Sunday , 15 February 2026

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310 Emiratis graduate on Etihad Airways’ runway to success

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, celebrated the graduation of 310 future leaders from the company’s Future Leaders Programmes. The graduation event at Al Raha Beach Hotel in Abu Dhabi was attended by His Excellency Mohamed Mubarak Fadhel Al Mazrouei, Chairman of Etihad Aviation Group and board members, His Excellency …

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In-flight catering value to reach $18bn by 2020

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business SIAL 2016, the region’s fastest-growing professional trade exhibition for the food, beverage and hospitality industries, will return to Abu Dhabi where it will once again host the world’s leading supply companies to the airline catering sector, during the 35th edition of The Mercurys. SIAL, under the patronage of HH Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al …

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4,500 tickets for Legoland, Bollywood Parks on National Day occasion

  Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Parks and Resorts on Wednesday announced that every year it will celebrate UAE National Day with a limited number of tickets priced equivalent to the anniversary year. This year, Dubai Parks and Resorts will celebrate the 45thUAE National Day with 4,500 tickets for AED45 per person per park from (December 1–3) at LEGOLAND Dubai …

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Arab cinema lab to help finance new projects

  Bloomberg The Dubai International Film Festival will this year feature the launch of the Arab Cinema Lab to help finance new projects. Organized independently by MAD Solutions, the Lab looks to function as “a film financing incubator for accelerating the new film projects and new business ideas that will drive the Arab film industry forward over the coming year,” …

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EDA hosts classes on robotics and artificial intelligence

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business The Emirates Diplomatic Academy (EDA), the UAE’s international relations and diplomacy academic, training, best-practice and research institution, on Wednesday marked UAE Innovation Week with a designated innovation programme focused on the future of 21st Century diplomacy. Students heard and explored how diplomacy of the future will be shaped by everything from robotics to artificial …

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Belgian astronaut inspires Emirati youth on space exploration

  Dubai / Emirates Business Frank de Winne, the Belgian astronaut, led a university roadshow in the UAE this week as part of Next Gen Space Initiative and the UAE’s first Belgian Week. The Next Gen initiative, designed to educate and inspire youth on space, is supporting the build-up campaign towards the Global Space Congress, which will be held in …

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Lower oil prices created opportunities too in GCC

  DUBAI / WAM Lower oil prices have created economic pressure in the members of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC) by impacting revenues while also creating opportunities, Abdulla Jassem bin Kalban, MD and CEO of Emirates Global Aluminium(EGA), said and noted that “the greatest success story is industrialisation through the GCC aluminium industry.” “Economic …

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Mohamed reconstitutes TDIC’s board

  ABU DHABI / WAM In his capacity as Chairman of the Executive Council of Abu Dhabi, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, issued a resolution reconstituting the board of the Tourism Development and Investment Company (TDIC), the emirate’s master developer of major tourism …

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New Abu Dhabi – Dubai highway to be ready by ’17

  ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi General Services Company, Musanada, said the 62-km-long Abu Dhabi- Dubai highway would be ready by next year. The project, being executed by Musanada in co-operation with the Department of Municipal Affairs and Transport, is one of the most important land transport initiatives in the emirate of Abu Dhabi. The road is one of …

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Abu Dhabi executive council takes stock of MTR, Abu Dhabi Ports work

  ABU DHABI / WAM The Economic Development Committee (EDC) of Abu Dhabi Executive Council visited the new Midfield Terminal Project (MTP) and Abu Dhabi Ports, the master developer, operator and manager of the emirate’s ports, and to Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi, Kizad. The two projects are in line with the Abu Dhabi Plan objectives to create an effective …

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