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Abu Dhabi at Hannover fair

  HANNOVER / WAM Mohammed Hilal Al Muhairi, Director- General of the Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry, has confirmed that the Chamber participation in the 2016 Hannover Messe International Industrial Fair in Hannover, comes as part of its strategy to promote and attract more industrial investments to the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. He said that the participation also ...

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DP World’s volume up 3.7%

  Dubai / WAM DP World Limited handled 15.5 million TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units) across its global portfolio of container terminals during the first quarter of 2016, with gross container volumes growing by 3.7% on a reported basis, and up 2.4% on a like-for-like1 basis, DP World Chairman, Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, said today during a meeting the Annual General ...

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UAE gears up for big bite of US$140bn Halal sector

  RITIKA SHARMA / Emirates Business With global Halal industry growing, UAE-based hotels are gearing up to grow their share in the segment. Halal sector was worth US$140 billion in 2014, representing around 13 percent of global travel expenditure, and this figure is expected to reach US$233 billion by the year 2020. Glenn Nobbs, General Manager, Copthorne Hotel Dubai, one ...

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