Early on Friday, 6 September, a batch of salmon arrived in Dubai in the cargo hold of Emirates flight EK 28 from Glasgow. The shipment of Scottish salmon, destined for restaurants and consumers in the UAE, was the first that was being transported for Seafood Souq, a Dubai based start-up working on transparent and efficient sourcing of seafood, by Emirates …

DUBAI: Blackboard Inc., a leading education technology company for teaching, learning and student engagement, today announced that Sorbonne Abu Dhabi, established in association with Sorbonne University in Paris and specialising in arts, law, humanities, business and science degrees, has become the first university in the UAE to transition its virtual learning environment to the Software as a Service (SaaS) delivery …

DUBAI: Thanks to cutting-edge technology from Beko, Europe’s leading home appliances brand, fruits and vegetables stored in the refrigerator can now remain as fresh and nutritious as the day they were bought. Today at IFA, the world’s largest consumer electronic fair, Beko unveiled their HarvestFresh technology which will be available across a wide range of refrigerators. The innovative technology developed …

News Desk KARACHI: Coffee Wagera (CW) opened its first franchise near Maskan Chowrangi in Karachi recently. Mush Panjwani, Founder and CEO, Coffee Wagera is confident that the franchise owners of the CW-Maskan, Asad ul Bari and Mehwish Asad Bari, have the acumen to lead this franchise by following the vision with which he established the CW business in April 2018. …

DUBAI: The Middle East Facility Management Association (MEFMA), a dedicated platform for FM professionals, wider construction industry stakeholders, and owner associations, brought to the fore the latest developments in the region’s facilities management (FM) community during its recently concluded ‘FM Industry Market Pulse’ event held at the Dusit Thani Hotel in Dubai. The gathering hosted by the MEFMA Strategic Sub-Committee …

KARACHI:​ Careem has accelerated plans to build its engineering  capacity in the region through the establishment of a new tech hub in Pakistan, in addition to the engineering pool working in UAE and Germany. Establishment of a new tech hub will help bring Careem one step closer to their vision of developing a Super App in the region, combining all …

DUBAI: UAE-based investors have lined up a number of new projects including five free economic zones for investment in Bangladesh that were discussed at the Bangladesh Economic Forum in Dubai on Sunday. Bangladesh requires US$24 billion investment in infrastructure annually, to achieve its Vision 2021, according to Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). Transaction activity in infrastructure more than doubled to …

DUBAI: 18 months on from completing its combination  with Schneider Electric’s industrial software business AVEVA is positioned as the first company in the engineering and industrial software market to comprehensively address the end-to-end digital transformation imperatives with an integrated portfolio of solutions that deliver efficiency, unlock value and empower people across the lifecycle of capital assets and operational value chains. …

MAKKAH: M Hotel Makkah by Millennium, a 5-star hotel located at the heart of the holy city of Makkah, offers its guests a generous discount of 50% on suites during the Saudi National Day. This offer comes to conclude a successful Hajj and Umrah season and starts a new Hijri year with a mesmerizing experience. M Hotel Makkah by Millennium …

DUBAI: Dubai Startup Hub, an initiative of Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, in cooperation with Area 2071, recently kicked off the fourth edition of its weekly networking series which brings together stakeholders from the Dubai startup ecosystem and features inspirational talks led by successful entrepreneurs and industry innovators. The 10-week series, hosted at Emirates Towers, will run until November …