DUBAI / WAM The World Economic Forum (WEF) will convene its first Sustainable Development Impact Summit in New York on September 18-19. The Summit is dedicated to accelerating progress towards Sustainable Development Goals and Paris climate agreement through public-private cooperation and the application of technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Building on conversations at the Forum’s Annual Meeting 2017 in …

Dubai / Emirates Business The 2016/2017 Dubai Cruise season officially concluded with the departure of the season’s final ship, the C.S. Sea Princess, from Port Rashid recently. After a stopover in Dubai, the luxury ship’s only port of call in the GCC, the C.S. Sea Princess continued her voyage to Aqaba as part of a 104-nights round trip around the …

Dubai / WAM The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), revealed that a total of 2,891,557 people used public transport in Dubai during the Eid Al Fitr holiday. Nasir Hamad Bu Shehab, CEO of the Strategy and Corporate Governance Sector, RTA, said, “During the Eid Al Fitr holiday, the Dubai Metro carried 1,500,899 riders between the Red Line (980,278) and the …