oil fields, became the site for the world’s largest petrochemical complex. Today, Jubail is considered to be the largest industrial project in the world. The area, including the old town, is divided into five zones, including the industrial zone, where all the main factories are situated together with ancillary installations that produce steel, aluminium, plastic and fertilisers. There’s also the residential
area made up of eight locali- ties built on an adjacent island linked to the mainland. It has the capacity to accommodate up to 375,000 people in modern housing. Al-Batwah Island is a picnic zone with a park and a zoo and features fishing sites and a marina. The fifth zone is the airport with a 250-metre-wide runway that can handle all sizes of aircraft. On the hotel front the Al Jubail,
An InterContinental City Hotel, is located in a residential area over- looking the Arabian Gulf where its proximity to the industrial city of Jubail is a draw for busi- ness visitors. The hotel, which has meeting and conference facilities for up to 450 theatre- style, also offers restaurants, bars and cafés, a sauna, Jacuzzi and a fully equipped diving centre.
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Nakheel beach near Al-Shiraa Park, the Al Fanateer Corniche area, the Whispering Sands Golf Course and the Al Andalus park. Although it is an industrial
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giant, Jubail is also a thriving city, with solid infrastructure, housing, shopping, education and health facilities all supporting a popu- lation of more than 220,000. The Saudi government has
already indicated that the city will continue to expand under the name Jubail II – a second industrial area to house up to 22 new primary industries. Work is already underway to build new pipelines and a desalination plant to service the expansion.
YANBU Yanbu’ al Bahr has a history that stretches back more than 2,500 years at which time it was a staging point on the spice and incense route from Yemen to Egypt and the Mediterranean region beyond. The small town on the Red Sea also
served as a supply and operational base for Arab and British forces fighting the Ottoman Empire during World War I. However, until 1975, it remained at heart a small fishing town. Then, along with Jubail in the east, it was chosen to become an industrial processing hub for Saudi Arabia’s oil reserves. Its prox- imity to the Suez Canal also made it an ideal shipping destination, providing easy access to Europe. It is the country’s second port
after Jeddah and serves as the main port for the Holy City of Madinah, 160 kilometres to the east. A natural harbour, it is protected on both sides by wide coral reefs, which remain largely untouched by the transformation on land, making them excellent areas for diving. A new project is underway
along a nine-kilometre stretch of the King Abdul Aziz Road, where a new resort will be built with plans for more than 20,000 trees, recreational centres and water sports facilities. Hotels include the Radisson Blu Hotel, Yanbu, located on the beach and the Mövenpick Hotel & Resort Yanbu located on Al Mahaar Island. The Radisson Blu Hotel, Yanbu is
15 minutes from the industrial and commercial district and can host business meetings or corporate events. It features two meeting rooms for up to 80 delegates, each equipped with hi-tech audio- visual equipment. The hotel’s Waha Garden Terrace overlooking the Red Sea is aimed at attracting banquet and business gatherings. The Mövenpick Hotel & Resort
Yanbu is built on its own private island and offers unobstructed views of the Red Sea from all its 201 rooms, suites, villas and apartments, a dramatic zero-edge infinity pool, a private marina with diving and snorkelling, as well as a health club and spa. The hotel also boasts conference rooms equipped with audio-visual technology and spacious banquet halls for several hundred guests.
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