Emirates has announced it will resume flights to Nairobi (from 2 August), Baghdad and Basra (from 10 August), expanding its growing network, and offering customers around the world more convenient connections to Dubai, and via Dubai. This will take the airline’s passenger network to 67 destinations in August, including seven points in Africa and five points […]

The Dubai Competitiveness Office in Dubai Economy has launched a ‘Dubai Competitiveness’ campaign in line with the government’s initiatives to enhance resilience against the impact of COVID-19. The campaign will support Dubai’s efforts to share experiences and information as well as spread awareness among the various target groups, including federal and local government entities, the […]

More than 270  UAE exporters and potential international buying partners came together this week for the UAE’s major buyers and exporters forum since COVID-19 shut down global trade events to discuss how the UAE national export community can help them overcome the significant financial challenges and risk they face in today’s ever-shifting economic environment to […]

Dubai SME, the agency of Dubai Economy mandated to develop the small and medium enterprise (SME) sector, is visiting its members to further strengthen its comprehensive SME support programmes, particularly the incentive package it announced to help entrepreneurs and start-ups reduce the impact of COVID-19. Abdul Baset Al Janahi, CEO of Dubai SME, is himself […]

DP World, the Dubai- based provider of worldwide smart end-to-end supply chain logistics, has agreed to acquire a 60 percent shareholding in UNICO Logistics Co. Ltd. The transaction, subject to regulatory clearances, is expected to close in Q4 2020, and represents another strategic step in DP World’s vision to build an integrated suite of service […]

A run in the snow… in the midst of this sweltering summer with the mercury tipping the higher 40s? Welcome to Dubai, a place where impossible becomes possible. The “DXB Snow Run”, organised by Dubai Sports Council in cooperation with Ski Dubai, will take place on August 14, when temperatures are expected to be hovering […]

Hala, the joint venture between the RTA and Careem, has today announced a redesigned service, aimed at enhancing the health and safety of all areas of taxi travel. Supported by the RTA’s unparalleled industry knowledge, and by Careem’s first class technology, Hala have implemented a roster of new features, to build on the existing safety […]

On July 23rd, Careem celebrated eight years, a total 2,920 days, of simplifying the lives of people across the region. The everyday Super App started its journey in 2012 and today spans over 100 cities in 13 countries offering services across three areas: Mobility of People, Mobility of Things and Mobility of Money. The first […]

Gaurang Doshi Productions announces that Ameesha Patel, Prateik Babbar and Swedish-Greek actress Elli AvrRam are the latest additions to the already star-studded cast of the new ‘7th Sense’ web series. The talented trio now join the superstars’ crew, consisting of R Madhavan, Ronit Roy, Chunky Pandey, Tanuj Virwani, Aashim Gulati, Sana Saeed, Ahsaas Channa, Dibyendu […]

Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), the leading global financial centre in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA) region has announced that Startup bootcamp, one of the world’s most active global industry-focused startup accelerators and investors has established its regional headquarters at DIFC. The establishment of the new regional offices for Startupbootcampfurther cements the […]

Emirates today rolled out a brand new, state-of-the-art online gateway to serve its travel trade partners around the world. Tailored for each market, and personalised for each partner to cater to their unique business environment and needs, the Emirates Partners Portal is a one-stop shop for travel industry partners to quickly and securely access the […]

UK-based luxury property developer Northacre, a wholly owned subsidiary of SHUAA Capital psc (DFM: SHUAA), is seeing a marked growth in interest from buyers even amid global economic turmoil triggered by the coronavirus pandemic. Northacre has continued its strong post-lockdown run of deals with the sale of a high-spec apartment in its first new-build and […]