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DUBAI / Emirates Business Emirates is extending its popular My Emirates Pass programme to customers visiting Dubai this winter season. The programme gives Emirates customers exclusive offers and discounts across the city by turning the Emirates boarding pass into an exclusive membership card. Those flying to or through Dubai between January 1 and March 31 can take advantage of a ...

DUBAI / WAM The UAE’s General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) hosted a Youth Circle entitled ‘Youth & Sustainability in Aviation’ in conjunction with the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Emirates Engineering at Dubai International Airport. Attended by around 70 young people representing a range of technical and managerial backgrounds in the aviation sector, the meeting discussed issues that young Emiratis ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Etihad Aviation Group (EAG) has announced a year-long programme of activities and humanitarian initiatives to mark 2018 as the Year of Zayed. Etihad’s headquarters in Abu Dhabi inaugurated its Year of Zayed activities by holding a flag-raising ceremony attended by employees. The aviation group’s offices and buildings around the world are now adorned with Sheikh ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Healthcare City Authority (DHCA), the governing body of Dubai Healthcare City (DHCC), on Wednesday announced, in collaboration with the Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship (ICA), the setting up of an ICA’s Customer Happiness Centre in the free zone to serve its community members and the wider Dubai community. As many as 8,000 people working in ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Gulf Craft will start 2018 in style in Thailand at the new luxury lifestyle event Phuket Rendezvous from January 4 to 7. “Thailand is an increasingly important market for several reasons,” said Tony Nixey, Managing Director of Gulf Craft’s dealer in the country, Go Boating Thailand. “Not only is it popular with the global yachting community, ...

DUBAI / WAM HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has dedicated his accession day anniversary to thank His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, for devoting his life to serving the nation ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Ministry of Finance (MoF) on Tuesday issued the first VAT inclusive purchase order, and approved the first VAT invoice on its federal financial system, becoming the first federal entity to implement tax procedures and issue a tax invoice in 2018. The ministry provides a fully-integrated system, a technical support team, as well as a telephone ...

DUBAI / WAM Marks & Spencer (M&S) on Tuesday confirmed the sale and franchise of its retail business in Hong Kong and Macau to its long-established franchise partner Al-Futtaim. The sale, which completed on December 30, sees Al-Futtaim become the new sole franchisee for M&S in Hong Kong and Macau. Al-Futtaim has worked in partnership with M&S since 1998 when ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Global trade enabler DP World’s Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza) has welcomed Maysun Solar, the first photovoltaic panel producer to set up a manufacturing facility in the region’s leading free zone. Maysun Solar currently manufactures 5,000 solar panels a month with a capacity to generate 40 megawatts of electricity. The launch follows DP World’s on-going solar ...

DUBAI / WAM Mashreq Bank has announced that it was presented with nine awards at the Digital Bank Conference and Awards dinner hosted by Global Finance magazine in London. The dinner hosted at the RSA House in London saw Mashreq win awards for; Best Consumer Mobile Banking Global, Best in Mobile Banking Middle East, Best Mobile Banking App Middle East, ...