Bahrain Economy

NATIONAL CHARACTER: While Bahrainis are interested in and open to foreign cultures, they are also very proud of their own identity, history and culture, and they are willing to share their local customs and traditions with those who are keen to learn.

Infrastructure work in the MENA region worth $87.6bn in 2013 – the largest regional total for project financing that year – means big business for reinsurance providers that can shoulder the risk for such financing needs. Following the example of island nations such as the Bahamas and Singapore, Bahrain has ambitions of becoming an important...

Compared with many of its peers in the GCC that remain largely dependent on hydrocarbon revenues, Bahrain has a relatively diversified economy. The country pioneered the development of new economic sectors that are now common throughout the Gulf. Bahrain was the first GCC state to begin oil exports in 1934 and later became the first in the...

THE COMPANY: Seef Properties is primarily a mall operator and it manages Seef Mall, Bahrain’s second-largest shopping mall, with a gross leasable area (GLA) of 72,000 sq metres. Seef also has a serviced apartments division, through which it operates Fraser Suites, and a recreational...

With an 18.9% year-on-year increase in market capitalisation and a 17.2% hike in the Bahrain All-Share Index, 2013 was a positive year for the Bahrain Bourse. This positive trend continued into 2014 as well, with a 21.7% rise in market capitalisation to BD8.47bn ($22.45bn) at the end of September 2014 and a 23.63% increase year to date in the Bahrain All-Share Index,...

THE COMPANY: Gulf Hotel Group (GHG) is a public limited liability company that has been listed on the Bahrain Bourse since 1987. A luxury hotel brand, GHG was inaugurated in 1967 under the name of Bahrain Hotels Company. The company is primarily involved in two main operations: the...