Abu Dhabi / WAM Etihad Airways has been presented with the Best Finance Transformation Award in 2015 by Innovation Enterprise, a US-based company specialising in enterprise innovation. The award was given to Etihad, which triumphed over other leading companies, for its Outstation Finance Transformation program, developed to centralise the airline’s processing functions to a low-cost operating environment. James Rigney, Etihad ...

DUBAI / WAM The UNICEF, and Al Tamimi & Company, have signed a partnership agreement to support UNICEF’s efforts to advance the welfare of children in the United Arab Emirates. As part of this engagement, Al Tamimi has supported UNICEF’s Gulf Area Office project to build the capacity of social workers in child protection institutions earlier this month. The project, ...

DUBAI / WAM Emirates Post Group (EPG) recently honoured the International Bureau of the Universal Postal Union, UPU, as one of its strategic partners, during a reception with the Director-General of the UPU, Bashar al-Hussein, in the Swiss capital, Berne. The EPG delegation consisted of Acting CEO, Fahad Al Hosani, CEO of Emirates Post, Abdullah Alashram, Director of International Relations, ...

Sharjah / EMIRATES BUSINESS Expo Centre Sharjah, which is organising an ongoing multi-industry event in association with its Indian partners, is looking to take advantage of the paradigm shift in ties between the UAE and India. The recent visit of H.H. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed ...

Alkesh Sharma / Emirates Business Instant replies to customer queries always bring brisk business. Dubai-based start-up Brndstr is creating ripples in the industry with its new auto-reply tool which would enable technology entrepreneurs and corporates to promptly interact with their targeted customers, by using intelligent robotic responses. Brndstr is offering a wholesome directory of hashtag and emoji on Twitter platform ...

RITIKA SHARMA / Emirates Business It’s high-time time to look beyond preset clichés. Clearly contemplating beyond the common mantra of empowering women and increasing their visibility in public and private work forces, experts resonate that there is much wider dimension to women power that is still untapped, however widely accepted. Speaking during the formal launch of policy recommendation, drawn from ...

EMIRATES BUSINESS Sky Telecom, the Dubai-based digital platform for ICT service providers and the consumer technology industry, has reached another important milestone in its MENA expansion plans following a series of new partnerships at the 2016 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The company has inked a pact with e-finance, the first and largest electronic payment and collection gateway in Egypt, ...

Sunaina Rana / Emirates Business Al Nabooda Racing is gearing up for the big event at Bahrain International Circuit, set to take place next week. The team aims to achieve a bunch of new records as the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East reaches its climax. With Al Nabooda already secured the GT3 Cup team championship for the third time ...

RITIKA SHARMA / Emirates Business Offering more flights to choose from the route of Manila – Dubai, Cebu Pacific Air, Philippines national airline, has come up with a rigorous marketing plan. Catering to more than 700,000 Filipinos living in the UAE, of which 450,000 live in Dubai forming 21.3 percent of the population of Dubai, Cebu Pacific Air has launched ...

Ritika Sharma / Emirates Business Few years ago fashion was all about Paris and New York. People did not even relate Arab world with the fashion trends or industry. But now the tables have turned. Over the years, Arab fashion has gained not only international recognition, but it has also managed to create its own niche which will make sure ...