Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Etihad Guest, the multi-airline loyalty programme from Etihad Airways, has won the ‘Best Affinity Covered Card Award’ alongside Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB) for the Middle East and Asia region at the Freddie Awards 2016. The annual ceremony was recently held in Las Vegas, Nevada. Introduced in 1988 by InsideFlyer magazine’s Randy Petersen, the ...

  Dhaka / WAM The UAE Ambassador to Bangladesh, Dr. Saeed bin Hajar Al Shehi, has met Nurul Islam, Minister of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment of Bangladesh, to discuss methods of qualifying the Bangladeshi workforce overseas. The Bangladeshi minister reviewed efforts being made by his country to achieve welfare for Bangladeshi workers abroad. For his part, Al Shehi affirmed ...

  DUBAI / WAM The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) revealed that its Call Centre received 529,495 calls during the first quarter of 2016, recording a response time of 12 seconds per call which compared well with the targeted rate of 20 seconds per call. The number of calls handled during the same time last year was 520,258 calls. Ahmed ...