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  Sharjah / Emirates Business Striking a balance between innovation and ongoing customer support for legacy products is crucial to realizing success in a dynamic business environment, according to CEO of Emirates-based yacht and boat builder Gulf Craft. Speaking to a group of undergraduate business students at the American University of Sharjah, Erwin Bamps warned that brands which do not ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Putting a spotlight on the marketing ideas that could work and encourage thoughtful dialogue about the drivers of marketing effectiveness, Effie Worldwide — a non-profitable organisation — has released an index ranking the companies, including UAE corporates, which are that creating the most effective marketing communications ideas around the world. “The Effies have been the ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business The 16th edition of Careers UAE, a strategic platform to facilitate successful engagement between public and private sector organisations with UAE national candidates at all levels of qualification, is opening its doors this year on May 16-18 at Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC). Following last year’s successful debut of the Lami3 recruitment and training initiative, ...

  ALKESH SHARMA / Emirates Business Increasing attention on converged systems and cloud solutions has started taking a toll on the Middle East’s hardware market. As more enterprises and businesses in the region move towards cloud computing, hardware market registered a flat growth in 2015, according to a recently released data. In a new research report released by International Data ...

  Our Correspondent / Emirates Business Al Tayer Motors — the official importer-dealer for Lincoln in the UAE — has broken ground for a new concept showroom, incorporating sales, service and spare parts, for the luxury brand at Al Ittihad Road in Dubai. Kumar Galhotra, President of Lincoln, present at the ground-breaking ceremony said, “It’s an honour to be here ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Airports has announced that Emirates Leisure Retail, ELR, HMSHost International, Lagardere Capital, and SSP, four world-class food and beverage retailers, have been awarded the concessionaire contracts for Abu Dhabi Airports’ Midfield Terminal Building, MTB. Once operational, the MTB will constitute a number of world first exclusives in terms of its F&B offerings, including ...

    Emirates Business India continues to be a crucial part of Etihad Airways’ growth strategy contributing significantly to the airline’s global operations, to job creation and to connectivity for India. Addressing a media conference in Mumbai to mark the launch of Etihad Airways’ daily A380 service to India’s commercial capital, Etihad Airways Chief Commercial Officer, Peter Baumgartner, said that ...

  DUBAI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, and HH Mansour bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai International Marine Club, on Tuesday attended the 22nd Business Excellence Awards ceremony hosted by the Department of Economic Development(DED) in Dubai and honoured 42 winners of the Dubai Quality Award, ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, has given directions to start the legislative procedure of drafting a UAE National Reading Law, which aims to ensure the sustainability of all government efforts to consolidate reading in the UAE for all ages, as well as identify the key responsibilities of government ...

  DUBAI / WAM Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri, Minister of Economy, met with Tarek Kabil, Egyptian Minister of Trade and Industry, to discuss ways of consolidating existing economic partnerships between the UAE and Egypt, and overcoming the various challenges facing investors and businessmen, as part of efforts to promote mutual economic and trade interests and relations. During the meeting, ...