Dubai / Emirates Business Travel is expected to reach another peak towards the end of this week for Emirates, as the airline expects yet another busy period with outbound travel after New Year’s celebrations and inbound traffic to take advantage of the Dubai Shopping Festival. The busiest days anticipated are January 1-4. Emirates reminds customers to arrive at the airport …

Bloomberg Reliance Industries Ltd. started testing its online shopping portal, moving a step closer to billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s goal of setting up a digital platform to take on e-commerce giant Amazon.com Inc. in India. JioMart, open to select customers who pre-register, promises more than 50,000 grocery products, free home delivery and a return policy that asks no questions. Labeled ‘the …

Bloomberg NWP Retail, a shopping mall developer backed by Warburg Pincus LLC, will spend $123.5 million buying five Lippo shopping malls in Indonesia. Two shopping malls will be acquired from the Indonesian units of Singapore-listed Lippo Malls Indonesia Retail Trust for $92 million while another three will be bought for $31.5 million from entities owned by PT Multipolar. The acquisitions …