DUBAI: Majid Al Futtaim, the leading shopping mall, communities, retail and leisure pioneer across the Middle East, Africa and Asia and which holds the exclusive franchise rights to operate Carrefour in 38 countries, has launched the region’s first Retail Business School, designed to build state-of-the-art learning into the company’s employee professional development and help foster a new generation of innovative …

DUBAI: Emirates Skywards, the award-winning loyalty programme of Emirates and flydubai, today celebrated the opening of its new Emirates Skywards Centre in Terminal 3 at Dubai International Airport (DXB). The centre was inaugurated by Dr Nejib Ben Khedher, Senior Vice President, Emirates Skywards and Nick Moore, Senior Vice President, Passenger Services, Emirates. The Emirates Skywards Centre at DXB will function …

DUBAI: : Digital of Things (DOT) has won the prestigious Digital Agency award at Gulf Customer Experience Awards 2018. The winners of the Gulf Customer Experience Awards were announced at the Conrad Dubai Hotel on 22nd January 2019 where the Finals and Awards Ceremony took place. The awards are designed to recognise best practice in delivering outstanding customer experience in the Gulf and it provides …

By Rafiq Vayani DUBAI, UAE: Members of the Evaluation Committee has begun assessing applications for projects in order to select the distinguished ones to advance to the final competition of the exhibition. Dubai Maker Faire 2019 will take place on 26-28 March 2019 at Zabeel Halls 2 & 3 of the Dubai World Trade Centre. Dr. Jamal Al Muhairi, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Trustees, …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL), hosted startups and entrepreneurs from National Incubation Center (NIC), Peshawar, who presented their ideas, business models and prototypes to the senior management at PTCL Headquarters in Islamabad. The session was led by Dr Daniel Ritz, President & CEO, PTCL, along with senior executives of PTCL. Murtaza Zaidi, Director, NIC Peshawar, participated with top startups …

DUBAI: Emaar has made significant progress in the construction of five new retail link bridges that will further strengthen road connectivity to The Dubai Mall, the world’s most-visited retail and lifestyle destination. Scheduled to open in February, the retail link bridges connect the mall with Doha Road/Financial Centre Road. The new bridges are part of The Dubai Mall’s Zabeel expansion …

DAVOS: Seven UN entities have come together, supported by the World Economic Forum, and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) to call for an overhaul of the current electronics system, with the aim of supporting international efforts to address e-waste challenges. The report calls for a systematic collaboration with major brands, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), academia, trade …

DUBAI: Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has won the Best Public-Private Project Award during the recent Gulf Traffic Exhibition and Conference held recently in the Dubai World Trade Center. The winning project was the Dubai Code of Practice for Self-Driving Vehicles. HE Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of RTA, praised the winning of …

By Renaud Deraison, co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, Tenable The World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2019 ranks data fraud/theft and cyber attack as two of the top five global risks in terms of likelihood. The big question now is how will organizations respond? Reading the World Economic Forum’s annual Global Risks Report is not an exercise for the faint of heart. …

KARACHI: “A handful of poorly chosen words can have a devastating impact on your business. It can cost you a fortunes or either it will destroy a hard-fought reputation in no time”. Keeping this in mind Telenor Pakistan in collaboration with Mishal conducted a capacity building workshop on ‘reporting on Telecommunication’ at Mövenpick Hotel Karachi. This workshop had been organized …