Sharjah news

The team behind TRIB3 has launched a reformer Pilates studio concept called PILAT3S, which will be available either as a standalone franchise, or as a ... More

GymNation, which was acquired by JD Gyms in 2022, has opened its latest health club in Dubai, bringing the number of sites in its UAE ... More

Wellfit, UAE-based operator of vast health and fitness, sport and wellness clubs, has announced plans to open its third full-service, large-scale hub in the Emirates. ... More

Work has been completed on the Khor Kalba Turtle and Wildlife Sanctuary in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (UAE). Commissioned by Sharjah’s Environmental Protected Areas Authority ... More

Affordable fitness chain GymNation has revealed plans to open eight new sites across the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The chain, which opened its first site ... More

Fitness First Middle East is preparing for major expansion across the region, after announcing plans for a "radical new direction" with a range of next-generation ... More

The Buhais Geology Park Interpretive Centre, with a Hopkins Architects design inspired by fossilised sea urchins, has opened in the United Arab Emirates. The centre ... More

Aidia Studio has won the Rifat Chadirji Prize 2019, which sought design proposals for a new Barjeel Museum For Modern Arab Art in Sharjah, UAE. ... More

A 65,000sq ft (19,812sq m) Zombie Apocalypse Park is set to open in 2020 at The Night Market in Deira Islands, Dubai, following a signing ... More

Arada has unveiled the final details on its Aljada Central Hub mega-development. The futuristic complex, set to be designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, will span ... More

Consultancy group The Wellness has worked to create a spa for the Al Mleiha Fossil Rock Lodge & Spa in Sharjah, UAE, which will open ... More

Asia-based General Hotel Management (GHM) has announced the opening date for its new Sharjah hotel, Al Bait Sharjah, as 1 September 2018. The hotel, which ... More

Following an international competition, Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) have been appointed to design the Central Hub of the Aljada leisure masterplan in Sharjah, UAE. Development ... More

Minor Hotels will open its first Anantara-branded resort in South America this year, with the launch of the Anantara Maraú Bahia Resort in the Bay ... More

Thailand-based hotel operator Minor Hotels has signed a management deal for a new beachfront spa resort in the Arab Emirate of Sharjah. The 233-key luxury ... More

The ruler of Sharjah, Sheikh Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, has greenlit plans for a 3.3km (2.1 miles) beachfront development incorporating new sports facilities, pedestrian ... More

The World Architecture Festival has today (7 July) unveiled the largest ever shortlist for its Building of the Year competition. WAF – one of the ... More

Set to open in March 2017, The Oberoi Beach Resort Al Zorah is a luxury eco-destination boasting exceptional biodiversity and nestled within protected mangrove forests ... More

Dubai Parks and Resorts (DPR) has secured a AED1bn (US$272m, €239m, £193m) loan to add a fourth theme park to its portfolio, with the proposed ... More

Phase one of Sharjah’s AED250m (US$68m, €62m, £47.5m) eco-tourism project has been officially opened by ruler of the Emirate, HH Sheikh Dr Sultan Mohammed Al ... More

Spa industry veteran Christian Kiefer has turned Dubai-based Dreamworks Spas into a consultancy business with a focus on three- and four-star properties in the Middle ... More

A German architecture firm, an Austrian artist and a Sharjah-based development company in the UAE have joined forces to open a butterfly-themed landscape park. Al ... More

Jack Rouse Associates (JRA) have unveiled the masterplan and preliminary concept design for Crystal Lagoon Water Theme Park – part of the AED20bn (US$5.4bn, €4.8bn, ... More

Independent research company Intelligent Spas has released its new Spa Market Overview Reports for each member state of the Gulf Cooperation Council in the Middle ... More

The Sharjah Centre for Astronomy and Space Sciences is nearing its opening date of May 7, providing a new digital and hybrid planetarium for the ... More