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Etihad Airways app to enhance travel experience

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, has launched a mobile application for the iPhone that enables guests to organise and manage their journey with even greater ease as the airline continues to adopt innovative technology to reimagine the flying experience. Etihad Airways guests will enjoy 10 percent off flights, and members of ...

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Awqaf and Minors Affairs posts 19% revenue rise

  DUBAI / Emirates Business Dubai’s Awqaf and Minors Affairs Foundation (AMAF) has issued its annual report for 2015, recording a 19 percent growth in revenue to hit AED172 million compared with AED144 million in 2014. Over the past year, the Foundation has emerged as a global model for endowment development and nurturing of minors. In 2015, AMAF’s five endowment ...

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Louvre Hotels to announce MENA expansion plans

  DUBAI / Emirates Business Cementing its position as a major player in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) hospitality market, Louvre Hotels Group, one of the largest hospitality groups in the world, has announced that it will open 11 new hotels in the region this year, including six hotels in the GCC. The move forms part of an ...

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Virgin Mobile MENA recognised for impressive record

  Dubai / Emirates Business The Virgin Mobile Middle East and Africa has been recognised for the most successful MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operators) globally at the MVNO World Congress of 2016. Following high competition in the region, Virgin Mobile MEA won top honour of the main award at this year’s ceremony for its unparalleled success breaking into and innovating ...

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Tadweer holds ‘Your Happiness is Our Goal’ initiative

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Tadweer (the Center of Waste Management – Abu Dhabi) organised “Your Happiness is Our Goal” initiative at Al Ain Centre for Care and Rehabilitation by its Al Ain Branch, the initiative targeting the disabled people who require special care and attention from all members of the society. This initiative comes as part of a ...

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UAE congratulates Queen Elizabeth on her 90th birthday

  ABU DHABI / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan sent a congratulatory cable to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on the occasion of Her Majesty’s 90th birthday. Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, and ...

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DP World to implement new safety regulation

  DUBAI / WAM DP World is prepared for the implementation of the new International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) regulation which comes into effect on 1st July, 2016. The new regulation mandates that shippers of goods must obtain the Verified Gross Mass (VGM) of laden export containers and communicate it to ocean carriers sufficiently in ...

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Middle East among top global remittance hubs

  DUBAI / Emirates Business The Middle East has cemented its place as one of the top outward remittance hubs in the world, with the figure in excess of USD 120 billion for that year. A complementary internal research conducted by Xpress Money, one of the most dependable money transfer brands in the world, indicated that remittances within the Middle ...

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Masdar shines up Egypt’s remote areas

  ABU DHABI / WAM Masdar, Abu Dhabi’s renewable energy company, has completed the delivery of 30 megawatts of utility-scale clean energy projects and 7,000 solar home systems in remote and strategic areas across Egypt. Together, the four clean energy projects developed by Masdar’s Special Projects unit will power 25,800 homes and displace 42,700 tonnes of CO2 annually, as well as ...

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Global students debate sustainable cities at Masdar City

  ABU DHABI / WAM Masdar, in partnership with the Zayed Future Energy Prize, hosted students from around the world for a unique sustainable cities learning experience at Masdar City. The students, who are of primary and secondary school age, were in the UAE debating sustainable cities as part of a global essay competition run by the Trust for Sustainable Living. ...

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