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Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Abu Dhabi has been named the fastest growing destination city in the Middle East and Africa, according to the 2017 Mastercard Global Destination Cities Index. The UAE capital ranked fourth globally as a leading destination city with a projected increase of 4.5% in visitor figures, as well as the fourth fastest growing destination city out ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Palma Holding, which operates across three main divisions including Real Estate Development, Sales and Leasing and Property Management, announced that it has signed partnerships with four premium brands – Dada, DEDON, Molteni&C and TechnoGym – for its luxury Serenia Residences development. The AED 1.5 billion project is taking shape as the only exclusively residential community on ...

ABU DHABI / Emirates Business The Tourism Development and Investment Company (TDIC), master developer of major tourism, cultural and residential destinations in Abu Dhabi, announced its first retail offering in Saadiyat Cultural District as an opportunity for business investors to lease food and beverage (F&B) and retail space at Mamsha Al Saadiyat, Saadiyat Island’s modern beachfront-living project. TDIC will offer ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business In line with the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to transform Dubai into the world’s capital of Islamic economy, Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority (DSOA), the regulatory body for Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO), the integrated free zone technology park, is ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business The Middle East’s dedicated trade fair for intralogistics, supply chain management, freight and cargo concluded, bringing a successful end to three-days of busy networking and discussions of the latest trends and innovations in the market today. Materials Handling Middle East 2017 featured 126 exhibitors from 21 countries, and welcomed 3,300 visitors from 50 countries at the ...

Bloomberg Boeing Co. is making the best of its unlikely rapport with President Donald Trump. The planemaker’s latest victory came when the Trump administration slapped far larger duties on a competing Bombardier Inc. jet than Boeing had requested in a trade spat with its Canadian rival. There’s also been good news for the company’s defense division as the Pentagon acquired ...

Bloomberg Croatia bucked the trend of eastern European Union countries putting off their commitments to adopt the euro by setting 2020 as a target date to join ERM-2, the waiting room for the common currency. The newest EU member plans to join the exchange-rate mechanism, where all new euro members must remain for two years to show currency stability, and ...

Bloomberg Former Uber Technologies Inc. Chief Executive Officer Travis Kalanick named two new directors without consulting the company’s new leader or other existing board members, ratcheting up a Machiavellian battle for control of the world’s most valuable startup. Kalanick said in an announcement that he had appointed Ursula Burns, Xerox Corp.’s former CEO, and John Thain, the ex-Merrill Lynch chief, ...

Bloomberg Alphabet Inc.’s Google has begun an internal probe on whether Russia-linked actors used its advertising and services to influence last year’s US presidential election, according to a person familiar with the matter. Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. have both disclosed political ad spending and accounts affiliated with Russia, and Facebook is sharing its findings with Google, this person said. ...

Bloomberg Adidas AG’s mission to expand its basketball footprint in North America hasn’t made a major difference so far. That may now be a comfort to the German athletic-goods company as one of its executives is embroiled in a US college-basketball bribery investigation. Adidas expects to generate just $401 million from basketball products worldwide this year, the company said in ...