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Dubai / WAM Reem bint Ibrahim Al Hashemi, Minister of State for International Cooperation and Director-General of the Dubai Expo 2020 Bureau, on Tuesday welcomed HRH The Prince of Wales to the Expo 2020 Dubai site. The Prince of Wales, an advocate of youth empowerment through his Prince’s Trust charity, met with many of Expo’s younger members of staff, and heard ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business It was a ‘ready, set, conserve’ morning, as Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (Dubai Tourism) hosted the Hospitality Sustainability Board Game, the inaugural activity of the Dubai Sustainable Tourism Initiative. Created specifically for the hotel industry, the game, held recently at Media One Hotel, engaged industry professionals from across the city, as they ...

  Sharjah / WAM The official hashtag for this year’s Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) #SIBF16, has received more than 700 million impressions during the first five days of the fair, with the tag becoming a popular trend through social media sites that include Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat. SIBF 2016’s total exposure using hashtag #SIBF16 over the course of the ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business According to a recent study by Frost and Sullivan, the total waste generated in the GCC is expected to increase from 94 million MT in 2015 to as high as 120 million MT per annum by 2020. Growing population and industrialisation are viewed as the reason for the increased waste generation. The rise in municipal ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Global property developer Emaar Properties recorded 19 per cent growth in net profit to AED 3.620 billion during the first nine months (January to September) of this year compared to a net profit of AED 3.048 billion during the same period in 2015. Revenue for the first nine months of 2016 was AED11.103 billion. This ...

  Dubai / WAM Noor Bank, a leading Sharia compliant bank in the UAE, signed an agreement with the Emirates Institute of Banking and Financial Studies (EIBFS) for the launch of its new Management Associate Programme, entitled ‘Imtiaz,’ meaning excellence, to hire talented Emirati graduates. Hind Al Attar, Head of Human Resources at Noor Bank and Noura Abbas Ahmed, Director of ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM In a bid to optimise cloud seeding through advanced remote sensing and land cover modification, the UAE Research Programme for Rain Enhancement Science (UAEREP) held a discussion with Professor Volker Wulfmeyer regarding a project currently under way. Wulfmeyer, Managing Director and Chair of Physics and Meteorology at the Institute of Physics and Meteorology, University of Hohenheim, ...

  London / WAM The Ajman Tourism Development Department (ATDD) unveiled multi-million-Dollar tourism projects in the emirate, highlighting its status as a major tourism and investment destination for the UK market. Visitors and exhibitors at World Travel Market (WTM) in London, expressed their interests in the soon-to-open Oberoi Al Zorah luxury hotel. Also showcased was the 182-key hotel in Ajman Corniche ...

  Dubai / WAM The United Arab Emirates (UAE), represented by the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation, joined the 79th International Training Centre (ITC) board meeting which was held recently in Torino-Italy as part of the International Labour Organisation’s annual meetings. The session was attended by Guy Ryder, Director-General of the International Labour Organization, President of the Council, and more ...

  DUBAI / WAM National Bonds Corporation, National Bonds, has renewed its partnership with du to support WiFi UAE, a country-wide initiative to provide WiFi access to the public, in line with the UAE Vision 2021. WiFi UAE currently covers Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Al Ain and Ras Al Khaimah. It offers free internet access across Dubai Metro, Dubai Tram, Dubai ...