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Saudi Suspends 1,800 Agencies: What It Signals for Quality, Capacity, and Compliance

Saudi’s suspension of ~1,800 foreign Umrah agencies is a governance reset: shifting religious tourism from volume-driven growth to compliance-driven scale. It signals continuous monitoring, tighter digital control, and a market tilt toward capitalized, tech-enabled operators.

Mohamed Musaiqer

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Saudi’s TVET Scale Up: Capacity, Coverage, and Specialization

Saudi TVET is shifting from “social overhead” to investable workforce infrastructure: short-cycle programs, employer alignment, and PPP delivery. With TVTC operating at national scale and global vendor academies embedded inside colleges, TVET offers faster policy-to-outcomes loops than universities, creating clear entry points for infrastructure, platforms, and outcomes-linked capital.

Eyad Omari

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Riyadh’s Grade A Office Squeeze: The Rise of Pre Leasing and the New Pricing Power

Riyadh’s Grade-A office market is shifting from “find me space” to “reserve it before it exists.” With near-full occupancy, fast rent growth, and a huge 2025–2028 pipeline, pre-leasing is becoming the main tool that sets pricing power, de-risks development, and separates real Grade-A winners from “almost Grade-A” stock.

Mohamed Musaiqer

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Saudi’s “Taakkad” Preventive Screening: From Pilot Initiative to Population Level Risk Engine

Taakkad turns preventive screening into a national operating system: standardized packages, Sehhaty booking, high-throughput clinics, and integrated follow-up. For investors, it’s a population-scale risk engine that reshapes utilization, diagnostics demand, and data-driven health financing.

Eyad Omari

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Private Schools, New Standards: How Updated Municipal Requirements Reshape Capacity, Safety, and Costs

Saudi Arabia’s December 2025 municipal standards for private schools reset site, density, safety, and boarding rules—shifting land economics, capex per seat, and which operators can scale across major cities.

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Medical Inflation 2026: What Rising Cost Trends Mean for Saudi Employers, Insurers, and Providers

January 2026 renewals land into sustained double-digit medical trend, rising Saudi premiums, and tighter public budgets—reshaping risk, margins, and investable models across employers, insurers, and providers.

Eyad Omari

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Transit Pricing Meets Property: What Riyadh Metro Passes Could Do to Rents, Footfall, and TOD

Riyadh Metro’s 2026 annual and student passes turn mobility into a subscription, reshaping station-area values, TOD retail footfall, and investor returns under the rent-freeze regime.

Mohamed Musaiqer

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Beyond Luxury: Saudi Tourism’s Shift to Mid Market Supply in 2026

Saudi tourism is pivoting “beyond luxury” in 2026, pushing mid and upper mid market hotel supply to match domestic and pilgrim demand. For investors, it reshapes underwriting toward volume, resilient occupancy, and scalable portfolio structures.

Eyad Omari

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