February, 2017

• 15 February

  Visit Abu Dhabi mobile app awarded at WGS

  

    Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority (TCA Abu Dhabi) has won top honours at the ‘Best Mobile Government Service Awards’ at the World Government Summit Awards for the new, improved version of its Visit Abu Dhabi mobile application. The latest Visit Abu Dhabi app version, which allows users to gain instant access to all ...

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• 15 February

  Abu Dhabi showcases importance of sulphur

  

    Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business The region’s inaugural conference, Middle East Sulphur 2017, organised by CRU, took place this week in the Capital to highlight the rapidly increasing importance of the commodity. The conference, sponsored by Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), ran over four days from the February 12-16 at Jumeirah Hotel Etihad Towers, and offered a full ...

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• 15 February

  DLD to launch Unified Lease Form

  Dubai / Emirates Business The Dubai Land Department (DLD) announced the launch of its Unified Lease Form, contracts which will become a mandatory procedure starting March 2017. In line with DLD’s aim to create a transparent and professional real estate market with measurable standards, the new form has been designed to regulate relationships between all parties involved in real estate ...

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• 15 February

  Mother of the Nation Festival to begin in March

  

    Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Organised by Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority (TCA Abu Dhabi), the second edition of Mother of the Nation Festival is set to kick off on Abu Dhabi Corniche from March 26 to April 4, offering a diverse range of experiences through more than 100 activities, performances, and workshops. The festival which attracted more ...

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• 15 February

  Transguard, Gunnebo extend smart cash deal

    Emirates Business Leading UAE business support services provider Transguard Group extended its partnership agreement with Gunnebo, a leading global provider of retail cash management solutions. The two companies have been offering a joint market proposition since 2014, which combines automated cash handling processes with transportation, storage and counting services. Transguard’s successful arrangement with Gunnebo not only covers front and ...

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• 15 February

  Lockheed’s Sikorsky in talks with Indian carriers for Skytruck

  

    Bloomberg Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a unit of Lockheed Martin Corp., is in talks with startup airlines in India to sell its small, twin-turboprop M28 planes as Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks to boost air travel in remote parts of the country with subsidies. The company, known for its helicopters, has offered to build the passenger planes in India if ...

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• 15 February

  Lufthansa to attract more Indian flyers

  

    Bloomberg Deutsche Lufthansa AG, competing with the Middle East’s biggest carriers to carry Indian international traffic, said it will seek to expand ties with Jet Airways (India) Ltd., which will help its customers get access to more connecting flights in the South Asian country. Lufthansa, which is deepening its partnership with Etihad Airways PJSC, connects Germany with five Indian ...

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• 15 February

  Asky Airlines takes on Air France as W African carrier eyes Europe

  

    Bloomberg Asky Airlines plans to extend its route network to Paris and Johannesburg from its home region of West Africa as the carrier part-owned by Ethiopian Airlines seeks to increase passenger numbers and revenue. The airline plans to start direct flights between the French capital and its hub in Lome, the capital of Togo, this year or next, Chief ...

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• 15 February

  dinh van marks its 1st anniversary in Dubai

  

    Emirates Business In collaboration with Marka PJSC, the first public joint stock retail operator in the UAE, contemporary French jewellery brand dinh van marked its 1st anniversary in Dubai by celebrating with guests, VIPs, media and the Marka team at its branch in CITY WALK. The anniversary follows the recent opening of dinh van’s second outlet, in Galeries Lafayette ...

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• 15 February

  Creepy-crawly internet fame

  

    Karlsruhe / DPA uck. Terrifying creatures are crawling all over his hands and face – humongous snails, huge cockroaches, gigantic moths. It’s all in a day’s activity on the internet for a German 19-year-old named Adrian Kozakiewicz. The setting is not some tropical jungle in Brazil, but rather a nondescript middle class duplex house of a German suburb. There, ...

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