RIYADH: The Red Sea Development Company [RSDC] has signed a contract for Al-Seef Group to manage the administrative, civil and commercial facilities at the area of its development project for over 14,000 employees.
Based in the Middle East, Al-Seef Group will now be responsible for managing the facilities that include 18 residential buildings, 200 villas and several luxurious housing units in addition to administrative offices at the Employees’ City.
RSDC’s chief executive officer John Pagano said the company "treats its employees as its own guests as they are the pumping heart of its project the Employees’ City," according a media statement issued by Saudi Press Agency (SPA).
“Our employees are the main reason why this residential project has been designed and executed with high quality standards to ensure their pleasure and comfort while residing here,” Pagano said.
RSDC will work with Al Seef Group, a pioneering provider of facility management services, and according to Pagano "they commit to provide highest quality of accommodations and amenities."
Expressing pride in the agreement, Fahd Al-Seef, the Group’s vice-chairman for Integrated Facilities Management, said the work scale in the Employees’ City of RSDC is "highly impressive and the fact that the Company commits to provide highest leisure standards to its employees is fascinating."
Al-Seef pointed out that they will work closely to supervise the planning operations, to execute services and followed protocols and to ensure providing high-quality services to all employees involved in the project.
The Red Sea project has reached an important and advanced development stage amid work in full swing and preparations to welcome guests by the end of 2022 in conjunction with the inauguration of the international airport and first set of hotels.
The first phase’s 16 hotels will be inaugurated by the end of 2023.
SPA’s statement said the Red Sea Project, scheduled to be completed by 2030, will host 50 hotels, providing 8,000 hotel rooms and more than 1,000 residential units assembled across 22 islands and six inner locations, as well as a marina with several leisure and entertainment facilities.
Red Sea Development Company prepares facility to accommodate its 14,000 employees
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Red Sea Development Company prepares facility to accommodate its 14,000 employees
- Al-Seef Group will manage facilities including 18 residential buildings, 200 villas and luxurious housing units
- Company’s CEO said they treat employees as own guests as they are the pumping heart of Employees’ City project
‘Future cities will be built for visitors, not just residents,’ Saudi tourism minister tells Arab News
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia is positioning itself at the forefront of the global travel evolution by designing destinations that will target the tourists of the future, the Kingdom’s tourism minister has said.
Ahmed Al-Khateeb added that sustainability would serve as the guiding principle behind Saudi Arabia’s role in tomorrow’s global travel landscape.
Travelers’ habits and the tourism industry’s revenue sources have shifted dramatically in recent years, he told Arab News in an interview.
“People used to travel in groups. Today, they are traveling in smaller groups. Hotels used to make most of their revenues from rooms — now, they are making more from lounges and restaurants.”
And younger generations, empowered by technology, are also redefining how travel is planned and experienced, Al-Khateeb added. “They are driving their own itineraries on the go, which puts pressure on traditional travel companies that once organized large group trips. We are witnessing big shifts in the global travel market.”
Among the world’s fastest-growing tourism markets, China and India are reshaping international travel flows. “China has become the most important source market for outbound travelers, while India is expected to double its number of travelers in the coming years,” the minister said. “This opens a major opportunity for the Middle East — and Saudi Arabia in particular — to emerge as a top destination for international tourists.”
Since 2019, Saudi Arabia has recorded the fastest tourism growth among all G20 nations, said Al-Khateeb. “We have a very strong domestic market and a very strong religious market. Now, we have opened our doors for leisure, business and holiday travelers — whether they seek the Red Sea coast, the southern mountains, our major cities or our beautiful islands.”
Yet the Kingdom’s long-term vision for tourism extends far beyond the present, with destinations being built to serve both visitors and residents sustainably, he added.
“In the 1950s and 1960s, cities were built for residents,” Al-Khateeb said. “Today, in places like Greece, visitors outnumber residents three to one. The cities of the future must be designed for visitors as well — and that’s what we are doing in Saudi Arabia.”
Sustainability has become a non-negotiable element of all tourism development in the Kingdom, he added. “In the last two decades, sustainability has become extremely important. As we build new destinations like the Red Sea, we are fully aligned with sustainability regulations. Whatever we build today is environmentally friendly, ensuring not only environmental, but also social and economic sustainability.”
This principle lies at the heart of Vision 2030’s tourism transformation: “Sustainability is at our forefront whenever we build or operate any new destination,” he added.
