Business & Money | Thursday 14 July, 2016 4:39 am

AXA Cooperative Continues Expansion in Saudi Arabia; New Shops Opened in Jeddah and Jubail

In line with its commitment to offer innovative, value added and customised insurance solutions to customers across Saudi Arabia, AXA Cooperative Insurance, a leading international insurer has announced the opening of two new shops in Jeddah and the Industrial City of Jubail.  With the ...

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Technology & IT | Thursday 14 July, 2016 4:32 am

Panasonic announces feature rich entry-level palm camcorder

Panasonic Marketing Middle East & Africa (PMMAF) has recently announced a new palm camcorder - AG-AC30. It is a 1-chip Full-HD camcorder, designed and built in Japan, which brings an unprecedented number of useful tools and features, that will help deliver professional looking pictures in all...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Thursday 14 July, 2016 4:22 am

A Guid to Diving in The Egyptian Red Sea

The Red Sea is one of the world’s best known diving destinations and widely considered to be one of the seven wonders of the underwater world.  The Egypt Tourism Authority looks back at 65 years of diving in the Egyptian Red Sea identifying the top must see dive sites for visitors....

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Culture & Education | Thursday 14 July, 2016 4:04 am

SBA Sponsors First Meeting to Discuss Establishment of Emirates Librarians’ Association

The first step towards the establishment of an Emirates Librarians’ Association has been taken with an inaugural meeting held to discuss it in detail. Held at Sharjah Public Library, the meeting followed the call made by Sharjah Book Authority (SBA) in April for setting up of a dedicated...

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Business & Money | Thursday 14 July, 2016 4:00 am

Emirates NBD announces winners of the 2016 GEMS Citizens of Tomorrow Innovation Competition

Emirates NBD, a leading banking Group in the region, today announced the winners of the 2016 GEMS Citizens of Tomorrow Innovation Competition, an initiative undertaken as part of Emirates NBD Group’s External Innovation program, in partnership with Emirates Islamic.  Three...

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Business & Money | Thursday 14 July, 2016 3:43 am

Accorhotels , Qatar Investment Authority and Kingdom Holding Company Establish the Principles for Their Long Term Shareholder Partnership

The shareholders of the Group approved the resolution finalizing the acquisition of FRHI Holdings Limited (FRHI) and the corresponding share capital increase reserved for the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) and Kingdom Holding Company (KHC), as well as their representation on the Board of...

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Business & Money | Thursday 14 July, 2016 3:37 am

Deloitte and IRTI launch new Islamic Finance insights series

Implementing change strategies to reinvent the value proposition of the Islamic financial services industry is high on the agenda of industry leaders, according to Deloitte’s new whitepaper entitled “The catalysts for change: Strategic priorities in governance and regulation in...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Thursday 14 July, 2016 3:35 am

Enjoy a luxurious breakfast buffet at Emirates Grand Hotel

Emirates Grand Hotel, the 47-storey tall tower conveniently located in the heart of Dubai’s business and commercial district,  is delighted to announce its summer offerings with a delicious and fresh breakfast buffet at Panorama Restaurant.   Panorama Restaurant, gorgeously...

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Business & Money | Wednesday 13 July, 2016 4:58 pm

ValuStrat issue Q2 2016 Dubai Real Estate Market Report

The second quarter 2016 real estate review issued by leading local consulting firm ValuStrat –has shown that after 12 relative stable months, their residential VPI index displayed further indications of an early recovery in some of the areas it measures, signalling possible signs of a...

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Culture & Education | Wednesday 13 July, 2016 4:56 pm

Omar Samra climbs his biggest mountain and discovers one answer to life's most important question

Omar Samra is a father, adventurer, mountaineer, entrepreneur, inspirational speaker and future astronaut. He is the first Egyptian to climb Mount Everest, the 7 Summits and ski to both the Geographic South and North Pole.   In 2009, he left behind a corporate career in finance and...

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