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Tejar Dubai unveils smart app to ‘boost’ Emirati businesses

Dubai / WAM Tejar Dubai, an initiative of the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, launched ‘Enatni’, an app designed to boost the exposure of Emirati-owned businesses. The app is the 27th commercial project launched under the Tejar Dubai entrepreneurship development programme, while it supports Dubai’s transformation to a global smart city. A launch ceremony at Dubai Design District was ...

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New Etihad boss to rethink strategy post Alitalia setback

Dubai / Reuters The naming of a new boss at Etihad Airways presents the Gulf carrier with an opportunity to rethink its expansion strategy after the failure of minority-owned Alitalia underlined the big barriers to global growth. Ray Gammell was appointed interim CEO this week, days after Alitalia sought bankruptcy protection with $3.3 billion (£2.5 billion) of debt. He replaces ...

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Aimia plunges as Air Canada plans own loyalty programme

Bloomberg Aimia Inc., operator of loyalty programme Aeroplan, plunged as much as 65 percent after Air Canada said it will cut ties with the company in 2020 and launch its own rewards plan. The shares dropped 57 percent to C$3.88 in Toronto after earlier falling to C$3.13 in the biggest intraday decline since they started trading in 2005. Air Canada ...

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