Sharjah / WAM Sharjah has secured a distinct economic and investment reputation, emerging as a key engine of growth and an attractive economic destination not only in the UAE, but in the region as a whole. The emirate today hosts more than 16 percent of the total small and medium enterprises in the country, exceeding 45,000 in number, said Sheikha Bodour …

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business International Travel Week Abu Dhabi (ITW Abu Dhabi), the world’s only global platform addressing key tourism niche markets such as Halal, medical, shopping and family-friendly sector joins the world to celebrate World Tourism Day today – an annual celebration that aims to foster awareness among the international community of the importance of tourism and …

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) and its operating subsidiary Nawah Energy Company, celebrated 40 years of collaboration between the UAE and the IAEA during the 60th IAEA Annual Regular Session held at the Vienna International Centre in Vienna, Austria, this week. The UAE delegation to the Session, made up of ENEC, Nawah, the Federal …

  Riyadh / Emirates Business Etihad Airways is to deploy a Boeing 787 Dreamliner on one of its twice-daily scheduled flights between Abu Dhabi and Riyadh, with effect from October 30. The upgrade from a single aisle Airbus A321 aircraft will cater to strong demand to and from the capital of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, offering guests more seats …

  Dubai / WAM Dubai Customs is taking part in various categories of the 4th edition of Hamdan Bin Mohammed Award for Smart Government (HbMPSG), organised by ‘Dubai the Model Centre’, a subsidiary of the General Secretariat of the Executive Council. A host of smart, customer-focussed initiatives will make Dubai Customs’ submissions salient and stand out this year. Such initiatives stem …

  Dubai / Emirates Business DAMAC Properties, one of the region’s largest luxury real estate developers, bagged four awards at the Africa and Arabia Property Awards hosted in Dubai, reaffirming its position as an award-winning developer of distinctive and cutting edge luxury properties. It was also nominated twice for the global International Property Awards to be held in London, UK, …

  Dubai / WAM The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) is gearing up for the launch of the final version of the Smart Fare project to the public in October this year, having gone through the trial version this September. Accordingly, new services will be added to the Public Transport App, and the smart services on the app will be upgraded …

Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Investments Park (DIP), the largest integrated commercial, industrial and residential community in the Middle East, has signed an agreement with MWH, now part of Stantec and a global leader in wet infrastructure, to design a new stormwater and groundwater drainage network within the development. The scope of the agreement covers the design of the drainage …

  White Plains / AFP Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton jumped back onto the campaign trail on Tuesday after a bitter first head-to-head debate in which Clinton frequently forced her prickly opponent on to the back foot. The White House hopefuls sparred over temperament, stamina, judgment, and other issues in a televised match-up Monday night that seemed to have gone …

  New York / AFP New York unveiled a major public campaign to fight Islamophobia, stressing the equal rights of the city’s hundreds of thousands of Muslims. The campaign — launched in the wake of a Manhattan bomb attack blamed on a radicalized Afghan-American — initially will use social media to spread the message under the hashtag #IAmMuslimNYC. “Now more than …