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  DUBAI / WAM Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (Dubai Tourism) has introduced a more advanced mechanism to measure and track the satisfaction levels of visitors to the city with various aspects of the destination offering from their time of arrival until departure. As part of its wider Dubai International Visitors Survey (DIVS), this module is designed to ...

    Dubai / WAM Dubai Crown Prince, His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has directed government entities in Dubai to adopt the “Dubai Endowment Brand” which was launched by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, to allow public and private organisations to participate in community ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, officially inaugurated, ADNOC’s Al Hosn Sour Gas Development Project, the largest of its kind in the world. During the tour of the Al Hosn Shah Sour Gas Development Project, Sheikh Mohamed was briefed on ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM International experts have shared their thoughts at a presentation on safety in nuclear energy, organised by the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC). Naohiro Masuda, the President and Chief Decommissioning Officer of Fukushima Daiichi Decontamination and Decommissioning Engineering Company, and Tom Mitchell, former President and Chief Executive Officer of Ontario Power Generation, spoke on the subject in ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Etihad Cargo, the freight division of the national carrier Etihad Airways, expanded its Middle East network to Kuwait by adding an additional freighter and introduced a new twice weekly service into Muscat in Oman. The twice weekly A330 freighter service to Kuwait and the new operations on an A330 freighter to Muscat have commenced and are ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Fifty-five government entities that fund their operational and capital operations through the general budget of Abu Dhabi Government, represented by more than 750 employees and system users, participated in the third Abu Dhabi Enterprise Resource Planning System (ADERP) Users Forum, organised by the Department of Finance – Abu Dhabi (DoF). The event, organised in coordination with ...

  DUBAI / Emirates Business The Future of the UAE as a Global Tourism Hub was the headline session opener for the all-new Global Stage at Arabian Travel Market (ATM) 2016, as eight of the Emirate’s leading tourism and hospitality minds shared their experience and insight into opportunities for sustained future sector growth. Moderated by BBC World News anchor, Zeinab ...

  DUBAI / Emirates Business Tourism Malaysia’s Deputy Director General (International Promotion) Dato’ Hj. Azizan Noordin officially launched a new advertising campaign for the West Asian market on Tuesday during a press conference held in conjunction with the Arabian Travel Market (ATM) 2016. The new advertising campaign targets the West Asia, Iran, and North and South African markets in a ...

  Abu Dhabi / EMIRATES BUSINESS Manazel Real Estate, a leading UAE developer, hosted its Annual General Meeting (AGM) to review the company’s financial performance for 2015 and provide an outlook for the year ahead. Manazel delivered strong growth in earnings with a 29 percent growth in net profit to AED195 million (it was AED152 million in 2014) driven by ...

  Dubai / EMIRATES BUSINESS Around 550 people learnt the ropes of setting up and running a profitable business in the competitive UAE market, as the two-day Millionaire Summit drew to a close. Hosted by Wealth Dynamics Unlimited, the event, which was held on April 24-25, was graced by the few of savviest brains in the global SME sector, inspiring ...