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Dubai / WAM Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, the second phase of the UAE’s Journey of Happiness will run from March 15-20, culminating with the celebration of the International Day of Happiness on March 20. The Journey’s activities will be available ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business The number of hotel guests staying in Abu Dhabi during January rose 7.4% versus the same month a year ago, building on the success of a record-breaking 2017 when close to a total of five million people stayed in the emirate. In total 437,228 hotel guests stayed in the emirate’s 162 hotels and hotel apartments ...

Petra / WAM The ‘Year of Zayed 2018’ hot air balloon was launched by the Sharjah-based Al Qasimia University in the historic city of Petra in Jordan amidst a huge turnout of members of the public. Commenting on the launch, Dr. Rashad Salem, Director of the Al Qasimia University, said the launch serves the humanitarian message for which the UAE ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Airports Council International (ACI), World has recently announced Abu Dhabi International Airport, AUH, as the winner of ‘Best Airport in the Middle East’, for the second year in a row, at its annual Airport Service Quality (ASQ), Awards. The ASQ is the only worldwide programme to survey passengers at the airport on their day of ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The CNBC news channel has listed Shamma bint Suhail Faris Al Mazrui, Minister of State for Youth Affairs, among the top seven ‘female activists under 23 who are changing the world’. The list comes in conjunction with this year’s International Women’s day, centred around the theme #PressforProgress, which urges women of all generations to use their ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC), part of Senaat Abu Dhabi, announced that innovative applications have saved the company AED210 million. The company organised an Innovation Award ceremony at Park Rotana Hotel, which was attended by NPCC’s clients from ADNOC and ARAMCO, shareholders of Senaat and NPCC employees. The ceremony was organised to recognise, reward employees ...

CANCUN / WAM Having concluded their participation in the fifth session of the summit held on March 7 in Cannon, Mexico, Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development, and Abu Dhabi Environment Authority, announced that Abu Dhabi will host the sixth session of the 2019 World Summit of the Oceans. This announcement has been declared during the AD Emirate Governmental bodies’ ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Federal Tax Authority (FTA), has reaffirmed that registering for Value Added Tax (VAT), can be done in three easy steps through the e-Services portal on the Authority’s website, taking no longer than 15-20 minutes. The Taxable Person or an official representative can register through the e-Services portal, available 24/7 on the FTA website, which was ...

LONDON / Reuters State oil giant Saudi Aramco signed a preliminary deal to pursue international gas opportunities with Royal Dutch Shell as part of top crude exporter Saudi Arabia’s diversification drive before the listing of Aramco. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed in London between the two companies was during the official visit of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ...

Bloomberg The leaders of France and India reiterated their intention to start work by the end of this year on what could become the world’s largest nuclear power plant, advancing talks that have continued for nearly a decade. French President Emmanuel Macron and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged Electricite de France SA and India’s monopoly atomic energy producer, Nuclear ...