Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAEand Ruler of Dubai, ordered an aid airlift to Sierra Leone to deliver core relief items to communities affected by a devastating landslide. Following the order, an Airbus A330 aircraft carrying around 50 metric tonnes of humanitarian aid departed from Dubai’s Al ...
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Sharjah / Emirates Business Forty-eight Sharjah government entities are taking part in GITEX Technology Week 2017, with many of the bodies unveiling innovative digital applications and services that are key for the digital transformation in Sharjah. Thirteen smart applications, six new and updated websites and an array of digital services are scheduled to be launched at GITEX 2017, which opens ...
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Dubai / Emirates Business Cisco on Saturday announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Miral, Abu Dhabi’s creator of destinations, to further explore opportunities to enhance Miral’s digital offerings across its portfolio of leisure destinations on Yas Island. The MoU establishes a framework for closer collaboration between the two parties by leveraging Cisco’s broad portfolio of technology ...
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Dubai / Emirates Business Azizi Developments, the fast growing real estate developer operating in the UAE for over a decade, is continuing to push forward on its construction plans. After selling out all the waterfront projects of phase one and 50 percent of phase two of its AED12 billion waterfront project Azizi Riviera at Cityscape Global 2017, the developer announced ...
Read More »Dubai / WAM In line with its mandate to position Dubai as the global capital of the Islamic Economy, the Dubai Islamic Economy Development Centre (DIEDC), in partnership with Dubai Exports, the export promotion agency of Dubai Economy, recently led a multi-sector trade mission to Australia. The aim of the high level and diverse group was to capitalise on the ...
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SHARJAH / WAM Sharjah Economic Development Department (SEDD), released the sixth edition of the 2016 annual report which highlights its reports throughout the year. The report included the services, activities, initiatives and policies implemented by the department within the framework of its vision to achieve economic well-being in the emirate. It also included the objectives the department seeks to achieve ...
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Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Board of Trustees at the Dubai Future Foundation (DFF), visited the foundation’s headquarters, accompanied by His Highness Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai. During the visit, they viewed some of the foundation’s top ...
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Abu Dhabi / WAM Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, has been named ‘Airline of the Year’ in the United Kingdom for the fourth consecutive year by the Travel Trade Gazette (TTG). The Abu Dhabi-based airline beat strong competition to take the top prize at the ceremony, held at London’s Lyceum Theatre and attended by 750 leading figures ...
Read More »Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Ports, the master developer, operator and manager of commercial and community ports within the emirate of Abu Dhabi, as well as Fujairah Terminals and Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (KIZAD), announced the purchase of three new tug boats during the Sea Trade Offshore Marine & Workboats Middle East 2017 (SOMWE). The new tug boats ...
Read More »Dubai / WAM Drydocks World, the leading marine, onshore and offshore service provider to the oil, gas and renewable energy sectors, has signed an agreement for 2 new projects with Bluewater Energy Services B.V. and end client, Hurricane Energy Plc.. Building on Drydocks World’s excellent track record of 32 conversions and 6 turrets, the yard will now undertake a repair, ...
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