DUBAI: Emirates NBD, one of the leading banks in the region, was awarded Cloud Computing Innovation of the Year at the FStech Awards in London. The award recognises Emirates NBD’s success over the past two years in not only launching its own private cloud as a first in the Middle Eastern banking sector but for also progressively expanding its capabilities …

By Rafiq Vayani DUBAI: It’s hard to stand out from the crowd when you’re one of 2,800 exhibitors – but the Moroccan National Provincial Tourist Office has been adjudged the Best Stand Design for its authentic representation of a typical Moroccan house at Arabian Travel Market 2019 at Dubai World Trade Center (DWTC). Reproducing elements of both a ‘riad’ and …

By Rafiq Vayani DUBAI: Dubai-based flydubai’s participated successfully at 2019 Arabian Travel Market (ATM) coincided with the start of the celebrations for the carrier’s 10th anniversary. The airline, which started operations on 01 June 2009, marked this occasion with the launch of a new website for passengers to share their memories. Over the last decade, the airline has changed the …

LONDON: This summer, British Airways customers are set to enjoy access to new partner lounges across a number of European destinations. The use of the third-party owned partner* lounges, exclusively for the airline’s customers travelling in Club Europe and eligible cardholders, is part of British Airways’ multi-million pound investment, with the aim of offering access to more lounges across the …

KARACHI: METRO, the leading international wholesale company with food and non-food assortments, has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Food Fortification Programme to help eradicate malnutrition in Pakistan. The MoU was inked between Mr. Stuart King, FFP Team Leader and Mr. Pervaiz Akhtar, Director Corporate Affairs METRO Pakistan, representing their respective organizations, in presence of Mr. Suhail Khawaja …

By Rafiq Vayani DUBAI, UAE: The region’s aviation opportunities and challenges have been firmly in the spotlight at the first CONNECT Middle East, India & Africa forum which is collated alongside Arabian Travel Market 2019. With Middle East seat capacity doubling to just under 264.31 million in the last 10 years, according to anna.aero data, the Gulf’s full-service and low-cost …

DUBAI: Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry announced on Tuesday, April 30th, the top three winners of the 4th Dubai Smartpreneur Competition during the closing ceremony of the Enterprise Agility Forum 2019 in Dubai. Denarii Cash, a mobile application helping overseas workers to send money claimed the first place prize. Arabee, a high specification platform providing an online multi-format Arabic …

DUBAI: Airport Show, which concluded after a three-day run at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre (DICEC), climbed another step in its journey of success and broke all records in its 19 years history in terms of occupied exhibition space, number of country pavilions, exhibitors, hosted buyers and visitors. The world’s biggest airport industry event had an impressive participation …

KARACHI: For the second year in a row, Careem received the “Most Popular Ride-Hailing Service” award in the PakWheels Automobile Survey for 2018, with the ​highest ranking amongst competition service brands available in Pakistan. In the ride-hailing category, 64% of the 35,000+ respondents in the survey chose Careem as the best app providing the service in Pakistan. Zeeshan Hasib Baig, …

DUBAI: Emirates customers can unlock the best Dubai has to offer for less this summer with the return of My Emirates Pass – an offer that turns an Emirates boarding pass into an exclusive membership card providing travelers special benefits and discounts of up to 50% off in more than 500 leisure and retail outlet locations across the UAE. Emirates …