{"id":2125,"date":"2018-07-31T13:46:16","date_gmt":"2018-07-31T13:46:16","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2018-07-31T13:46:16","modified_gmt":"2018-07-31T13:46:16","slug":"the-first-official-apple-store-has-opened-in-saudi-arabia-and-heres-where-you-can-find-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/en\/news\/the-first-official-apple-store-has-opened-in-saudi-arabia-and-heres-where-you-can-find-it\/","title":{"rendered":"The First Official Apple Store Has Opened In Saudi Arabia And  It&#8217;s Not Where You Can Expect"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"c-adunit c-adunit--mpu\">\n<div id=\"mpu\" class=\"c-adunit__container\"> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Saudi Arabia now has an official Apple Store and it has opened up inside the new Terminal 5 at the King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh. The opening of the anticipated store took place on July 25, when it first opened to the public.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commsmea.com\/business\/18000-saudi-arabia-gets-its-first-apple-store\" target=\"_blank\">Comms Mea,<\/a> although this store (that sits besides Virgin Megastore), is only 75 square meters in size, it still carries all the techie favorites that have created the legend of Apple today.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;The first official Apple Store in Saudi Arabia has opened inside the new Terminal 5 of King Khalid International Airport in the kingdom\u2019s capital and most populous city of Riyadh.&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/b23kkkVZ5J\">https:\/\/t.co\/b23kkkVZ5J<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Vivian Nereim (@viviannereim) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/viviannereim\/status\/1023575503561781248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 29, 2018<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>More Apple Stores are expected to open in Saudi in the next coming years<\/h3>\n<p>Reports have shown that new Apple stores are set to hit the Kingdom within a few years, also in line with Saudi&#8217;s Vision 2030.<\/p>\n<p>The deputy commercial director at King Khalid International Airport&#8217;s (KKIA) Terminal 5, John Rogers, stated his excitement for the Apple Store&#8217;s inclusion in the terminal, &#8220;We feel that such a world-renown brand offers an exceptional standard of product, which will generate excellent sales while also enhancing the overall passenger experience in terminal five.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-adunit c-adunit--mpu_mid\">\n<div id=\"mpu_mid\" class=\"c-adunit__container\"> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia now has an official Apple Store and it has opened up inside the new Terminal 5 at the King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh. 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