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  Dubai / Emirates Business Alpha Data, a Cisco Gold Partner and the UAE’s leading systems integrator and one of the longest-standing IT companies in the country, announced that it has been recognized as the UAE Commercial and Marketing Partner of the Year during the Cisco UAE Partner Summit 2016 held at The Ritz – Carlton, Dubai last month. Alpha ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Smart Dubai Office (SDO) held an introductory meeting at the Dubai Police General Headquarters, during which HE Dr. Aisha Bint Butti Bin Bishr, Director General of SDO, met Major General Khamis Mattar Al Mazeina, Commander-in-chief of Dubai Police, to showcase the Smart Dubai Happiness Agenda, which was approved by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid ...

  ALKESH SHARMA / Emirates Business Increasing availability of Muslim-friendly travel facilities in the UAE, coupled with easy access to travel information about the nation is facilitating Emirates to strengthen its position as one of the most-sought-after destinations in the global Muslim travel market. Travel industry is expecting a nearly 18 percent increase in the arrival of Muslim tourists to ...

  Ritika Sharma / Emirates Business While intangible practices and biases are generally rated the most influential barriers for female leaders to grow professionally and become the norm in the industry, tangible barriers in the form of formal or old-fashioned Human Resource (HR) policies also play a foul role in hindering women from scaling the professional ladder in the Middle ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Cayan Group, the leading property developer in the Middle East, recently organized a ceremonial event to celebrate the Cash Management Partnership with Abu Dhabi Commercial Back (ADCB) the two companies have maintained and developed over several years. Senior representatives from both Cayan and ADCB attended the ceremony which was held at Cayan Group’s HQ ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Cares has officially launched the 2016 edition of Volunteer Globally — one of the main pillars of its local outreach activities — with a school-building mission in Senegal. The organization’s renowned initiative, which takes UAE residents to disadvantaged areas around the world, will travel to Africa to support the local community in constructing a ...

  Sunaina Rana / Emirates Business The holy month of Ramadan brings in lots of joy. However, the season also witnesses an increased rate of food wastage. It is estimated that the over 50 percent of food is wasted every day during the period. According to Ivano Lanelli, CEO of Dubai Carbon Centre of Excellence, “Food wastage is generated across ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business In keeping with the spirit of the Holy Month of Ramadan, Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) hosted a lecture delivered by Omar Habtoor Al Darei, Director of Fatwa Department at the General Authority of Islamic Affairs and Endowments, on the importance of loyalty and belongingness to one’s homeland. In his lecture, Al Darei ...

  DUBAI / Emirates Business ‘Jeans for Refugees’, is a Johny Dar project and artistic fundraising initiative dedicated to helping refugees around the world, with all proceeds going to the International Rescue Committee (rescue.org). Dubai based agency White Water PR has been chosen to generate awareness amongst people in this region and support the cause. One hundred and one celebrities ...

  Bloomberg Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government is working on targets to cut pollution on Germany’s roads that may effectively force carmakers to switch most of their sales to electric vehicles by the end of the next decade. Merkel’s chancellery is reviewing a draft of her coalition’s Climate Protection Plan 2050, which would require fossil-fuel emissions cuts of 45% for cars ...