Bloomberg The United Arab Emirates is seeking to establish Budapest as a bridgehead for onward flights in a move that could allow two of the Gulf region’s biggest airlines to carry people between central Europe and the USA. The application for so-called fifth-freedom rights concerns services to two points beyond Hungary, Saif Al Suwaidi, director general of the UAE’s General …

Sharjah / EMIRATES BUSINESS Bukhatir Education Advancement & Management (Beam) has been recognised for its pursuit of academic excellence through classroom technology and innovation after it was presented with a Promethean Centre of Excellence Award, thereby making two Beam schools the only ones in the Middle East to have attained the prestigious accolade. Robert Speed, Promethean Head of Middle East …

Dubai / Emirates Business Lacklustre growth in the West coupled with a slowdown in China and Russia means global fragrance houses are training their sights on the Middle East and Africa, with twelve of the world’s top 18 ready to line-up at Beautyworld Middle East 2016. According to analysts Euromonitor International (EMI), The Middle East and Africa (MEA) will be …