to be held at the Riyadh Exhibition and Convention Center from 10-13 September, are set to experience the future of living, courtesy of an immersive exhibit and informative presentations by NEOM, the smart and sustainable region taking shape in northwest Saudi Arabia.

The NEOM Beach Games will return from October 21 to November 24 and will offer a truly world-class experience to athletes, spectators, federations and rights holders. Get ready to experience major international sports events in the heart of NEOM.

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman arrived in NEOM from Jeddah on Friday, the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. The Kingdom’s NEOM’s $500 billion mega project was announced in 2017 by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as part of his Vision 2030 reform program to diversify the oil-heavy economy and boost tourism.

Saudi Arabia has launched its campaign to be the sole host of the FIFA 2034 World Cup having abandoned its joint bid to host the 2030 World Cup alongside Egypt and Greece.

UK-based Foster + Partners, a global studio for architecture, engineering, urban and landscape design, rooted in sustainability, has unveiled the designs for Equinox Resort Amaala, a luxury hotel, located within the mega development Amaala on Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coast.  Equinox Resort Amaala is being jointly set up by Red Sea Global (RSG), the developer behind the world’s most ambitious regenerative tourism destinations, Amaala and The Red Sea, and Equinox, a global leader in luxury lifestyle brands in one of the world’s most well-preserved natural environments.

Kuehne+Nagel has secured a contract from the leading global wind turbine supplier Envision Energy to transport 190 wind turbine generators (WTG) and 67 tower sets to Saudi Arabia’s new special economic zone, NEOM.

Expected to be completed in 2025, this major project involves the specialised transport of 1.4 million freight tons of WTG. A team of over 100 project logistics professionals, vessel chartering experts, transport engineers, drivers and riggers, will work together to ensure the success of the operation. A dedicated office has been established in the city of Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, to coordinate teams at NEOM’s port and the wind farm site.