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  DUBAI / Emirates Business The Sharjah Ladies Club (SLC) concluded the third edition of its annual Ebriez Fashion Exhibition on Friday. Themed ‘Shop for Charity,’ the show enabled women to shop for stylish accessories before Ramadan and showcased the talents of designers. It also fulfilled an important charity function, with a portion of its proceeds going to The Big ...

  Relaxnews The UK might not be the first country that springs to mind alongside the words “cruise” and “resort,” but Anglomania is turning out to be a key pre-spring 2017 trend among the major fashion houses. Both Christian Dior and Gucci chose English locations for their resort 2017 shows this week — with the later taking over London’s Westminster ...

  Relaxnews As the 2017 resort collections come thick and fast, a major trend for florals is blooming on the runways. Christian Dior set the tone, with the French house’s English-inspired show replete with country florals in the form of draped tea dresses and sheer blouses covered in springtime patterns, mixed in among all the pictorial jacquards, rich velvets and ...

  Relaxnews Armarium, the app which launched in beta back in April 2016, has now gone live for all users, it has been reported by WWD. The app enables users to rent luxury fashion items, with collections limited to pieces from the current and previous seasons. This sets Armarium apart from other startups offering fashion-to-rent, as their garments and accessories ...

  RITIKA SHARMA / Emirates Business Gemalto, the global leader in digital security, with annual revenues of €3.1 billion in 2015 and operations in over 180 countries, is playing an important role in empowering the digital scene in the UAE. Bringing trust and security to an increasingly connected world, Gemalto solutions are ingrained in various day-to-day transactions in the UAE, ...

  Our Correspondent / EMIRATES BUSINESS Movenpick Hotels & Resorts, an international upscale hotel management company with over 16,000 staff members, is represented in 24 countries with 83 hotels, resorts and Nile cruisers currently in operation. Around 20 properties are planned or under construction, including those in Chiang Mai (Thailand), Bali (Indonesia) and Marrakech (Morocco). Focussing on expanding within core ...

  GENEVA / WAM GCC countries are doing their part to reduce poverty by creating 17 million job opportunities for expat workers, the Joint GCC Cabinet told the International Labour Conference in Geneva. Speaking at the 105th session of the conference, Dr. Moufarrej bin Sa’ad Haqbani, Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Labour and Social Development, said that it is estimated that ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business The Department of Economic Development (DED) in Dubai, and Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB), the largest Islamic bank in the UAE, announced the official launch of the first-ever ‘Consumer Card’ in the UAE, a co-branded credit card dedicated to protect the rights of consumers and providing them with savings on their daily purchases. The card is ...

Sharjah / Emirates Business Sharjah Commerce and Tourism Development Authority (SCTDA) hosted a group of 100 top travel agents and a TV crew from Ukraine, who were flown in by Air Arabia to spend four days in the Emirate of Sharjah. The local tourism stakeholders were given an opportunity to meet the group and present their products and services at ...

  Geneva / WAM   The third review of the UAE’s trade policies and practices under the World Trade Organisation (WTO) began at the organisation’s office in Geneva and will last three days in the presence of fellow WTO member countries. The UAE delegation is headed by Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri, UAE Minister of Economy, in the presence of Ambassador ...