Téma: Bahrain

Kingdom of Bahrain, 20th April 2009: The first ever boat show in the Kingdom of Bahrain will open tomorrow, Tuesday 21st April and will run to Saturday 25th April. The Bahrain Boat Show International (BBSI) will be held at the Amwaj Islands Marina. Bahrain’s event follows other successful shows in Kuwait and Abu Dhabi, and is brought to the island by Knotika Boat Shows – a division of Knotika Holding, which supports the biggest boat show network in the Middle East. The event is open from 4pm to 10pm daily and costs BD3 per person per day.

Amwaj Islands, referred to in Arabic as Juzur Amwaj, is the first freehold development that will be built in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The BHD 567 million (US$ 1.5 billion) project will be a series of man-made islands, reclaimed off the northeast coast of Al Muharraq Island. The mixed use development will cover an area of 2.8 million square meters (30 million square feet) and provide 9.5 kilometers (5.9 miles) of beachfront land. The islands are connected to the mainland by a 3 kilometer (1.86 miles) highway and it will be approximately 5 kilometers (3 miles) from the Bahrain International Airport.