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Saudi Arabia’s New Construction Cost Index: A Benchmark Events Teams Can’t Ignore
An Official Cost Index Most Event Teams Never Check Event budgets in Saudi Arabia are usually benchmarked against last year’s invoices, a competitor’s quote, or a vendor’s rate card. Rarely are they checked against an official government index — even…
Saudi Event Awards 2026: What the Shortlist Reveals
Saudi Arabia’s events industry gets its own moment on stage next month. The Saudi Event Show returns for its sixth edition on September 9-10, 2026 at The Arena, Riyadh, running alongside the second edition of the Saudi Event Awards, with…
Beyond Travel Costs: What GBTA’s 2027 Forecast Means for Saudi Event Budgets
A New Cost Story Emerges From GBTA’s 2027 Forecast For the past year, Saudi event budget-holders have been watching one number: the cost of getting people on planes and into hotel rooms. But the 2027 Global Business Travel Forecast, released…
The New Cost-Per-Attendee Benchmark for 2026 Events
Most Saudi event budgets are still built on gut feel and last year’s invoice, not on a benchmark. That gap just got harder to justify. The Global Business Travel Association’s 2026 Business Travel Index, released in August, puts a hard…
Corporate Events Hit $369B: What It Means for Saudi CXOs
The global corporate events market is on track to hit $369.65 billion in 2026, growing at a 13.18% compound annual rate toward $686.49 billion by 2031, according to Mordor Intelligence’s latest industry analysis. For Saudi event-sector CXOs, that growth curve…
A $1 Billion Anchor: How the Eastern Province Is Becoming Saudi Arabia’s Third MICE Hub
Riyadh and Jeddah dominate most conversations about Saudi Arabia’s events market, but the Eastern Province is quietly building the infrastructure to become the Kingdom’s third major MICE and live-events destination. A $1 billion stadium nearing completion in Al Khobar, an…
Global Events M&A Wave: What It Means for Saudi Budgets
A wave of acquisitions is sweeping through the global exhibitions and live events industry in 2026, and private equity money is behind most of it. For Saudi event budget-holders, the story isn’t happening on the sidelines — it runs directly…
Cooling Costs: The Line Item Event Budgets Can’t Ignore
Among all the line items in a Saudi event budget, one is quietly shifting from an operational afterthought to a strategic decision that belongs on a CXO’s desk: air conditioning. According to Mordor Intelligence’s Saudi Arabia Event Management Market report…
Weddings Are Outgrowing Saudi Arabia’s Events Market
Most of the conversation around Saudi Arabia’s events industry centers on exhibitions, conferences and large corporate programs. But new data shows the fastest-growing segment of the market isn’t corporate at all. According to Mordor Intelligence’s Saudi Arabia Event Management Market…
A $3.1 Trillion Global Events Economy: What It Means for Saudi Budget Decisions
The global business events industry just put a number on itself, and it is a big one. A new study released on 4 August 2026 by the Events Industry Council (EIC), in partnership with Oxford Economics, found that business events…