Tourism & Hospitality | Monday 27 February, 2017 10:00 am

TFG Asset Management Reveals Industry-First Insight into Recruitment Challenges Facing Dubai Hoteliers

In an industry first, hotel asset management specialist TFG Asset Management has revealed the financial impact of high staff turnover on Dubai’s booming hotel industry. Dubai’s hotel room supply grew five percent in 2016 to surpass the milestone of 100,000 rooms for the first time. The...

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Cars & Autos | Monday 27 February, 2017 8:59 am

d’s Compact Figo Enjoys Greater Success in Saudi Arabia as Sales Grow Five-Folds in 2016

Ford’s passenger car lineup has benefitted from a bumper 2016 in Saudi Arabia, seeing a tremendous boost in the sales of its compact Ford Figo models, with the number of units sold increasing nearly five-fold in the Kingdom. New regulations set out by the Saudi Standards, Quality and...

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Technology & IT | Monday 27 February, 2017 8:26 am

Mobily Launches An Exclusive Offer To Double Points – 20% Discount At eXtraStores

Etihad Itisalat (Mobily) launched an exclusive offer to its customers when shopping at eXtraStores, in order to double their points when purchasing with 20% discount on selective products. This offer is for all Mobily customers in all eXtraStores outlets around the Kingdom. The collect points...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Monday 27 February, 2017 7:59 am

Welcome spring at Tilal Liwa Hotel

Savour the most pleasurable weather season at Tilal Liwa Hotel, situated on the edge of Rub Al Khali Desert in Abu Dhabi’s Empty Quarter, where you and your family can spend quality time together and welcome Spring. Spring often brings warmer temperature, mild enough for the family or group...

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Business & Money | Monday 27 February, 2017 7:38 am

Saudi Arabia food demand represents 59% of GCC market

Euler Hermes, the world’s leading provider of trade-related credit insurance solutions, expects food prices to rise in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in 2017. Global food prices stopped plunging in 2016, with a contained -1.5 percent drawback of the FAO Food Index. This was the lowest...

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Business & Money | Monday 27 February, 2017 7:34 am

KSA faces difficulty in hiring African workers

Saudi Arabia is facing difficulty to recruit workers from Somalia, Ethiopia, Chad and Guinea as the Labor and Social Development Ministry is unable to sign manpower agreements with the four African countries, a responsible ministry source said. The source emphasized the need to reach agreements...

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Business & Money | Monday 27 February, 2017 7:28 am

German wood businesses head to Dubai WoodShow

A report by The Federation of the German timber industry (HDH) stated that the German wood industry witnessed an increase in sales in 2016 by 2.4%, up to EUR 35 billion. Currently, 939 companies operate in the German wood industry and the employment in the industry comprises of 149,872...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Monday 27 February, 2017 7:16 am

Oman Air boosts fleet with New Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner

Oman Air, the national carrier of the Sultanate of Oman, continues its ambitious expansion plans in 2017 with three new additions to the fleet already this year. The latest aircraft is the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner which joined the fleet on 23rd February 2017; this is in addition to the two new...

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Business & Money | Monday 27 February, 2017 1:08 am

Security Intelligence Company Expands Presence in KSA and Africa

 to Address Growing Threat Landscape   LogRhythm cements regional footprint through locally based cyber security teams, and enhanced customer support and partner training Cyber crime is hitting headlines in the Middle East and Africa like never before with prominent organisations ...

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Government | Monday 27 February, 2017 12:55 am

International Security Alliance Announced in Abu Dhabi

  Saif bin Zayed: The UAE will fight all types of crime with unrelenting determination   “We will adamantly confront dangers that undermine security and world peace”    (ME NewsWire): A 7-nation international security alliance was recently announced in ...

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