Founded in 1999 and launched by Al Hilal Group, the region's leading English-language publisher of specialist business magazines based in Bahrain, TradeArabia came into being as a B2B web portal designed to serve exporters, importers, and business professionals with daily trade news, company information, and a regional business marketplace covering the Middle East, Arabian Gulf, and Levant. Managing Director Ronnie Middleton built the portal around 18 industry sector channels providing daily news updates alongside a worldwide database of over 200,000 companies, positioning it as an essential digital resource for anyone engaged in trade with or within the MENA region. Today, TradeArabia operates under Al Hilal Group, headquartered at Exhibition Avenue in Manama, Bahrain, with offices in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom, and the Far East. Today, TradeArabia is mainly focused on Middle East and GCC business news, construction, energy, finance, healthcare, logistics, retail, and technology sector coverage from their headquarters in Manama, Bahrain. One interesting fact: Despite being founded in 1999 during the early years of the commercial internet, TradeArabia has maintained continuous operation for over 25 years as a B2B trade portal at a time when most of its early digital competitors in the MENA region have either shut down or been absorbed by larger media groups, making it one of the longest continuously running dedicated trade news portals in the Middle East.