LONDON: His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales met with Heads of Government and Heads of State from across the Commonwealth at a Prince’s Trust International reception held at St James’ Palace recently. Faraz Khan, CEO of SEED Ventures in Pakistan was in attendance to talk about how delivery of the Prince’s Trust International Enterprise Challenge programme is inspiring the …

By Rafiq Vayani DUBAI: The Malaysian Director General of Tourism Datuk Seri Mirza Mohammad Taiyab, will be leading a delegation of 108 Malaysian participants from 69 organizations to attend the Arabian Travel Market (ATM), scheduled from April 22 to 25, 2018 in Dubai. The Malaysian delegation will comprise of different hotels, resorts, travel agents, tourism product owners, and Malaysian states …

DUBAI: Emirates, the world’s largest international airline, has been recognised at the World Travel Awards Middle East 2018 with four awards – Middle East’s Leading Airline, Middle East’s Leading Airline Brand, Middle East’s Leading Business Class Airport Lounge and Middle East’s Leading Cabin Crew. The red carpet ceremony was attended by more than 500 industry leading figures and professionals from …

By Rafiq Vayani MUSCAT: Oman Air, the national carrier of the Sultanate of Oman, will be exhibiting next week at the Arabian Travel Market, a key travel and tourism event held at the Dubai World Trade Centre on 22-25 April. Acting Chief Executive Officer Abdulaziz Al Raisi, Chief Commercial Officer Paul Starrs, and Senior Vice President of International Sales Ihab …

SHARJAH: A developer for innovative technologies; iLife Digital Technology and Lulu Middle East have strenghtened their partnership tartgeting a growing billion dollar market of conumers looking to spend on affordable consumer electronics. With technology evolving and as number of connected devices continue to grow; the consumer landscape is becoming more matured. Furthermore, on an average a consumer buys at least …

DUBAI: Emirates Aviation University today welcomed Major-General Abdullah Khalifa Al Marri, Commander-in-chief of Dubai Police at its main campus at Dubai Academic City. Major-General Abdullah Khalifa Al Marri, who was welcomed by Dr Ahmad Al Ali, Vice Chancellor of Emirates Aviation University, was accompanied by Brigadier General Jamal Salem Al Jallaf, Deputy Director of Administrative Affairs Department, Brigadier Dr Ghaith …

DUBAI: Iron Mountain Incorporated® (NYSE: IRM), the global leader in storage and information management services, today announced the acquisition of Derby Records Management FZ LLC in Dubai, UAE, expanding the company’s presence and scale in the fast-growing Dubai market. The acquisition of Derby Records Management FZ LLC will add two facilities and over 100 customers to Iron Mountain’s existing business. …

LONDON: Global air services provider and UK’s leading ground handler, dnata, has been awarded certification for Good Distribution Practice (GDP) by the UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (UK MHRA). The UK MHRA granted dnata full Wholesaler Dealer Authorisation (WDA) after dnata completed the organisation’s Good Distribution Programme, while simultaneously investing into cutting-edge pharma handling technology at several of its …

By Rafiq Vayani DUBAI: Emirates will unveil its new Boeing 777-300ER First Class Private Suite exhibit at the Arabian Travel Market 2018 (ATM). The region’s leading travel and tourism exhibition will run from 22 – 25 April. This year marks Emirates’ 25th year of partnership and commitment to ATM. When the exhibition first opened its doors in 1993, Emirates flew …

By Kamran Hashim KARACHI: Every year S.M. Muneer (Bhaijan’s) near and dear ones in the business community compete against each other to host S.M. Muneer birthday, which has become a very prestigious and must attend event for Karachi’s business elite. This year it was Mr. Ashraf Mayia, Director of well-known and fastest growing ladies footwear brand ‘Heels’ and also Chairman …