Dubai / WAM The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) adopted 15 innovative ideas during the recent Innovation Lab, organised by the Strategy & Corporate Governance Sector of the Dubai Tram Depot at Al Sufouh. The session focused on improving RTA’s energy and green economy initiatives, which are of paramount importance to the authority’s long-term plans. RTA revises, broadens and improves ...

  Dubai / WAM The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) in collaboration with Dubai Maritime City Authority (DMCA), highlighted Dubai’s maritime industry at the 27th edition of the Shipbuilding, Machinery and Marine Technology Expo (SMM 2016) held recently in Hamburg, Germany. Hisham Al Shirawi, 2nd Vice Chairman of Dubai Chamber, and Amer Ali, Executive Director of DMCA, led the ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority (TCA) Abu Dhabi, announced the appointment of Manuel Rabate as Louvre Abu Dhabi Director and Hissa Al Dhaheri as Deputy Director. French national Rabate has been the CEO of Agence France-Museums since 2013, the entity established to support the creation of the museum which is born from an intergovernmental agreement ...

  Dubai / WAM The Shams Dubai Initiative will highlight at the Water, Energy, Technology, and Environment Exhibition (WETEX 2016), the latest innovations and provide unique platforms to build partnerships among government and private sectors for sustainable energy solutions. Shams Dubai aims to encourage the use of renewable energy and increase its share in the energy mix. Organised by DEWA from ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has been awarded the ‘Airline of the Year’ award for the third consecutive year by UK magazine, Travel Trade Gazette (TTG). The awards were announced on Monday night at a prestigious ceremony at the Lyceum Theatre in London’s West End. The airline was nominated in two ...

  Dubai / WAM Dubai Business Events has secured 15 percent more events in the first eight months of this year than the whole of 2015, and is poised to capitalise on increasing demand from international meetings, conferences, and incentives organisers, according to internal auditing at the city’s official convention bureau. The events secured this year will be held over the ...

  Sharjah / WAM A delegation of senior representatives of different companies and six countries from Europe toured the Sharjah Airport International Free Zone (SAIF Zone). The tour was part of the UAE-Europe Business Forum that was organised by the Sharjah Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SCCI) in co-operation with the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The six countries were ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business HE Hamad Obaid Al Mansoori, Director General of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA), discussed the contents and implications of the ‘State of Broadband 2016: Broadband Catalyzing Sustainable Development’ report and the role of a wide range of telecommunication technologies in supporting growth in various countries during his participation in the regular meeting of the Broadband ...

  Dubai / WAM An economic forum addressing the challenges and prospects of the industry in light of future oil price forecasts, the state of the Middle East economy and the effect of the Chinese trade slowdown on the region’s maritime sector, will open the eighth edition of the biennial Seatrade Maritime Middle East (SMME) exhibition and conference in Dubai, from ...

  Kirkuk / AFP Iraqi forces launched an operation on Tuesday to retake a northern town from the IS group in the latest move to prepare a broad offensive on extremist bastion Mosul. Army and tribal forces pushed towards Sherqat, a town IS extremists took more than two years ago when they swept across Iraq’s Sunni Arab heartland. The town ...