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  Dubai / Emirates Business The UAE Ministry of Economy (MoE) recently met several Free Zones at its headquarter in Abu Dhabi to strengthen strategic partnerships and mutual cooperation. The participants exchanged views on foreign events and participations to ensure unified efforts towards maximizing the country’s international exposure. The meeting was organized by the Ministry’s Trade Promotion and Investment Department and ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business International Travel Week-Abu Dhabi (ITW-Abu Dhabi) officially announced to host the inaugural World Halal Tourism Summit Ministerial Forum World Dialogue highlighting safety and security in tourism industry. The forum which will be attended by UAE-based diplomats, tourism ambassadors, hoteliers, safety and security professionals and UAE government officials will address issues such as challenges and ...

  Dubai / WAM The Dubai Airports confirmed that a total of 116 arriving and 121 departing flights were cancelled and a total of 44 inbound flights were diverted to neighbouring airports following the incident involving Emirates Airline flight EK 521 at Dubai International yesterday. The disruption of normal operations on Wednesday affected a total of 19,000 passengers before DXB airport ...

  Dubai / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, DEWA, organised a summer camp for children under the theme, ‘Engineers of the Future.’ The summer camp features specialised training programmes to develop children’s communication skills, helping them cope with pressure, face obstacles, and enhance teamwork, to promote innovation among children, and create a platform by which they can improve their skills, ...

  Dubai / WAM Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation, Empower, has launched a unified billing system to cater to the needs of customers from the minute they subscribe to Empower’s services until the time the service is completed. The new system includes billing issuance, settlements, complaints management, registration of transactions and many other communications through a central data base. Every customer ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business In collaboration with Najahi and Success Resources, the leading seminar organizer in the world, the Middle East is welcoming its first National Achievers Congress 2016 on November 18-19 at Festival Arena Al Badia in Dubai. In its 23rd year, the renowned international congress brings together a line-up of outstanding global achievers and influencers to the ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business From a survey of UAE hoteliers, organisers of The Hotel Show Dubai discovered that a strong digital marketing strategy is at the top of the agenda. Undertaken by dmg events to identify which topic would be of the most interest to UAE hospitality industry professionals in an external training course, the results of the survey ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business mCarbon, India’ leading mobile technology service provider, is the largest supplier of airtime advance and credit in the world and has established itself as a clear leader in the space. The company has chosen Dubai as its Middle Eastern headquarters. With 8 million transactions a day, the product touches almost 400 million subscriptions every month. ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Azizi Developments, a leading UAE-based real estate developer with a global reach into many growing international markets, announced on Thursday that it has been awarded its “Certification of Completion” for its residential building, Azizi Yasamine, in Al Furjan, Dubai. Located minutes away from the World Expo 2020 site, the Azizi Yasamine Residence is a 12-storey ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business In the line with UAEs’ initiative for the care of orphans and minors launched in 2015 by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai and in support of orphan children. The Habtoor Grand Resort in Dubai hosted children, care-givers and administrative staff ...