RABAT / WAM The UAE, represented by the General Civil Aviation Authority, won a membership in the Executive Council of the Arab Civil Aviation Organisation (ACAC) during the 24th General Assembly Meeting held in Rabat, Morocco, receiving 17 votes out of 20. Saif Mohammed Al Suwaidi, Director-General of the General Civil Aviation Authority, said: “We in the UAE, are always ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (Dubai Tourism) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Fliggy, the online travel service platform of the global leading technology company, Alibaba Group. The MoU that aims to boost the number of Chinese tourists visiting Dubai through closer collaboration in integrated 360-marketing campaigns to strategic high-growth segments was signed ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business The UAE Banks Federation (UBF) and SWIFT, the world’s leading provider of secure financial messaging services, have organized a workshop in Abu Dhabi to raise awareness among professionals working in the ‘payments’ domain in the country’s banking and financial sector about SWIFT Global Payment Innovation (gpi) and compliance. The workshop, which attracted about 50 attendees, ...