July, 2018

• 14 July

  DCT Abu Dhabi organises promo event for UK media

  

  ABU DHABI / Emirates Business The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) organised a media event in London for British travel and lifestyle journalists, to promote the emirate, boost media coverage in the UK market and to increase interest in press trips to the UAE capital. A presentation about Abu Dhabi’s offerings and latest news ...

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• 14 July

  DLD, Dubai Properties partner to back realty sector

  

  Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Land Department (DLD) announced a strategic partnership with Dubai Properties (DP), a member of Dubai Holding, to promote Dubai’s real estate sector. The agreement was signed by HE Sultan Butti bin Mejren, Director General of DLD, and Raed Al Nuaimi, Group Chief Executive Officer of Dubai Properties. Under the collaboration, Dubai Properties will support DLD’s ...

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• 14 July

  ADP operations room received 1.5 million calls in 6 months

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM The central operations room at the Abu Dhabi Police (ADP) GHQ received 1,450,594 calls during the first half of this year, through the emergency number 999. Colonel Nasser Sulaiman Al Maskari, Director of Operations, said that Abu Dhabi Police’s Command and Control Centre is fully ready and equipped with highly trained professionals and advanced communication systems ...

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• 14 July

  Shams, Emirates Creative Society sign agreement to nurture creative talent

  SHARJAH / WAM Sharjah Media City (Shams), announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), with the Emirates Creative Society to establish a long-term partnership to offer innovative training programmes and workshops for creatives in the UAE. The MoU’s primary goal is to contribute to sustainable development by attracting and nurturing creative talent from all media-related fields with ...

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• 14 July

  Emirates opens $3.6mn airport lounge in Cairo

  

  Cairo / Emirates Business Emirates unveiled its 42nd dedicated lounge across its global network at Cairo International Airport (CAI). The lounge is now open to Emirates First Class and Business Class customers as well as Platinum and Gold members of Skywards, the airline’s loyalty programme. Reflecting the airline’s ongoing commitment to Egypt, the Emirates Lounge in Cairo represents a $ ...

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• 14 July

  UAE a key Middle East stop along Silk Road

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE is undisputedly the most important stop on China’s 21st Century Maritime Silk Road Initiative, thanks to its world-class infrastructure and the top rankings in the world’s quality indices. The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, one of the largest financial establishments in the world with estimated assets of $2.3 trillion, has already set its ...

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• 14 July

  Sharjah airport passenger traffic up 4.34% in first half

  

  Sharjah / WAM Sharjah Airport has announced that it registered a growth of 4.34 percent in passenger movement during the first half of 2018, with the number of passengers increasing to more than 5.731 million, compared with 5.493 million passengers in the same period of 2017. The increase is a result of newly expanded service offerings for both passengers and ...

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• 14 July

  EFG achieves key safety milestone

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Dubai Investments, the leading, diversified investments company listed on the Dubai Financial Market, announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Emirates Float Glass (EFG), accomplished a unique recognition by achieving one million man-hours without Loss Time Injury (LTI), for the second time in its history. The massive recognition for the EFG, which is part of Glass LLC and ...

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• 14 July

  Al Qudra-Jebel Ali Lehbab Junction to be upgraded

  

  Dubai / WAM The Board of Executive Directors of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), in Dubai has awarded a contract for upgrading the Al Qudra-Jebel Ali Lehbab Roads Junction. Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of the RTA, who chaired the session, said, “The junction will be upgraded to a multi-tier flyover providing ...

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• 14 July

  Sharjah Police signs MoU with Enjazat

  Sharjah / WAM The Sharjah Police General Command and Enjazat Services have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), for bolstering joint cooperation in areas of community development and customer service. The MoU, which aims to consistently deliver customer delight, was signed by Major General Saif Al Zari Al Shamsi, Commander-in-Chief of Sharjah Police, and Khamis bin Salem Al Suwaidi, Chairman ...

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