Abu Dhabi / WAM Sheikha Lubna bint Khalid Al Qasimi, Minister of State for Tolerance, stressed the UAE leadership’s keenness to make the UAE a global model and cradle of humanitarian co-existence, culture and communication. She said this has been confirmed by the annual Global Competitiveness Report, where the UAE is ranked third globally in 2016 and eighth in 2015, …

  Dubai / Emirates Business Honeywell (NYSE: HON) on Monday announced the results of a first of a kind thermostat pilot program in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, that indicates mosques in the Middle East have the potential to cut their energy consumption by more than one-third through the use of “smart” thermostats. Honeywell’s VisionPRO 8000 thermostat for mosques, designed with …

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business As the region’s 2015/2016 cruise season has come to a close, Abu Dhabi Ports, (ADP) the master developer, operator and manager of ports and the Khalifa Industrial Zone in the Emirate, released its best ever Cruise Terminal performance figures. With an increase of 16% in passengers and 20% increase in vessel calls, the state-of-the-art Abu …