Dubai / WAM Dubai Business Events (DBE), the city’s official convention bureau, has reported strong results for the first half of 2018, with 125 successful bids to host business events, reflecting a 29 percent increase over the same period last year. Conferences, meetings and incentive programmes secured in the first six months of the year, including from bids submitted in ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM July 30 is a significant day for women and children in the UAE, when the Founding Father, late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan issued a decree establishing the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood (SCMC), in 2003, HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Chairwoman of the General Women’s Union, President of the Supreme Council for Motherhood ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM More than 80,000 people, including tourists and heritage lovers, visited the14th Liwa Date Festival, which came to an end in Al Gharbia, Abu Dhabi’s Western Region. The 11 day-event offered heritage lovers colourful activities, cultural celebrations, traditional performance and competitions, where a number farmers were rewarded for producing the best types of date through the season. ...