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ALKESH SHARMA EMIRATES BUSINESS Reducing the Emirate’s energy, electricity and water consumption by upto 30 percent by 2030 is a huge task. And Dubai’s Demand Side Management Strategy has taken up the Herculean challenge to make this happen. The organization is set to host the much-awaited annual event ‘Outdoor Lighting Projects UAE’, scheduled for March 14-15, that will see the ...

BERLIN / WAM The prominent place the UAE occupies in the region and the world at large as one of the best tourism destinations is owed to the country’s diverse cultural, heritage and entertainment offerings which offer a memorable recreational experience, UAE Ambassador to Germany, Juma Mubarak Al Junaibi, said during a reception he hosted on the occasion of the ...

Ritika Sharma EMIRATES BUSINESS Middle East has the youngest fleet of business jets when compared with the world’s average, Embraer Executive Jets market analysis indicates. The region holds a business jet convoy of nearly 400 aircraft, where Saudi Arabia and UAE account for more than half of the Middle East’s active fleet. For the next 10 years, the Embraer forecasts ...

Dubai / Emirates Business The HOYER Group, one of the world’s leading bulk logistics providers, has appointed GAC as its official agency partner in 17 countries in the Middle East, Indian Subcontinent and Africa. A traditional independent family business since 1946, HOYER is one of the leading suppliers of sophisticated bulk logistics solutions, transporting, storing and handling liquid and solid ...

Dubai / Emirates Business The 2nd edition of Leatherworld Middle East will take place from April 26-28 at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre, and will return following a rousing industry response to the inaugural show in May 2015. More than 125 exhibitors are expected at the three-day event in 2016, all eager to capitalise on the GCC’s leather ...

Riyadh / WAM The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, alongside a number of defence leaders and officials from allied countries, on Thursday witnessed the conclusion of the Northern Thunder Exercise, which began on February 14, ...

RAS AL KHAIMAH / WAM The Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah continues to attract a wide range of international travellers as Haitham Mattar, CEO of Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority (RAKTDA) visited Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Guangzhou to raise awareness of the destination in the Chinese market. From February 28 to March 3, Mattar met over 20 of the ...

Dubai / Emirates Business The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) run Dubai Hospital has completed its two-week health screening campaign for children and adults to mark World Kidney Day. Keeping in mind this year’s global theme, “Kidney Disease & Children. Act Early to Prevent It,” health specialists from the hospital visited two schools and conducted health awareness campaigns. They also arranged ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Etisalat announced on Thursday its consolidated financial statements for the 12 months ending December 31 2015. The board proposed a final dividend payout of 40 fils per share for 2015, representing a total dividend payout of 80 fils for the full year. Etisalat Group’s consolidated revenue for the fourth quarter of 2015 amounted to AED12.7 billion ...

SHARJAH / WAM Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of Climate Change and Environment, visited the Bee’ah Waste Management Centre (BWMC) in Al Saj’ah. The Minister was accompanied by Essa Al Hashimi, Acting Under-Secretary Assistant for Environmental Affairs, Yousef Al-Ahmad Al Raisi, Director of Waste Management, and a number of officials from the ministry. Al Zeyoudi was received by Salim ...