RITIKA SHARMA / Emirates Business Gemalto, the global leader in digital security, with annual revenues of €3.1 billion in 2015 and operations in over 180 countries, is playing an important role in empowering the digital scene in the UAE. Bringing trust and security to an increasingly connected world, Gemalto solutions are ingrained in various day-to-day transactions in the UAE, ...

  Our Correspondent / EMIRATES BUSINESS Movenpick Hotels & Resorts, an international upscale hotel management company with over 16,000 staff members, is represented in 24 countries with 83 hotels, resorts and Nile cruisers currently in operation. Around 20 properties are planned or under construction, including those in Chiang Mai (Thailand), Bali (Indonesia) and Marrakech (Morocco). Focussing on expanding within core ...

  GENEVA / WAM GCC countries are doing their part to reduce poverty by creating 17 million job opportunities for expat workers, the Joint GCC Cabinet told the International Labour Conference in Geneva. Speaking at the 105th session of the conference, Dr. Moufarrej bin Sa’ad Haqbani, Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Labour and Social Development, said that it is estimated that ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business The Department of Economic Development (DED) in Dubai, and Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB), the largest Islamic bank in the UAE, announced the official launch of the first-ever ‘Consumer Card’ in the UAE, a co-branded credit card dedicated to protect the rights of consumers and providing them with savings on their daily purchases. The card is ...

Sharjah / Emirates Business Sharjah Commerce and Tourism Development Authority (SCTDA) hosted a group of 100 top travel agents and a TV crew from Ukraine, who were flown in by Air Arabia to spend four days in the Emirate of Sharjah. The local tourism stakeholders were given an opportunity to meet the group and present their products and services at ...

  Geneva / WAM   The third review of the UAE’s trade policies and practices under the World Trade Organisation (WTO) began at the organisation’s office in Geneva and will last three days in the presence of fellow WTO member countries. The UAE delegation is headed by Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri, UAE Minister of Economy, in the presence of Ambassador ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business The Department of Economic Development (DED) in Dubai, and Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB), the largest Islamic bank in the UAE, announced the official launch of the first-ever ‘Consumer Card’ in the UAE, a co-branded credit card dedicated to protect the rights of consumers and providing them with savings on their daily purchases. The card is ...

  Sharjah / Emirates Business Sharjah Islamic Bank (SIB) announces the launch of Al Sa’ada (Happiness) prepaid card in partnership with the Sharjah Police Headquarters. The card is the first prepaid card in the UAE market, which is launched exclusively for Sharjah Police employees to promote “Wellness & Happiness “through exclusive list of benefits & features offered on the prepaid ...

  DUBAI / WAM Foreign investors purchased AED 793.2 million worth of shares on Dubai Financial Market (DFM) and sold AED 741.1 million over the week, DFM said on Thursday. Net foreign investment on the market reached AED52.2mn as aggregate buy. Value of shares bought by foreigner investors comprised 44.9% of the total value of stocks traded during the last five ...

  Dubai / WAM Emirates’ specially emblazoned football club aircraft recently took to the skies in seven, carefully coordinated take-offs in the course of a few hours in one day, showing the airline’s unwavering support for its football club partners with the season drawing to a close. The club themed aircraft celebrated Emirates’ football partnerships that touch over 1.5 billion people ...