Tourism & Hospitality | Sunday 22 November, 2015 2:03 pm

Etihad Airways and Masdar Institute Sign Agreement to Develop Fog Reduction System

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, and the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, an independent, research-driven graduate-level university focused on advanced energy and sustainable technologies, today signed a research agreement to develop a fog prediction and monitoring system ...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 22 November, 2015 2:00 pm

Yaman Abou Jieb Wins STARS OF SCIENCE Season 7 on MBC4

Yaman Abou Jieb, the young innovator from Syria, emerged victorious in the breathtaking live finale of Stars of Science in Doha, Qatar, concluding the seventh season of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development's (QF) "edutainment reality"...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Sunday 22 November, 2015 1:51 pm

GCC’s Revellers Seek International Hotspots to Ring in 2016

GCC’s revellers are seeking wider pastures to ring in the new year, according to one leading international hotelier.   Already seeing a surge in bookings, The St. Regis Istanbul, located in the heart of the trendy and upmarket Nişantaşı neighbourhood, is expecting an influx of...

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Business & Money | Sunday 22 November, 2015 1:43 pm

Participation at The Big 5 up 6% as GCC construction industry soars

The Big 5 opens tomorrow at Dubai World Trade Centre and the event organisers have announced the number of participants at this year’s event is set to rise 6% to 85,000, based on data taken from last year’s record-breaking exhibition and pre-registration figures for...

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Business & Money | Sunday 22 November, 2015 1:22 pm

Deloitte report outlines key strategic risks facing businesses over the next three years

Global business executives jointly rank pace of innovation (30 percent) and increased regulation (30 percent) as the key strategic risks forecast to impact their business strategy over the next three years, according to the Risk Sensing: The (evolving) State of the Art report released today by...

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Technology & IT | Sunday 22 November, 2015 10:05 am

What does innovation mean to one of the fastest growing smartphone brands in the world? Chris Sun Baigong Vice President of Huawei Honor in the Middle East, gives us his thoughts.

Think Big. Blue sky thinking. Game-changing. These are words synonymous with innovation, particularly in such a fast moving and evolving region such as the Middle East. And that is the aim of the game isn’t it? Not necessarily. Having that approach from the start could be very limiting and...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Sunday 22 November, 2015 9:58 am

ETIHAD AIRWAYS OPENS NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART CREW BRIEFING CENTRE

Etihad Airways has officially opened a new state-of-the-art Crew Briefing Centre (CBC) at its hub in Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates.   The purpose-built crew terminal, the first built by the airline, is the most advanced of its kind in the region, and is fitted with...

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Technology & IT | Sunday 22 November, 2015 9:37 am

Gartner Says Emerging Markets Drove Worldwide Smartphone Sales to 15.5 Percent Growth in Third Quarter of 2015

Continued demand for affordable smartphones in emerging markets drove worldwide sales of smartphones in the third quarter of 2015, according to Gartner, Inc. Global sales of smartphones to end users totaled 353 million units, a 15.5 percent growth over the same period in 2014 (see Table...

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Business & Money | Sunday 22 November, 2015 9:23 am

Middle East’s Leading Lighting Summit Begins this Week

Held under the patronage of the Abu Dhabi City Municipality, Middle East’s leading lighting summit is back with its fourth edition of the Middle East Smart Lighting and Energy Summit. Organized by global conference producers, Expotrade, the two–day summit will be held on 23-24 November, ...

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Business & Money | Sunday 22 November, 2015 9:21 am

ENOC introduces knowledge & robotics-themed initiatives to support UAE Innovation Week

As part of its participation in the UAE Innovation Week, Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC) introduced several knowledge & robotics-themed activities for its employees starting from November 22 to 28. The sessions are designed to encourage knowledge sharing, application and capability...

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