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Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry honoured 33 companies for their corporate social responsibility and sustainability efforts in the second half of 2018 during a recognition ceremony recently held at its premises. The Dubai Chamber CSR Label was presented to Landmark Group and United Engineering Construction Company for the first time. Congratulating the awardees for their ...

Dubai / WAM Dubai Mercantile Exchange (DME), on Monday announced a 160 percent increase year-on-year in trading activity on the exchange’s forward curve. The forward curve represents the value of Oman Blend Crude Oil in future months. Activity in the forward curve happens when customers want to protect themselves against the risk that the price of Oman crude oil will ...

Dubai / Emirates Business dnata Travel has been named “Favourite Travel Agent” at the annual Condé Nast Traveller Middle East Readers’ Choice Awards. The awards were presented at a gala dinner in Dubai, in front of the region’s leading travel and hospitality operators. “We are proud to be voted the most preferred travel agent by the readers of Condé Nast ...

DUBAI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, on Monday visited educational institutions in Fujairah and Kalbaa in Sharjah. During the visit, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed announced the allocation of AED1.5 billion to build the first group of a ‘new generation’ of Emirati schools. He ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (Dubai Tourism) officially launched its B2B Attractions Marketplace to the industry as a powerful online platform that connects attractions and experiences across the city with global audiences and relevant channel partners. Creating a seamless technological framework to stimulate industry cohesion, the initiative has been designed to help attractions access ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi, DCT Abu Dhabi, is set to lead a delegation of the Emirate’s leading hotels, attractions, tour operators, and destination companies to ITB Berlin – one of the world’s largest tourism trade fairs. The event will take place from March 6-10 at the Berlin Exhibition Grounds. The delegation ...

Dubai / WAM As the UAE moves to widen its industrial capabilities, Ducab is celebrating a remarkable 40 years of growth and business expansion as one of the UAE’s leading manufacturers. Founded in 1979, Ducab now serves global customers in energy, construction, transport, defence, mining, and many other sectors. Today Ducab exports around 60 percent of its products and has ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), will welcome applications for its fourth cohort of Regulatory Laboratory (RegLab), with dual themes of “API economy” and “Sustainable Finance”. Technological advances provide vast opportunities to transform financial services globally. Automated Programming Interfaces, APIs, power this transformation by assisting corporates to fuel internal innovation, reach new customers, extend products and create ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Emirates Centre for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR), launched “A Book in an Hour” initiative, as part of the month of reading. The centre will host a prominent writer on every Monday of this month. The authors will present their books in the UAE Federation Library lounge at the ECSSR complex in Abu Dhabi. The ...

Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Executive Council, officially inaugurated the new Al Safa Art and Design Library, a branch of the Dubai Public Library, which is a part of Dubai Culture and Arts Authority (Dubai Culture), the emirate’s dedicated entity for culture, arts, heritage, ...