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Dubai / WAM The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), will showcase the power of nations working together when it hosts its own pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai, the first World Expo to be held in the region. Dr Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, Secretary-General of the Council, on Monday signed an official participation contract with Reem bint Ibrahim Al Hashimy, Minister ...

Dubai / WAM Emirates Transport (ET), on Monday launched the final phase of testing for the first battery electric school bus in the region. The 45-seater bus has been manufactured in close cooperation with the Shanghai Sunwin Bus Cooperation, in one of the first projects of its kind worldwide. Speaking at the launch ceremony, Mohammed Abdullah Al Jarman, General Manager ...

Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, said that peace, tolerance and collaboration have defined the path adopted by the UAE right from its foundation by the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. “Following the path set by the late Sheikh Zayed, our ...

Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of Dubai Civil Aviation Authority and Chairman and Chief Executive of Emirates Airline and Group on Monday inaugurated the ‘Future Manufacturing and Trade Summit 2017’, at the Jumeirah Emirates Towers. The event is hosted by Dubai Exports, the export promotion agency of Dubai Economy, and organised by Expotrade ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi is targeting a 5 percent growth in cruise tourism over the coming season, with 350,000 passengers set to visit the emirate in 2017-2018, Sultan Al Dhaheri, Acting Executive Director, Tourism Sector, at the Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority (ADTCA), told Emirates News Agency (WAM). The UAE capital is on a tourism drive at ...

DUBAI / WAM The UAE and Saudi Arabia, on Monday, signed a work plan for the Authorised Economic Operator (AEO), agreement launched by the two countries in Dubai, aimed at implementing quickly and efficiently the mutual acknowledgement made for the AEO programme between the two countries. Mohammed Jumaa Busaiba, Director-General of Federal Customs Authority (FCA), and Ahmed bin Abdulaziz Al ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business The Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) has debuted a new business intelligence and data warehousing platform, provided by Gulf Business Machines (GBM), the region’s number one provider of IT solutions. GBM completed the implementation of the enterprise business intelligence and data warehousing platform project earlier this year. The new platform is engineered to support ADX’s ...

SHARJAH / WAM The Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI), hosted a meeting with the President of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, and his accompanying delegation, to discuss a number of economic issues of common concern. The meeting, which was held in the presence of Abdullah Sultan Al Owais, Chairman of the SCCI, included discussions on means of enhancing bilateral economic ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Emirates on Monday confirmed that its first two Boeing 777-300ER aircraft fitted with its soon-to-launch First Class product will operate from Dubai to the airline’s Belgian and Swiss destinations starting from December 1. Emirates’ new First Class cabin will feature six private suites laid out in a 1-1-1 layout, compared to the eight private suites in ...

Dubai / Reuters Abu Dhabi National Oil Co (ADNOC) plans to launch a share sale of a stake in its network of fuel service stations and retail convenience stores in December, sources told Reuters on Sunday. The listing for ADNOC Distribution comes as Abu Dhabi and other Gulf states seek to privatise energy assets. Sources told Reuters in September that ...