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  DUBAI / WAM With the aim of promoting healthy diets and lifestyles, Dubai Health Authority (DHA) and Nestle have partnered to launch more than 40-TV episodes where tips on eating healthy and leading a healthy lifestyle especially among children will be shared with the public. The partnership comes in light of the “Healthy Children 2021”, an initiative supported by Vice ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business According to stats from the UAE’s top finance comparison site compareit4me.com, recent figures show a 115 percent increase in the number of consumers searching for business loans on the site between January and March of this year, compared with the same period last year. Currently in the UAE, SMEs contribute an estimated 40-46 per cent ...

  Sunaina Rana / Emirates Business The youngest Emirati real estate professional, Khaled Ali Al Shawy, will collaborate with JK Properties and The Heart of Europe to host a private event which will give a sneak-peak into the Limited Signature Edition Floating Seahorse ocean villas in Dubai on May 30. The one-day event will feature the limited Signature Edition Floating ...

  RITIKA SHARMA / Emirates Business Catering to the rising demand of in-flight connectivity, private carriers in the region are enhancing their capacity to offer superior flying experience to their charter-jet customers. Treading the phenomenon, Dubai-based business-jet company Empire Aviation Group has collaborated with a global aerospace technology leader, to access its connectivity services for both the cabin and the ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Education For Employment (EFE), MENA’s leading non-profit network driving youth employment, has launched its regional branch office in the UAE at an event held at the Capital Club, Dubai, under the royal patronage of His Excellency Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Minister of Culture and Knowledge Development, and with support of lead event sponsor Citi ...

  ABU DHABI / Emirates Business As many as twelve Dubai hotels won across 24 award categories to dominate the Middle East Hotel Awards 2016 this week. A total of 70 hotels and hotel suppliers from across the region were shortlisted. Other winners came from Abu Dhabi, Ras Al Khaimah, Saudi Arabia, and Bahrain. More than 400 hoteliers from throughout the ...

  RITIKA SHARMA / Emirates Business Driven by a growth in number of medical tourists opting for cosmetic surgery, UAE grabs prominence in the medical tourism industry at a global level. High quality control, luxury centric market and cost effective follow ups, coupled with a world class medical infrastructure, ensure that the country stays atop the list. Global Cosmetic Surgery ...

  ALKESH SHARMA / Emirates Business Organisations in the Middle East should shun ‘ostrich syndrome’ and accept the harsh realities of market to emerge as business leaders in the long-run. Nearly 35 percent of the enterprises, in the Middle East region, suffer irreparable damages as they fail to anticipate the impeding harms well in time. “Crisis will never stop, they ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Integrated Capital PJSC (“Integrated Capital”), the capital markets arm of Abu Dhabi Financial Group (“ADFG”), celebrated its strong contribution as a co-lead on the successful completion of the oversubscribed issue of US$ 500,000,000 of Notes by EA Partners II B.V., the funding vehicle for Etihad Airways Partners (“Etihad”). The Notes, listed on the Global ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business As businesses today face tectonic shifts within the global economy, success is increasingly defined by the ability to optimize the information surrounding people, organizations and devices. Today at Citrix Synergy, Citrix and Microsoft unveiled an expansion of their strategic partnership to meet the needs of the modern workforce with application and desktop virtualization in the ...