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Articles & Analysis | Hotel options in Kuwait from The Report: Kuwait 2022

CROWNE PLAZA KUWAIT AL THURAYA CITY

Airport Road, Kuwait City 81006
T: +965 1848 111/ 2473 2100
www.crowneplaza.com/Kuwait
reservation.atc@ihg.com

Rooms: 207 rooms.

Business & Conference Facilities: 13 meeting rooms and five...

Language

Arabic is the official language, although English is widely used and understood. It is relatively easy to get around using just English, and many business meetings are conducted in this language. Any correspondence with government offices should be sent in Arabic. Other widely spoken languages include Hindi, Farsi, Urdu and Filipino.

To leverage its location and proximity to major Gulf markets, Kuwait plans to develop economic zones to attract investment, and support trade and industry clustering. While trade was temporarily disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic, exports rebounded significantly in 2021. The Middle East currently accounts for a large portion of Kuwait’s external trade, with the UAE and Saudi...

Kuwait benefits from an advantageous location in the Northern Gulf that provides convenient access to major markets in Europe and Asia. The country’s trade and investment profile has long been dominated by oil, with revenue from its vast reserves used to fund overseas investment, generating sustainable long-term returns and safeguarding future prosperity. As Kuwait emerges...

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