SHARJAH / WAM Gulftainer, the world’s largest privately owned independent port operator, has won the ‘Corporate Health and Wellness Initiative’ category at the Daman Corporate Health Awards 2017. The company earned recognition for its corporate well-being programme, ‘Positive Pulse’, that seeks to enhance employee engagement by promoting a healthy lifestyle. In line with the efforts of the UAE’s Ministry of …

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business A new initiative to increase inbound tourism numbers from India to Abu Dhabi has been launched in India, with the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi spearheading a delegation of partners and stakeholders to a new multi-city promotional event in Mumbai and New Delhi. The ‘Abu Dhabi Week in India’ event, which took …

Bloomberg Saudi Arabia is considering a more expansionary budget than planned for 2018, Finance Minister Mohammed Al-Jadaan said. Authorities were already planning an expansionary budget, “and we are considering even a potential further expansion,” Al-Jadaan said in an interview at the Future Investment Initiative in Riyadh. “We think the economy requires that support and development requires that support.” The drive …