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Abu Dhabi Airports has awarded contracts to two of the world’s most innovative duty free operators, Aer Rianta International and Lagardère Capital, to provide duty free concessions in the Midfield Terminal Building (MTB). The Aer Rianta International group (ARI), a leading airport retail management company with operations at airports in Europe, New Zealand, North America and the Middle East, will ...

The Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB), in a recently concluded board meeting, granted additional entitlements to the Philippines’ leading carrier, Cebu Pacific (PSE: CEB), for international routes from Manila to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), from various points in the Philippines to Taipei and Kaohshiung in Taiwan, and from Manila to key destinations in Russia. CEB was granted the right to ...

Abu Dhabi Airports has revealed that passenger traffic to the UK has grown by 34.2 percent over the last year, attributing much of this increase to the state of the art fleet of Airbus A380 aircraft operated by Etihad Airways. Meanwhile, overall passenger traffic at Abu Dhabi International Airport (AUH), increased by 15.8 percent in November 2015, with a total ...

As part of its tradition and vision, STME, the Middle East’s leading IT solutions provider and systems integrator (SI), headquartered in Dubai, recently concluded its 2016 Insight Day. STME’s leading partners and top and middle management from across the Middle East participated in this high-profile event at Ras al Khaimah in UAE. The Insight Day was structured around internal sessions, ...

Alpha Data LLC, the UAE’s leading System integrator and managed service provider, has launched ‘Alpha Cloud,’ a new public cloud service that features world-class cloud functionality tailored to meet the UAE’s local cloud computing requirements. The company is one of the first local private systems integrators to launch a public cloud in the country. The debuting service reflects Alpha Data’s ...

The General Authority for Regulating the Telecommunication Sector (TRA) conducted a ‘Cyber Blackmail’ awareness lecture in collaboration with the ‘Al Ameen Service’ launched by Dubai police. Khalil Al Ali, Senior Official from Al Ameen Services, and Ghaith Al Mazaina, UAE TRA Security Quality Services Manager, participated in the lecture. The lecture’s agenda encompassed a number of significant topics that have ...

In line with its continuous efforts to innovate and digitise its products and services to enhance its customers’ experience, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB) has announced that it will fundamentally transform how it interacts and provides services to customers by building a new Digital Studio with IBM. This will further enhance the various digital innovation projects across the bank, including ...

Young Presidents’ Organisation (YPO), the world’s premier peer network of chief executives and business leaders, has selected Dubai as the host city for its landmark annual event, the YPO EDGE, in 2016. Each year, the world’s premier peer network of business executives gather on a different continent for the EDGE to debate and shape the future of global industries. For ...

Dubai Maritime City Authority (DMCA), the government authority charged with regulating, coordinating and supervising all aspects of Dubai’s maritime sector, has announced the registration of 1,623 marine crafts (compared to 945 in 2014) and the issuance of 2,396 marine crew licenses (compared to 945 in 2014) to date. The figures reflect a remarkable increase in demand for maritime licensing services ...

Twelve delegates from the Emirate National Oil Company (ENOC) received MCIPS accreditation from the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply, an internationally-recognised award which signals procurement proficiency and represents the global standard for a professional working in the procurement and supply profession. MCIPS was the result of successful completion of the CIPS Oil and Gas Advanced Practitioner Programme – a ...