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As Amazon fear widens, UK retailer shows how to fight back

Bloomberg As Amazon.com Inc moves deeper into the grocery and fashion industries, the companies in its cross hairs could look to the UK for a lesson in how to handle an incursion from the Seattle-based giant. Dixons Carphone Plc, Britain’s largest consumer-electronics retailer, has thrived in an area where Amazon’s presence is long established. Selling an array of products from ...

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Abu Dhabi welcomes 2mn hotel guests in five months

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business In the period January to May this year, the emirate of Abu Dhabi recorded nearly 2 million hotel guest arrivals (1,965,436), a 4% growth compared to the same period in 2016, figures released by Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority (TCA Abu Dhabi) show. Of this figure, domestic visitors account for more than 600,000 hotel ...

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Air Arabia adds Sohar to Oman network

Sharjah / WAM Air Arabia, the Middle East and North Africa’s first and largest low-cost carrier, today announced that starting from July 9, Sohar will become the third destination to join its Oman network. The new route complements Air Arabia’s existing operations in Oman to Muscat and Salalah, boosts travel and trade opportunities between the two Gulf countries, and provides ...

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