Dawoud Al Hajiri, Director-General of the Dubai Municipality, on Monday launched a smart training centre, which offers hands-on training using the Virtual Reality Environment. The Smart Training Hub, supervised by the municipality’s Geographic Information Systems Centre, is considered the first-of-a-kind in the Middle East for the city planning and engineering industry. With the Smart Training […]

Dubai stands first in the world in ‘Scientific & Technical Employment,’ as well as in the ‘Number of Internet Users’ and ‘Tablet Possession’ according to the Dubai Digital Competitiveness Report 2018 issued by the International Competitiveness Centre of the Switzerland-based Institute of Management Development (IMD) in co-operation with the Dubai Competitiveness Office (DCO) of the […]

Emirates, the world’s largest international airline and South African Airways (SAA), the South African flag carrier, are expanding their strategic cooperation with enhancements to its codeshare agreement, opening up new destinations for both Emirates and SAA customers. Pending governmental approval, SAA and Emirates have signed an enhanced commercial partnership which will see the relationship between […]

Applications are now open for volunteers to join the team of the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature. Recognised as one of the leading literary festivals in the world, the event will be held at the InterContinental Hotel, Dubai Festival City from 1-9 March 2019. More than 300 volunteers take part in this annual event, assisting […]

Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah clinched a podium finish in the top 10 cities visited by UAE travelers, beating international hotspots Bangkok (fourth place), Singapore (seventh place), and London (10th place), according to 2018 booking data from Agoda, one of the world’s fastest growing online travel agents (OTAs). With thousands of accommodation choices, the world’s tallest […]