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Al Habtoor buys Vienna hotel

Bloomberg Vienna’s Hotel Imperial, once Adolf Hitler’s favorite and now used by stars including Madonna and Mick Jagger, was bought by Dubai’s Al Habtoor Group LLC for $78.8 million. Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. sold the 138-room property, which will continue to operate under its Luxury Collection brand, the Stamford, Connecticut-based company said in a statement on Tuesday. All ...

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Sheikh Ahmed honours winners of 8th DAST awards

DUBAI / WAM H.H. Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai Civil Aviation Authority and Chairman of Emirates Group, on Tuesday honoured the winners of the 8th Dubai Award for Sustainable Transport (DAST) 2015. The Award is one of the key initiatives developed by the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) to leverage the public and private sectors to ...

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Federal National Council passes bill on NMC

ABU DHABI / WAM The Federal National Council on Tuesday passed a federal bill regulating the responsibilities of the National Media Council. According to Article 2 of the bill, the NMC is a federal government body affiliated with the Cabinet and has a corporate character and a mandate to undertake the responsibilities of overseeing and supervising media in the UAE. ...

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