ABU DHABI / WAM The number of hotel guests staying in the emirate’s 162 hotels and hotel apartments increased by 7.3% in the first four months of 2018, compared to the same period last year, figures released by the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi), reveal. The total number of hotel guests, which reached 1,724,967, ...

DUBAI / WAM Emirates Islamic has announced the launch of a personalised banking experience for its UAE national customers. For new salaried accounts, the bank is welcoming UAE nationals with a bonus of up to AED3,000 and much more. Emirati customers looking to buy a car will benefit from special pricing as low as 1.99% during Ramadan, coupled with approvals ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Gulf Craft, in conjunction with its exclusive dealer, Australian Superyachts, rode a wave of success with the premiere of Majesty 100 M/Y Oneworld at Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show – the Southern Hemisphere’s premier boating festival. Celebrating a monumental achievement of being held for the 30th year, the show was held from May 24 –27 at ...

SHARJAH / WAM Sharjah Roads and Transport Authority (SRTA), revealed the results of operations during the first quarter for 2018 for various mass transit vehicles, announcing that 14.2 million passengers used the group’s mass transit fleet, of which 10.5 million passengers used taxis to make seven million trips. The total number of users of public transport flights reached 1,615,000 passengers ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Emirates Engineering has successfully accomplished the first complete replacement of landing gear on A6-EDF, the first Emirates Airbus A380 aircraft to have its entire landing gear system replaced at one time. Comprising five sets of landing gear – two under the wings, two under the body, and one nose landing gear, the work was planned and ...

Sharjah / WAM Even though Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan has departed, his legacy lives on in the successful model of tolerance, progress and humanity that is the UAE today, as it continues to be guided by his vision and noble principles, asserted eminent community leaders who have had a ringside view of history. They were speaking at the ...

Dubai / WAM Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) witnessed the signing of Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) with three start-ups to work with them in the 4th Dubai Future Accelerators Programme. The Programme is organised by the Dubai Future Foundation, with the theme ‘One Team Co-Creating the Future.’ It aims to strengthen ...

Aden / WAM The fall of the Al Duraihami district of Hodeidah to the Yemeni National Resistance Forces is a turning point of the Saudi-led Arab Coalition military campaign, launched in 2015 to defeat the Houthis and restore Yemen’s government. The recent victory, in which the UAE Armed Forces participated, and backed the Yemeni Resistance, has brought the Coalition closer ...

Lahej / WAM The Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), launched a project to construct three classrooms at the Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan School in Amjerbaa in Tuban District, Lahej Governorate, as well as to restore the Rajih Azab School in Sabr, as part of its activities for the Year of Zayed. The project launch was attended by Major General ...

Dubai / Emirates Business The destination wedding industry in the Middle East continues to register steady growth and is presently worth around $4.5 billion, with the UAE emerging as the top destination for weddings in the region. These are among the findings of a survey conducted by Dubai-based event organizer QnA International at the 5th annual Destination Wedding Planners (DWP) ...