Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi is targeting a 5 percent growth in cruise tourism over the coming season, with 350,000 passengers set to visit the emirate in 2017-2018, Sultan Al Dhaheri, Acting Executive Director, Tourism Sector, at the Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority (ADTCA), told Emirates News Agency (WAM). The UAE capital is on a tourism drive at ...

DUBAI / WAM The UAE and Saudi Arabia, on Monday, signed a work plan for the Authorised Economic Operator (AEO), agreement launched by the two countries in Dubai, aimed at implementing quickly and efficiently the mutual acknowledgement made for the AEO programme between the two countries. Mohammed Jumaa Busaiba, Director-General of Federal Customs Authority (FCA), and Ahmed bin Abdulaziz Al ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business The Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) has debuted a new business intelligence and data warehousing platform, provided by Gulf Business Machines (GBM), the region’s number one provider of IT solutions. GBM completed the implementation of the enterprise business intelligence and data warehousing platform project earlier this year. The new platform is engineered to support ADX’s ...