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  Dubai / Emirates Business The Supreme Legislation Committee (SLC) announced that it will showcase its new and comprehensive portfolio of creative projects especially designed to meet the requirement of Dubai’s shift towards smart governance during its participation at the 36th edition of GITEX Technology Week. This is in line with its commitment to support the national efforts to promote the ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Leading up to its largest ever participation at GITEX Technology Week 2016, The Saudi Ministry of Interior (MoI) has launched a brand new website dedicated to the event. The interactive online platform highlights the Ministry’s participation at the event as the Official Country Partner along with a showcase of the latest electronic services and smart ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business The Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA) will sponsor for the 11th consecutive time the upcoming participation of 29 Egyptian companies at the 36th GITEX Technology Week, the latest edition of one of the world’s biggest information and communications technology (ICT) events. ITIDA said the Egyptian firms will occupy two pavilions, one of which will ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business DAMAC Properties on Thursday announced the first ever project to be completed in Dubai South, with the handover of DAMAC Maison de Ville Tenora hotel apartments. The developer also announced that DAMAC Maison de Ville Celestia, another hospitality project in the area, is at an advanced stage of construction, with both projects offering investors the ...

  DUBAI / Emirates Business As much as 94% of all companies in the UAE are SMEs. Together, they contribute 30% of the country’s GDP, and employ 72% of the country’s working population. The figures come from BLOOVO.COM’s latest research on the beneficial role SMEs play in catalysing economic diversification and employment regionwide. SMEs operate extensively throughout the rest of ...

  ABU DHABI / Emirates Business Etihad Airways has received the Skytrax Certified 5-Star Airline Rating — the most coveted quality standard in the airline industry, further strengthening its position as a leader in innovative guest experience, service and hospitality. The rating follows an exhaustive three month audit of the airline’s global product and service offering by the London-based research ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business EY MENA announces the launch of EY Growth Solutions — a new business model of innovative on-demand solutions, offering companies access to subscription services with inbuilt flexibility, standardization and competitive pricing. Gerard Gallagher, MENA Advisory Leader, EY, says: “Companies in the region are impacted by new taxes like VAT, digital innovations and changing customer demand. ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business In collaboration with Artspace Dubai, The Alfred Basbous Foundation inaugurated on Thursday its fourth exhibition in Dubai. “Figurative to abstraction”, a two part exhibition of selected studies, drawings and works of the late renowned artist will stay on view until November 10, and the second part taking place on November 23, until January of next ...

  Dubai / WAM The founding committee of the Dubai Islamic Economy Development Centre (DIEDC) is in advanced discussions with the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) regarding provisional approval for an Islamic wholesale banking license for Emirates Trade Bank, the centre announced on Wednesday. Emirates Trade Bank will be the first of its kind global Sharia-compliant bank ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM A law on the protection, discovery, preservation, management and promotion of the emirate’s cultural heritage and non-UAE physical cultural heritage was issued by President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan in his capacity as Ruler of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. The law governs the mandate of the Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture ...