Dubai / WAM Dubai Culture and Arts Authority, Dubai Culture, the Emirate’s dedicated entity for culture, arts and heritage, has announced that the Etihad Museum scooped top honours at The Leading Culture Destinations Awards 2017 in London, where it took home the coveted ‘Best New Museum in the Middle East and Africa’ award and also placed first runner-up in the ...
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Air Arabia opens new sales office in Dubai
SHARJAH / WAM Air Arabia, the Middle East and North Africa’s first and largest low-cost carrier, LCC, has further strengthened its operations in Dubai with the opening of a new sales office and city terminal check-in services. The new office is located at Emaar Towers in Deira and will be open from Saturday to Thursday, 9 am to 10 pm. ...
Read More »UAE inks 3 pacts for devp of Egypt’s date palm sector
Cairo / WAM The Khalifa International Date Palm Award and Agricultural Innovation has signed three memoranda of understanding, MoU, with the Ministry of Trade and Industry, and the governorates of New Valley and Giza in Egypt to develop the palm date sector. The signing ceremony was attended by Tarek Qabil, Minister of Trade and Industry, Juma Mubarak Al Junaibi, UAE ...
Read More »DCCI, Expo 2020 Dubai partner for 4th global business forum on Africa
Dubai / Emirates Business The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) will work with Expo 2020 Dubai at the 4th Global Business Forum (GBF) on Africa, with the aim of raising awareness about the first World Expo to be held in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA) region. Dubai Chamber and Expo 2020 Dubai will align during ...
Read More »361 students from 88 nationalities join NYU Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) has welcomed 361 of the world’s best students into its Class of 2021, a diverse group of young men and women representing 88 nationalities and speaking some 71 languages. UAE Nationals and Americans make up the two largest groups of students by nationality, with 51 Emirati students and 43 ...
Read More »GITEX Technology Week opens today
Dubai / Emirates Business The worlds’ most global and disruptive technology events, GITEX Technology Week and GITEX Future Stars will bring together a world-class gathering of industry innovators, government leaders, technology creators, and future-forward thinkers from October 8 to October 12 at Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC). With a spotlight on frontier technology that will transform corporations into global powerhouses, ...
Read More »VP orders airlift of relief supplies to Sierra Leone
Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAEand Ruler of Dubai, ordered an aid airlift to Sierra Leone to deliver core relief items to communities affected by a devastating landslide. Following the order, an Airbus A330 aircraft carrying around 50 metric tonnes of humanitarian aid departed from Dubai’s Al ...
Read More »Sharjah Pavilion to highlight new innovative applications, digital services at GITEX
Sharjah / Emirates Business Forty-eight Sharjah government entities are taking part in GITEX Technology Week 2017, with many of the bodies unveiling innovative digital applications and services that are key for the digital transformation in Sharjah. Thirteen smart applications, six new and updated websites and an array of digital services are scheduled to be launched at GITEX 2017, which opens ...
Read More »Cisco-Miral ink MoU to advance digitisation journey on Yas Island
Dubai / Emirates Business Cisco on Saturday announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Miral, Abu Dhabi’s creator of destinations, to further explore opportunities to enhance Miral’s digital offerings across its portfolio of leisure destinations on Yas Island. The MoU establishes a framework for closer collaboration between the two parties by leveraging Cisco’s broad portfolio of technology ...
Read More »Azizi Developments pushes ahead on waterfront projects
Dubai / Emirates Business Azizi Developments, the fast growing real estate developer operating in the UAE for over a decade, is continuing to push forward on its construction plans. After selling out all the waterfront projects of phase one and 50 percent of phase two of its AED12 billion waterfront project Azizi Riviera at Cityscape Global 2017, the developer announced ...
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