Emirates Business Etihad Airways was named ‘Best International Airline – Offline’ at the 2016 Travel Agents’ Association of New Zealand (TAANZ) National Travel Industry Awards held in Auckland on 10 September. Voted for by the New Zealand travel industry, the award recognises the airline’s world-class product and service. Etihad Airways’ General Manager for Australia and New Zealand, Sarah Built, ...

  ROME / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, arrived in Rome on Wednesday to begin an official visit to the Vatican City where on Thursday he is due to meet with Pope Francis. Sheikh Mohamed and Pope Francis will discuss bilateral ties ...

  DUBAI / Emirates Business CFA Institute, the global association of investment professionals, announced that Matthew Amlot along with Mohammed Abdel Zaher and Mohammed Al Hayek are winners of the 2016 Middle East Financial Journalism Awards in the English and Arabic categories respectively. Launched last year, the award seeks to recognise the contributions of journalists towards the advancement of knowledge ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Jumeirah Golf Estates has been honoured by Forbes Middle East as a Top Real Estate Company in the Arab World, citing its contribution to shaping the country’s landscape as key to its accolade. Senior executives from Jumeirah Golf Estates received the award at a gala dinner at Waldorf Astoria Dubai Palm Jumeirah this week, against ...

  DUBAI / Emirates Business A strong combination of technology and access to up to 40 of the largest liquidity providers will significantly improve efficiency and reduce costs for clients. Saxo Bank, the online trading and investment specialist, announces today that it is transforming fixed income trading with the launch of the first truly digital trading solution for corporate and ...

  Emirates Business Dubai Opera is a truly unique venue and the emirate’s first purpose built multi-format performing arts theatre situated in the heart of Downtown Dubai. Designed by Janus Rostock of Atkins, Dubai Opera resembles a traditional dhow boat and all elements of the interior and exterior are in keeping with the heritage of Dubai which revolves largely around ...

  Sharjah / Emirates Business With the holiday season upon us, HolidayMe, a unique website offering on-the-fly customized travel solutions to customers across the Middle East, revealed the findings of its travel survey. The survey which was conducted online with over 1500 HolidayMe customers in the UAE, revealed Maldives (27.1%), Georgia (16.8%) and the United Kingdom (13%) as the top ...

  DUBAI / Emirates Business Filipinos in the UAE are very optimistic that the quality of life and the investment environment in their home country are on its way to seeing good improvements. A survey conducted by New Perspective Media (NPM), organisers of the annual Philippine Property and Investment Exhibition (PPIE), showed that a whopping 98 per cent of Filipinos ...

  Gregg Petersen / Emirates Business At almost every conference, event or analyst meeting you attend, you’ll hear someone discuss how your business can benefit from the Operating Expense (OPEX) model, greater agility, and faster deployment speeds offered by the public cloud. But let’s be honest: If you go to your internal IT staff and propose the public cloud, you’ll ...

  Bloomberg Even as speculation builds over whether OPEC will clinch an output deal with Russia this month, their negotiations are already paying off. Hedge funds and other investors reversed their bets on falling oil prices at the fastest pace in five months after producers said they would meet in Algiers, data from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission show. ...