Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Etihad Airways on Thursday announced its Abu Dhabi – Düsseldorf route will be operated 14 times a week with the addition of a new daily service, effective March 26. The double daily schedule will provide greater choice to local passengers travelling between Abu Dhabi and Düsseldorf, and further increase connectivity to and from Germany ...
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Sharjah / Emirates Business As the fifth edition of the Sharjah Children Biennial continues to display the outstanding work of international young artists, Her Excellency Noura bint Mohammed Al Kaabi, Minister of State for Federal National Council (FNC), and Sheikha Alia Al Qasimi, Founder of ‘Minbart’ visited the event at Sharjah Art Museum. On their first leg of their ...
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Dubai / Emirates Business The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation (MBRF) – a member of the Mohammed bin Rashid Global Initiatives – is set to expand its “A Book in Minutes†initiative, which has already published up to 105 books. Launched by the Foundation three years ago, the initiative seeks to promote reading and to spread knowledge to ...
Read More »Dubai / Emirates Business Continuing its expansion program, Careem, the region’s leading ride-hailing service, has now expanded to more than 50 cities across the broader MENASA (Middle East, North Africa and South Asia) region, including Turkey and three new cities in Pakistan. Mudassir Sheikha, co-founder and CEO of Careem, said, “Our main focus is to broaden and deepen our ...
Read More »ABU DHABI / WAM The Emirates Maritime Arbitration Centre (EMAC) hosted the first of its series of 2017 events in Abu Dhabi to further promote its services to local maritime stakeholders. The event featured a panel of key speakers from EMAC. With an audience of legal professionals and representatives from the maritime and oil and gas sectors, the panelists ...
Read More »DUBAI / Emirates Business The UAE is leading an innovative strategic shift in using CCTV from citizen security to Smart City quality of life services. Across the UAE, public and private sector organizations have installed thousands of CCTV cameras. For example, the Abu Dhabi government’s recently-launched Falcon Eye system is monitoring transport infrastructure to better manage traffic flow. As ...
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Dubai / Emirates Business According to the latest report issued by Dubai Land Department (DLD), Dubai’s real estate market experienced a strong start to the year, generating transactions worth up to AED 12 billion during the first 15 days of January 2017. His Excellency Sultan Butti Bin Mejren, Director General of DLD said, “The growth achieved in the fourth ...
Read More »Abu Dhabi / WAM Leaders from government, business and academia convened on Wednesday in Abu Dhabi for the second annual Women in Sustainability, Environment and Renewable Energy, WiSER, conference under the theme ‘Practical steps towards sustainable innovation.’ The event was organised by Masdar in partnership with the Zayed Future Energy Prize. The conference, a key event at Abu Dhabi Sustainability ...
Read More »Abu Dhabi / WAM The National Central Cooling Company (Tabreed) the leading UAE-based district cooling utility company, on Wednesday announced the acquisition of a district cooling plant from International Capital Trading (ICT). The acquisition will strengthen Tabreed’s portfolio to 71 district cooling plants throughout the GCC, and add more than 11,500 Refrigeration Tons , RT, of cooling to its existing ...
Read More »Dubai / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) launched its artificial intelligence ‘chat-bot’, called Rammas, on its Facebook page, with further installations on other social media platforms to follow. This supports the directives of the wise leadership to achieve the UAE Vision 2021 to make the UAE one of the best countries in the world. DEWA has adopted innovation ...
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