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Emaar Malls fully acquires online fashion retailer Namshi

Dubai / Emirates Business Emaar Malls, the shopping malls and retail business majority-owned by Emaar Properties PJSC, has fully acquired Namshi, the leading regional fashion e-commerce retailer. This follows acquiring the remaining stake of Global Fashion Group (GFG) in Namshi, in an all-cash transaction of AED 475.5 million. GFG and Emaar Malls entered into a strategic partnership in 2017 when ...

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Mohammed okays $8.7b housing plan for Emiratis

ABU DHABI / WAM Following the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has approved the construction of 34,000 housing units for Emiratis across different parts of the UAE at a total cost of AED32 billion ($8.7 ...

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Abu Dhabi hotel revenues up 73%

ABU DHABI / WAM The hotel establishment revenues across the Emirate of Abu Dhabi increased circa 73 percent to AED1.8 billion in Q4 of 2018 from AED1.05 billion during the preceding quarter of the same year, according to the Statistics Centre- Abu Dhabi (SCAD). SCAD attributed the growth to the robust tourist infrastructure boasted by Abu Dhabi in terms of ...

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