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  Ajman / Emirates Business The Ajman Tourism Development Department (ATDD) announced that the emirate earned AED200 million in tourism revenues from a total of 272,021 visitors in the first half of 2016. Tourism revenues from April to June 2016 reached AED92 million, 11 percent higher compared to the same period in 2015. Total guests for the period are 129,617 ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Ayla Oasis Development Company (Ayla), one of the largest tourism and real estate development companies in Jordan and master developer of the Ayla project in Aqaba, announced on Tuesday the hand-over of the first phase of the Island Apartments, located within the Marina district, to their owners. The apartments are situated at the heart of ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business UAE-based telecommunications service provider – du, announced the establishment of UAE 5G Innovation Gate (U5GIG). The U5GIG has been envisioned to be a consortium of technical and academic organisations in UAE as well as global telecom vendors to plan and use their expertise to define and develop a global 5G network that will radically change ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business dubizzle – the UAE’s leading classifieds property platform – released its Q2 2016 property report, revealing a mild decline in rental prices and a bottoming out of property sale prices in Dubai, as well as a decline in Abu Dhabi prices, compared to Q1 2016. With over 5 million monthly active users, and more than ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Tourism Development and Investment Company (TDIC), master developer of major tourism, cultural and residential destinations in Abu Dhabi, announced on Monday that the construction of Mamsha Al Saadiyat, the first residential development within the Saadiyat Cultural District, is well underway. The project was awarded in April of this year to a joint venture between ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company (ADNEC) on Monday announced H1 results that demonstrate strong operating performance and continued growth. The company registered AED1.32 billion in direct and indirect economic impact and drew more than 812,000 visitors to its conferences and exhibitions at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre and Al Ain Convention Centre in H1 2016. With ...

  Dubai / WAM Dubai Industrial Park (DIP) the dedicated industrial hub within Dubai Wholesale City, is opening up 70 pre-built storage and light industrial unit warehouses for lease to meet the dynamic needs of the region’s manufacturing and logistics sector. The ready-to-use warehouses and storage spaces are available for short-term and long-term lease. Ranging in size from 5,000 to 10,000 ...

  Dubai / WAM The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) announced the expansion of the Abra service on Dubai Fountain Lake by launching the Burj Plaza Station, which will enable more visitors to view the Dubai Fountain shows. Mansour Al Falasi, Director of Marine Transport, RTA Public Transport Agency, said, “Launching Burj Plaza Station for electric abras aims to attract more ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business As part of its Future Partnership Program, Dubai Future Foundation (DFF) announced that it will host the ‘Build Earth Live’ contest organized by ‘Astie’ for the Hyperloop Designs in September this year in Dubai. The event includes designing a hyperloop link project that will reduce the distance between Dubai and Fujairah to less than 10 minutes ...

  Dubai / WAM Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Chairman of Smart Dubai Office (SDO) received Humaid Mohamed Al Qatami, Chairman and Director-General of Dubai Health Authority (DHA) at the DEWA Head Office in Dubai. The visit comes as part of DEWA’s commitment towards improving cooperation, developing partnerships, and exchanging skills and information between gover- nment organisations. “In adherence with the directives ...