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DUBAI / WAM Etisalat, on Wednesday, announced the opening of its ultramodern ‘Open Innovation Centre’ in Dubai taking the lead in creating a hub to showcase the most innovative solutions and help drive digital transformation by enabling the use of latest technologies. The Open Innovation Centre is the first of its kind in the region showcasing digital innovation, its capabilities ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Emirates on Wednesday announced that it is to launch a new daily route from Dubai (DXB) to London Stansted (STN) on June 8, 2018. With its strategic position close to the tech and pharma hubs of Cambridge and Peterborough, Emirates will be the first Middle Eastern airline to operate out of the popular North East London ...

SHARJAH / WAM Air Arabia announced on Wednesday said that it will launch a new seasonal route to Bodrum in Turkey, commencing from June 13, 2018. The flight will operate from Sharjah International Airport three times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Adel Al Ali, Group Chief Executive Officer of Air Arabia, said, “Turkey has always been a favourable ...

DUBAI / WAM Emirates NBD on Wednesday announced that it has been named The Banker’s ‘Bank of the Year – UAE 2017’ for the third year in a row. In a news report announcing the 2017 winners, The Banker stated that the bank “impressed the judges with its strong digital focus, as well as the way it has continued to ...

Dubai / WAM Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD and CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), received a delegation from the Swiss company (ABB), and discussed mutual cooperation in the field of production and generation of energy via solar energy technologies, energy production solutions, and related technologies to serve future projects. The delegation was headed by Dr. Chunyuan Gu, ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Land Department (DLD) launched ‘Cube’, a new customer service centre on the third-floor of its headquarters, to provide real estate investors with exceptional services. ‘Cube’ has been established in collaboration with a number of key partners including the General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs in Dubai, the Dubai Police General Command, the Dubai Health ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Board of Directors of the National Archives held its first meeting after the new board formation where members discussed the strategic and operational plans as well as the key programmes and initiatives to be implemented in 2018. The Board of Directors expressed its gratitude to HH Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Miral announced the development of a new, vibrant beachfront community space located on Abu Dhabi’s Corniche. Due to open in first quarter of 2018, the ‘A’l Bahar’ project will help to deliver on the capital’s vision of offering unique experiences for residents and visitors, establishing the emirate as an entertainment and leisure destination of distinction. ...

Dubai / WAM Dubai Culture and Arts Authority, Dubai Culture, has announced the winner of the ‘Best Script Award’ in the Dubai programme for Youth Theatre, which celebrated its 11th successful edition in 2017. Dubai Culture confirmed that it received a total of 29 scripts submitted by both amateur and professional playwrights under this year’s competition theme ‘Year of Giving ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, the next edition of the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW), will focus on ‘Driving the Global Energy Transformation’. ADSW will take place from January 13-20 at the Abu Dhabi National ...