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  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 ...

  Dubai / EMIRATES BUSINESS Supporting businesses in the region to drive productivity, efficiency and sustainable development, Canon Middle East has strengthened their business-to-business (B2B) offering with the launch of 12 new B2B products and solutions. The new technologies were launched during an exclusive ‘Canon for Business’ event held on April 25 in Dubai, attended by 150 C-level executives, IT ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi Motors (ADM), BMW Group’s importer in the Capital, continued with their exceptional record and pursuit of excellence, dominating the BMW Middle East Customer Satisfaction Index for Service Performance awards, with 16 from the top 20 service advisors coming from ADM, a record performance achieved through the highest aftersales standards. The annual BMW Middle ...

  Dubai / WAM OSN, the leading pay-TV network in the Middle East and North Africa, has scored big wins in its fight against television piracy across the region, having conducted more than 316 raids with the support of government authorities. Marking the World Intellectual Property Day (World IP Day) on April 26, OSN is upping the ante in its fight ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and its diverse group of 21 subsidiaries, is participating in the Offshore Technology Conference, OTC 2016, which is taking place in Houston, Texas, from May 2-5. In addition to gaining technical knowledge and meeting with energy industry experts from around the world, the ADNOC delegation will also promote the ...

  SHARJAH / WAM A UK delegation representing seven leading universities paid a visit to Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority, SEWA, as one of the leading world class organisations selected as best sustainability and environment models to be taught at several UK universities. The aim of the delegation’s visit to SEWA is to exchange views about the possibilities of initiating ...

  DUBAI / WAM Under the theme, ‘Next Generation Transition’, the Family Business Council-Gulf (FBC-G), Annual Regional Summit will take place in Dubai on April 27-28, an issue that is becoming one of the main concerns for family firms in the region with many of them moving from first to second or second to third generation. The theme reflects the ...