ABU DHABI / WAM The number of hotel guests staying in the emirate’s 163 hotels and hotel apartments in March reached 464,960, representing an increase of 12.3 percent compared to the same month last year, according to figures released by the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi). The total number of hotel guests in the ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Some 844,636 local and international factories and 40,636 products got the Emirates Quality Mark (EQM), by the end of 2017, compared to only 241 industrial facilities and 10,209 products in 2013, according to the Emirates Authority for Standardisation and Metrology (ESMA). In an exclusive interview with Emirates News Agency (WAM), Abdullah Al Moaini, Director-General of ESMA, ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Al Hilal Bank on Saturday announced the official launch of its unique concept, ‘Branch-in-a-Box” at Mushrif Mall in Abu Dhabi, expanding the bank’s digital presence in line with its journey towards enhancing financial services across the board. The ground-breaking concept has been created by Al Hilal Bank in partnership with Omnia Pay, one of the ...

DUBAI / WAM A tunnel on both sides of Sheikh Rashid Street (Al Garhoud and Mina Rashid) comprising four lanes in each direction is set to open in Dubai on Thursday, according to Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of Roads and Transport Authority (RTA). Improving the traffic flow on Sheikh Rashid Street, this ...

KHARTOUM / WAM More than 4,000 women and children have benefited from the Sheikha Fatima Global Humanitarian Campaign “Provide Medical Treatment,” for the treatment of women and children, which has concluded in the Sudanese River Nile State after a successful tour of Sudanese villages under the theme, “All of us are our Mother Fatima.” The initiative, part of the Fatima ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Since opening to the public one week ago on April 22, The Founder’s Memorial, a permanent national tribute commemorating the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, has welcomed more than 500 school students from over 10 educational institutions to learn more about the UAE’s founding father. The Founder’s Memorial offers educational tours for schools and ...

DUBAI / WAM Expo 2020 Dubai has become the first World Expo and the second ever ‘mega-event’ to secure a Procurement Excellence award from the highly respected Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) organisation, a major vote of confidence for the next World Expo’s procurement practices. The recognition makes Expo 2020 the first major global event outside the United ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The United Arab Emirates and Japan are bound by time – honoured, deeply-rooted relations that have been in a steady growth over the past 46 years thanks to the determination of both countries’ leadership to sustain cooperation across all domains. The visit of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to the UAE on April 29-30 comes to ...

Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, will honour the prominent Arab hope makers at the end of the 2nd edition of the Arab Hope Makers initiative, the largest Arab initiative dedicated to celebrating philanthropic efforts, on May 14. The initiative seeks to honour and ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi’s Smart Solutions and Services Authority (ADSSSA), announced the launch of Abu Dhabi internet domain suffixes (.abudhabi), in English and Arabic to represent the Emirate’s digital identity in the virtual world. This came during the signing of a tripartite agreement between the ADSSSA, the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA), and the Emirates Telecommunications Corporation (Etisalat), to ...