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  Dubai / Emirates Business At The Beach, an artist was at work producing bespoke calligraphy for limited-edition Patrizia Pepe bags designed specifically for Dubai Shopping Festival 2017. The bags sold were at a special price for DSF shoppers and available only for the day. The Abu Dhabi-born Narjes Noureddine was the in-store calligrapher at Patrizia Pepe. She worked on ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Messe Frankfurt Middle East has rounded off another prosperous year in 2016, reporting robust growth across its event portfolio as it expanded into new markets and industry sectors. The Dubai-based trade fair organiser’s nine exhibitions combined featured 6,000 exhibitors from 60 countries in 2016, six per cent more than 2015, and representing a compound annual ...

  Dubai / WAM Dubai Municipality recently launched the international star system for rating services, encouraging the provision of quality services and measuring the levels of customer happiness using scientific methods. Hussain Nasser Lootah, Director-General of Dubai Municipality, said that the adoption of the initiative aims to improve the work mechanism of service provision, and raise the competitive level of public ...

  Sharjah / WAM In an effort to boost awareness, raise knowledge of the benefits of early detection and help dispel numerous myths surrounding breast cancer, Pink Caravan is organising a ‘Pink Caravan Children’s Ride’, on March 10, 2017 at Desert Palm Dubai. The horse ride is the main focus of the event and is open to both children and adults, ...

  Al Ain / WAM Al Ain Zoo, in the foothills of the Jebel Hafeet Mountains, concluded its eighth winter camp under the slogan “Ambassadors of Al Ain Zoo”, where schoolchildren between the ages of 8-13 years old were given an exciting and unique experience for 5 days of adventures, discovering wildlife and how to deal with it. The camp is ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Parks and Resorts, the Middle East’s largest multi-themed leisure and entertainment destination, will host a dazzling New Year’s Eve celebration on December 31 called the ‘Celebrate Amazing Countdown.’ The event takes place starting at 9 p.m. inside Bollywood Parks Dubai in front of the magnificent Rajmahal Theatre and will feature live music, performances, family ...

  DUBAI / WAM Investment Corporation of Dubai (ICD) on Wednesday announced its consolidated financial results for the six-month period ended June 30, showing revenues of AED82.5 billion and a net profit of AED10.3 billion. These results were achieved against a backdrop of lower oil and commodity prices, a strong US Dollar against other major currencies, and lackluster global economic ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM In an effort to enhance co-operation in various fields, particularly in the parliamentary sphere, Dr Amal Abdullah Al Qubaisi, Speaker of the Federal National Council (FNC), signed a number of Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with women speakers of the parliaments of Fiji, Gabon, Peru, as well as Andean Parliament. The MoUs were aimed at promoting ...

  Dubai / WAM The UAE is playing a vital role in deepening the values of tolerance, peace and harmony among the members of the community, said Nurlan Yermekbayev, Minister for Religious and Civil Society Affairs, Kazakhstan. The minister praised the UAE’s commitment to the principles of dialogue, peace, co-operation, and mutual respect and understanding, and highlighted the country’s efforts to ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Company (TAKREER), an ADNOC Group company, announced on Wednesday the awarding of two major contracts for its Gasoline and Aromatics Project (GAP), that will significantly increase its gasoline production capacity. As part of ADNOC’s growth strategy, TAKREER plans to expand production of gasoline to 9.4 mtpa, by 2022, to maintain Abu ...