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DUBAI / Emirates Business ENOC/EPPCO customers can now experience easier, faster and safer refuelling visits to all service stations as Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC) announced the extension of its Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) based fuel retailing system to all customers across its service stations network. Known as ViP (Vehicle Identification Pass), it is a completely automated and paperless system ...

Dubai / Emirates Business The most awaited Maserati Polo Tour gains momentum with excellent off-road in focus. The tournament would continue in Dubai this week, following the first challenge that took place at the Desert Palm Polo Club. Umberto Cini, Managing Director, Maserati Middle East, India & Africa, told Emirates Business, “Maserati has a natural synergy with ‘the sport of ...

Dubai / Emirates Business International aviation specialists will convene this April in Dubai at the 4th edition of the World Aviation Safety Summit, to propose new procedures for enhancing a culture of safety across the industry. Global experts will analyse how the sector can ensure that safety is standardised and best practice is implemented worldwide, particularly as airlines in emerging ...

Ritika Sharma / Emirates Business UAE has a comprehensive education system and its competency is recognisedworldwide. Taking a step forward, Dubai-based Academia Management Solutions International (AMSI) has launched ‘AMSI Voices’ — a programme aimed at harnessing the benefits of corporate networking by bringing alumni of different schools under one roof. The annual event will aim at bringing together alumni and ...

Sunaina Rana / Emirates Business UAE-based leading real estate company Manazel is all set to venture into overseas in search of new market. Manzel has recently announced its new project in Jordan aiming at the mid-segment market. “As it has been witnessed that Jordan is experiencing exponential growth, and our new venture ‘Manazel Amman’ is our effort to provide affordable ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Imdaad, a leading provider of integrated facilities, waste and energy management solutions in the GCC, announced that the region’s facilities management (FM) sector is still immature compared to those in other parts of the world but is nevertheless learning well and growing at a fast pace. The company foresees abundant opportunities for the UAE market in ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Global Village concluded its extremely successful 20th season with the highest ever guest attendance at 5.3 million and business transactions worth AED2.2 billion, and closed to a packed house over its final weekend when more than 90,000 guests attended the park while the Lebanese superstar Nancy Ajram took to the stage a spectacular concert to be ...

DUBAI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Hamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Chief of Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi’s Court, inaugurated Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Building for Personalized Cancer in Houston, US. This came during a ceremony held in the building attended by Yousef Al Otaiba, UAE Ambassador to the United States, Mohammed Haji Al Khouri, Director General of ...

DUBAI / WAM Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, in his capacity as Ruler of Dubai, ordered the payment of a bonus amounting to AED33.28 million to Emirati citizens whose taxicab number plates are operated by the Dubai Taxi Corporation and Taxi Franchise Companies at the Roads and Transport ...

SHARJAH / WAM The First International Conference of Al Qasimia University (AQU) in Sharjah, called for setting up of a research centre for history, heritage and identity. The participants recommended that the second international conference of AQU will be entitled: “Arab and Islamic Manuscript and its Impact on Making Islamic Civilisation.” Researchers participating at the First International Conference of Al ...