DUBAI / WAM Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has announced the completion of 50 percent of the main tunnelling work on the Route 2020 Project, which extends 3.2 km at a varying depth from 12 to 36 metres, while the completion rate of the construction of ...
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Dubai / Emirates Business His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority (DSOA), the regulatory body for Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO) on Saturday announced that the integrated free zone technology park has achieved remarkable results in 2017 with a total revenue of AED590.5 million and growth of 11.2% compared to the previous year. Overall ...
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Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), the leading international financial hub in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA) region, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP), a Middle East-focused venture capital firm that invests in the early and growth stages of innovative companies, to facilitate exchange of information on ...
Read More »Dubai / Emirates Business The 13th edition of Dubai WoodShow takes off at the Dubai World Trade Centre on Monday in the presence of HE Pacome Moubelet Bouyeba, Gabonese Minister of Forest, Vira Khmerova, Vice President of the Department of Chemical Engineering and Wood Processing, Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia, along with other key international dignitaries and officials ...
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Abu Dhabi / WAM Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), and McDonald’s UAE have announced that they will join forces to promote humanitarian and societal values in support of the ERC’s charitable programmes within the UAE. Under an agreement signed by Dr. Mohammed Ateeq Al Falahi, Secretary-General of ERC, and Rafic Fakih, Managing Director and partner at McDonald’s UAE, ERC donation boxes ...
Read More »Dubai / WAM The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), has launched its ‘Rammas’ service on Google’s Artificial Intelligence (AI), platform to answer its customers’ queries. Commenting on the announcement, Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Managing Director and CEO of DEWA said, “Our vision is guided by the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime ...
Read More »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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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