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Events in five sports to come under NEOM Beach Games banner as Saudi Arabia continues push to become sporting hub
Saudi Arabia is to host the inaugural NEOM Beach Games later this year at the still-under-construction project which is also bidding to host the Asian Winter Games, with five events planned under the banner.
The NEOM project, a massive construction undertaking in the north-west of the country, is planned to incorporate smart-city technologies and become a major tourism draw, with its scale so grand that it is being proposed as both a beach games and winter sports destination.
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NEOM’s media hub on a mission to nurture Saudi talentThe NEOM media hub is set to become a hotbed for the Kingdom’s creative talent as well as a major contributor to the nation’s economy, according to one its senior executives. Although still in its early days, the media hub is a key element of the NEOM smart city, and one of its missions is to compete with the world’s elite creative centers by driving local workforce development.
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NEOM to build a desalination plant by 2024 to quell water paucityNEOM will build a water desalination plant by 2024 to combat water scarcity, revealed the CEO of its water and energy subsidiary ENOWA.  Speaking on the sidelines of the Future Desalination International Conference held in Riyadh, ENOWA’s CEO Peter Terium told Arab News that the project would also undertake the ambitious task of creating an artificial freshwater lake in TROJENA.Â
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NEOM will serve alcohol on beach resort island, says reportSaudi Arabia's $500bn megacity NEOM is planning to serve alcohol at a beach resort set to open next year, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. Documents seen by the WSJ reveal that a premium wine bar, a cocktail bar and a "champagne and desserts" bar will be part of a Red Sea island called Sindalah, set to open in 2023. There will also be a retail wine shop with a "striking vertical wall display". The consumption, importation, brewing and selling of alcohol is completely...
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NEOM Beach Games 2022 to attract high-performance athletes from 25 countriesNEOM announced on Thursday the NEOM Beach Games 2022 will bring together leading world-class sport events with high-performance athletes from over 25 countries, as the region aims to become a sports hub.  The series of major sporting events will launch on October 19 and feature five dynamic sports — kitesurfing, triathlon, 3x3 basketball, beach soccer and mountain biking.
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Young Saudis make up 40% of NEOM staff - OXAGON CEO Vishal Wanchoo
Around 40 percent of employees of NEOM City are young Saudi nationals who have received the best ever education abroad and actively contribute to the implementation of the ambitious vision of the city. This was disclosed by Vishal Wanchoo, CEO of OXAGON, the industrial city of NEOM.
Addressing the 2nd Saudi International Iron and Steel Conference 2022 here on Wednesday, Wanchoo, who is also head of manufacturing at NEOM, said that foreign workers at NEOM belong to 70 nationalities.
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NEOM started largest construction project in history - Nadhmi Al-NasrNadhmi Al-Nasr, CEO of NEOM Company, said that NEOM will provide the world with the best sustainable place to live on earth, featuring the best urban planning and livability.
Addressing the third day session of the 2nd Saudi International Iron and Steel Conference 2022 here on Wednesday, Al-Nasr said that NEOM will become the largest construction project in history, according to the planned scope of implementation. “The NEOM will have the highest iron consumption in the world, and this represents...
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