Healthcare | Sunday 6 March, 2016 3:32 pm

Jawaher Al Qasimi calls on Emirati community and media to continue supporting Pink Caravan

Her Highness Sheikha Jawaher Bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, Wife of His Highness the Ruler of Sharjah, Founder and Royal Patron of the Friends of Cancer Patients (FoCP), International Ambassador of the World Cancer Declaration for Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) and International Ambassador ...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Sunday 6 March, 2016 3:26 pm

Increased competition, demand to spur hospitality growth in UAE and region during 2016: Expert

With increasing number of hotels opening and due to open over the next couple of years, the hospitality industry across the UAE and region is set for a new phase of growth as hotels and related sector players jostle for increased market share amidst rising demand, an industry expert has...

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Environment & Energy | Sunday 6 March, 2016 3:23 pm

Operations Underway at the World’s First Facility Growing Both Food and Fuel in a Desert Ecosystem

The world’s first research facility to grow both food and fuel, using desert lands irrigated by seawater, began operations today on a 2-hectare site in Masdar City in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The facility, operated by Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, is funded by the...

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Environment & Energy | Sunday 6 March, 2016 3:09 pm

Empower awarded CSR Label from Dubai Chamber for the second time in a row

Empower, the world’s largest district cooling services provider, has been awarded the Dubai Chamber CSR Label honoring its sustainable and responsible corporate operations and its role in serving the society. The company was awarded the label at an event held at Dubai Chamber’s...

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Business & Money | Sunday 6 March, 2016 3:04 pm

Director General of the UAE Insurance Authority to keynote world’s largest gathering of Takaful leaders

The conveners of the 11th annual World Takaful Conference (WTC) - Middle East Global Advisors - announced that H.E. Ebrahim Obaid Al Zaabi, Director General of the UAE Insurance Authority (IA), will keynote the upcoming gathering of the global Takaful industry this April 11th. H.E. Al Zaabi will...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Sunday 6 March, 2016 2:53 pm

Jumeirah Messilah Beach Hotel & Spa supports
centre for children with special needs

Jumeirah Messilah Beach Hotel & Spa showed its support for the Kuwait Down Syndrome Society, as part of its ongoing Corporate Social Responsibility programme. In a special celebration held under the patronage of Sheikha Sheikha Al-Sabah, Jumeirah Messilah Beach’s management team...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 6 March, 2016 2:51 pm

Paris-Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi hosts a number of ambassadors and representatives of South American countries

Paris-Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi organized a round table today entitled "The Economic relations between the countries of South America and the United Arab Emirates" in the presence of H.E Dr. Nelson Chaben, Ambassador of Uruguay in the UAE, HE John...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 6 March, 2016 2:42 pm

SKILLS FOR LEARNING, LIFE AND wORK AT HEART OF NEW SCHOOLS PROGRAMME LAUNCHED in Middle east and north africa

HSBC Bank Middle East Limited and the British Council have launched Taqaddam a new schools programme designed to support the development of life skills in 15-16 year olds across the Middle East and North Africa.  A growing body of research is showing that the demand in the working world is...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Sunday 6 March, 2016 12:50 pm

Turkish Airlines’ Europe expansion continues with the decision to launch of Dubrovnik (Croatia) and Kosice (Slovakia) flights

Turkish Airlines, Europe’s Best Airline (according to Skytrax Survey, 2015), flying to more countries than any other airlines, which has also recently announced a record high net profit (1 billion 69 million USD net profit) in 2015 has another great news for its...

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Business & Money | Sunday 6 March, 2016 12:23 pm

Annual Investment Meeting (AIM) to highlight challenges facing energy sector

HE Sultan Bin Saeed Al Mansoori, UAE Minister of Economy has hailed the UAE, as a safe and sought-after investment magnet, due to its security and safety elements and political stability, in the midst of the region’s political and economic tensions. He further said that the UAE’s...

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