The Rezidor Hotel Group has opened the Middle East's first Park Inn hotels in Saudi Arabia and the Sultanate of Oman, with the 148 room Park Inn Al Khobar and the 175 room Park Inn Muscat already welcoming the first guests.

One of the vagaries of European law allows many yachts to stay in the European Union without paying VAT, provided they leave European waters at least once every 18 months. It used to be that such vessels would visit Malta, often on their way to or from Greece.

Muscat Municipality is currently putting in tremendous efforts to complete a number of vital service projects in the various wilayats of the governorate.