Our Correspondent / EMIRATES BUSINESS Presenting a fresh take on innovative Mediterranean cuisine in an exclusive and upscale setting, LaLuz Four Seasons DIFC excites the imaginations and palates of Dubai’s fine dining aficionados with its array of Catalonian and Mediterranean cuisine. Lavishly appointed and with a sophisticated and urbane ambience, LaLuz, which sprawls over an expansive area, with separate …

  DUBAI / WAM Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, said that the UAE has adopted innovation as an institutional approach and a culture of the society that aims at developing its human factor as well government institutions, as part of its drive to build a sustainable …

  Dubai / WAM HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of Dubai Civil Aviation Authority (DCAA), Chairman of Dubai Airports and Chairman and Chief Executive of Emirates Airline and Group, inaugurated the 16th Airport Show at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre (DICEC) with 300 companies from 55 countries participating in the three-day show and expected to …

  Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai private sector companies indicated a sustained recovery in growth momentum from the survey-record low experienced in February. At 52.7 in April, up slightly from 52.5 in March, the seasonally adjusted Emirates NBD Dubai Economy Tracker Index highlighted the fastest improvement in overall business conditions since November 2015. The headline index has now posted above …

  SHARJAH / WAM Air Arabia on Monday reported a net profit of AED114 million for the three months ending March 31, 2016, which is 34 percent higher than the corresponding 2015 figure of AED85 million. In the same period, the airline posted a turnover of AED946 million, an increase of 7 percent on AED886 million in the first quarter …

  ABU DHABI / WAM Ahmed Mohammed Al Kaabi, Energy Ministry’s Assistant under-secretary for Oil, Gas and Mineral Resources, has been named as the UAE’s Governor for the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). Al Kaabi enjoys a vast experience in oil market economics and OPEC operations. Prior to joining the Energy Ministry, Al Kaabi worked as Director of ADNOC’s office …

  ABU DHABI / WAM The Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation, FANR, held a workshop on Monday to review progress towards establishing a present-day measurement of environmental radiation in the UAE. The 6th UAE National Workshop on ‘Baseline Environmental Radiation Mapping in the UAE’, was held at Zayed University in Abu Dhabi and was attended by representatives of the UAE agencies.

  MELBOURNE / WAM Etihad Airways on Monday officially opened its new Premium Lounge at Melbourne Airport, offering guests an environment in which they can relax, re-energise, dine, work or be entertained pre-flight. At more than 800m2 with seating capacity for up to 133 guests, it is the airline’s largest Premium Lounge outside Abu Dhabi.

  Dubai / Emirates Business In a significant development that boosts the efforts of Dubai Islamic Economy Development Centre (DIEDC) to articulate Dubai’s ambition of emerging as a global capital of Islamic economy, representatives of 10 countries recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in Dubai on for the establishment of the International Halal Accreditation Forum (IHAF) to be based …

  DUBAI / WAM The Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation, EMPOWER, on Monday said that its district cooling transmission pipeline has crossed the 223 kilometres mark in Dubai. The company has attributed this expansion to its aggressive strategy to expand its operations across the Emirate. Speaking on the occasion, Ahmad Bin Shafar, Chief Executive Officer of Empower, said, “Empower was …