DUBAI: Dubai Airports and Expo 2020 Dubai have teamed up to give the more than 120,000 passengers who connect through Dubai International (DXB) every day a sneak preview of Expo 2020 to provide compelling reasons for them to return to Dubai to attend the event next year. That’s all thanks to a recent Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Dubai Airports …

DUBAI: The ninth edition of the Arab Beverages Conference (ABCE 2019) began on October 27, 2019, under the theme ‘Challenging the Future!’ as senior industry experts from around the region meet to explore ways to move the sector forward in the years ahead. The Arab non-alcoholic beverage industry is one of the fastest growing sectors in the Middle East region …

DUBAI: There is tremendous potential for the UAE to double its exports to African countries with plastics, rubber and sugar identified as the top products offering the most untapped export potential estimated at $867.9 million, $457.9 million and $291.7 million, respectively. The analysis, based on recent data from the International Trade Center (ITC), relies on an economic model using supply …

DUBAI: dnata Travel, the UAE’s longest standing travel agency, has revealed UAE traveller trends for summer 2019, with one destination in particular booming in popularity: Russia. Travel bookings to the world’s largest country, which became visa free for UAE nationals earlier this year, were up a whopping 500% for the travel agency from May to September 2019 compared to the …

By Rafiq Vayani DUBAI: Ammar Ilyas Motan, Executive Director of Onederland was awarded by The Consumer Association of Pakistan in two categories: Best Indoor Family Entertainment Centre  and The Best Indoor Roller Coaster at ONEDERLAND at Lucky One Mall. Ammar Motan is one of the Founding Members of ONEDERLAND by Lucky group and bringing this idea to life of Pakistan’s …

DUBAI: ENOC Group, the Official Integrated Energy Partner of Expo 2020 Dubai, announced the opening of its 131st service station in Dubai in Al Warqa’a. Equipped with cutting edge technologies and innovative features, the service station will serve the customers living within the vicinity of Al Warqa’a, and will include a number of retail offerings, including ZOOM, Pronto, and a …

DUBAI: Her Excellency Mariam Almheiri, UAE Minister of State for Food Security, has undertaken an official two-day visit to the United Kingdom, where she held a number of meetings with government ministers, officials and representatives of prominent food research centres, universities and companies to explore bilateral cooperation in the areas of food trade, investment and scientific research. Speaking about her trip, …

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt: The ITU Radiocommunication Assembly (RA-19) concluded yesterday charting future directions in radiocommunication systems and information and communication technologies. Chaired by Mr Sergey Pastukh of the Russian Federation, RA-19 set future work programmes for the ITU Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R) and approved a range of radiocommunication standards (ITU-R Recommendations) and Resolutions that will have a global impact on future …

KARACHI: The Board of Directors of Meezan Bank Limited, in its meeting, held on October 24, 2019 approved the condensed interim unconsolidated financial statements of the Bank and its consolidated financial statements for the nine months period ended September 30, 2019. The Bank posted after tax profit of Rs. 10.94 billion for the nine months period ending September 30, 2019. …

LAHORE: In a bid to address the issue of unemployment in Pakistan, METRO Pakistan and Star Farm led a training programme in collaboration with PSDF and Generation to train youth holding intermediate degrees and looking for jobs. The first batch of Retail Sales Associates training programme graduation ceremony took place recently at METRO Pakistan’s Head office in Lahore. Most of …