ABU DHABI / WAM A portfolio of leading hotels, resorts, tour operators and attractions representing Abu Dhabi’s tourism industry will travel to Berlin, Germany to showcase the best of the emirate at one of the world’s largest travel trade exhibitions. Led by Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority, TCA Abu Dhabi, more than 50 partners and stakeholders will join the ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates has announced that it will put a new AED200 denomination currency note into circulation on Monday, reprinted with tactile marks for the blind and sight impaired. The tactile feature on the AED200 note consists of a pair of two horizontal lines, separated by a recognisable distance, around the ...

SHARJAH / WAM Sharjah Airport International Free Zone, SAIF ZONE, has upgraded its website, allowing visitors to navigate the website in nine international languages, as part of its major investment into the free zone’s online marketing activities. The user and search engine friendly website is now available in Arabic, English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, Japanese and Chinese languages. “This ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Emirates Data Clearing House has signed a partnership deal with XINTEC to use its new fraud detection software, FraudStrike. The partnership will add significant value to EDCH’s global customers by providing protection from International Revenue Share Fraud, IRSF, which last year cost the telecommunications industry over $10.7 billion.

ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Chairman of Abu Dhabi Executive Council, on Sunday opened the second edition of the Unmanned Systems Exhibition and Conference, UMEX 2016, and the first edition of the Simulation Conference and Exhibition, as part of Abu Dhabi Aviation and Aerospace Week. The event is held under the patronage ...

DUBAI / WAM The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry has announced on Sunday its collaboration with American computer giant, International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) to launch the ‘Dubai Digital Entrepreneurship Hub’, an online community that will support Dubai’s technology and startup ecosystem. The Dubai Digital Entrepreneurship Hub will connect startups, entrepreneurs, developers, venture capitalists and students so that they ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Ministerial Development Council (MDC) held its first meeting at the Presidential Palace in Abu Dhabi following the recent cabinet reshuffle effected by Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. In his opening remarks, H.H. Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of ...

Dubai / WAM Dubai will play host to a dialogue between the Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development (OECD) and various stakeholders involved in promoting entrepreneurship in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region during March 8-9. The MENA-OECD Working Group on SME Policy and Entrepreneurship, being held under the auspices of Dubai SME, the agency of the Department ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Over the last five years, up to March 2016, job seekers received AED 30.9 million in assistance from the Zakat Fund. Abdullah bin Aqueeda Al Muhairi, Secretary-General of the Fund, said the fund was working to launch programmes that deliver ultimate goals of the third pillar of Islam as per the directives of the UAE leadership ...

SHARJAH / WAM Sharjah Airport International Free Zone, SAIF ZONE, has upgraded its website, allowing visitors to navigate the website in nine international languages, as part of its major investment into the free zone’s online marketing activities. The new multi-language website has been developed to make it easier for clients to set up businesses in the free zone. The user ...