SAN SEBASTIAN / WAM The total contribution of travel and tourism to the nation’s GDP was AED154.1bn, 11.3 percent of UAE’s GDP in 2017 and is forecast to rise by 4.9 percent in 2018, Mohammed Khamis Al Mheiri, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Economy and Advisor to the Minister for Tourism Affairs, said during the UAE’s participation at the 108th ...

AJMAN / WAM The Ajman Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) in collaboration with Kuwait Business Council in Dubai and the Northern Emirates, organised a Ramadan Majlis in the presence of Abdullah Al Muwaiji, Chairman of ACCI, and Diab Al Rashidi, Consul General of Kuwait. It reflected the chamber’s keenness to strengthen frameworks of joint economic cooperation and explore available ...

DUBAI / WAM The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with 3M, an international company specialised in research and development, to exchange and share knowledge and expertise in anticipating the future and developing disruptive innovation in Dewa’s work. This is part of Dewa’s efforts to keep pace with the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The ...