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RITIKA SHARMA / Emirates Business UAE is one of the most alluring destinations across the world that reinvents itself each time to expand its tourism appeal beyond the sun, sand and Burj Khalifa. The country now counts on Wellness holidays as a major source of revenue. UAE’s spa industry, major segment of wellness holiday, is forecast to achieve revenues of ...

WAM The UAE is participating at the 16th Joint Gulf Expo to be held in Riyadh under the patronage of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdul- Aziz Al Saud. Set to run from October 27 to 30, the dedicated UAE pavilion at the event will include leading national companies and local exhibitors, as well as ...

Emirates Business It is not hype, social media has pervaded everyday life comprehensively. In its uses, social media has transcended its nomenclature, and is now regularly used for activities that are traditionally considered, not ‘social’, such as job recruitment. According to the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), approximately 84% of organizations used social media for recruitment in 2015. “Social ...

Dubai / WAM The United Arab Emirates has ranked 19th globally in the Global Entrepreneurship Index (GEI) Report 2016, advancing one spot from last year and surpassing countries such as Norway, South Korea, Turkey and Japan. The UAE topped the list of countries within the Middle East and North Africa region, which comprises 15 countries, including Turkey. An analysis of ...

Dubai / WAM Lieutenant General Dahi Khalfan Tamim, Deputy Chairman of Police and General Security in Dubai, on Tuesday formally inaugurated Future Technology Week – a new umbrella concept collecting four specialised industry trade platforms, Gulf Information Security Expo and Conference (GISEC), Gulf Enterprise Mobility Exhibition and Conference (GEMEC), the Internet of Things Expo (IoTx) and The Big Data Show ...

Dubai / WAM Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) received a high-level delegation from the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce led by Fritz Horst Melsheimer, President of the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce, and Dr. Hans-Jorg Schmidt-Trenz, CEO of the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce. The delegation is visiting UAE to participate in the 5th ...

Paris / WAM DP World Group Chairman and CEO Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem recently met President of France, Francois Hollande and senior government and business leaders at a major investment summit at the Elysee Palace in Paris. France’s attractiveness as an investment location and DP World’s projects in the country were highlights of the discussions which also covered infrastructure development, ...

Dubai / WAM Dubai Financial Market (DFM) and The Hawkamah Institute for Corporate Governance (Hawkamah) have signed a strategic partnership agreement in order to promote best practices of Corporate Governance in the UAE. According to the agreement, the two leading bodies will join hands to organise series of workshops, programmes and training courses as well as launch practical guides to ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri, Minister of Economy, discussed economic and trade cooperation with Egypt and Czech Republic, and ways to strengthen the bilateral relationship for greater mutual benefit. This came during Al Mansouri’s separate meetings with Wael Jad, Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt and Alexander Sporish, the Ambassador of the Czech Republic to ...

DP World Chairman and CEO and Chairman of Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation (PCFC) Sultan bin Sulayem commented on these figures, saying, “Dubai has once again demonstrated its great capacity to cope with and make the best of the ups and downs of global trade, focusing on the thriving sectors of ICT products and smart devices.” “The foreign trade ...