SYDNEY: Global air services provider dnata has today announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Qantas’ catering businesses. The agreement is subject to approval from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). Qantas’ catering businesses include wholly-owned subsidiaries Q Catering Limited and Snap Fresh Pty Limited. Q Catering has centres in four Australian ports – Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth, …

By Rafiq Vayani DUBAI: Copthorne Hotel Dubai, the popular hotel in Deira, recently hosted a group of travel agents, tour operators and journalists from Vietnam visiting the UAE on a three-day familiarization trip. In collaboration with Rida International Tourism & Travel, a leading Destination Management Company in the Gulf, agents from Deks Air Vietnam Travel & Tours, Atoz Travel, Ido Trading …

DUBAI: Critical health issues pertaining to women across the world were discussed in depth at the FIGO Regional Congress of Middle East & Africa which commenced in Dubai. The three-day meeting from April 11th to 13th is being held at the Intercontinental Hotel, Dubai Festival City, and aims to highlight technological, clinical and legal solutions for issues related to Obs-Gyn, maternal …

DUBAI: The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry hosted a workshop yesterday which helped familiarise businesses and professionals with essential, legal and practical aspects of the recently introduced value-added tax (VAT). The workshop, entitled “The Essentials of VAT”, was held at the Chamber’s headquarters in Deira and organised in cooperation with BSA Ahmad Bin Hezeem& Associates LLP and Moore Stephens …

KARACHI: Agha Steel Industries Limited (ASIL) intends to issue OTC listed, rated and secured Sukuk upto PKR 5 billion (inclusive of Green Shoe option of PKR 1 billion) for the tenor of six (6) years inclusive of a grace period of 2 years, in order to fulfill its expansion plans and investing in futuristic technologies making ASIL amongst the most efficient …

KARACHI: TPL Maps, Pakistan’s first digital mapping solution continues to roll out innovative, user-driven capabilities on its next generation mobile app services. Recently the tech firm decided to work for the handicapped population of Pakistan by integrating wheelchair access points in its TPL Maps application to commemorate‘World Health Day’. In its initial stage the service will be launched in the …

KARACHI: The Professional Accountants in Business (PAIB) Committee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP) organized CFO Conference 2018 ‘Evolving Mental Models – Sustaining Competitive Edge; Reflect, Transform, Lead’ here on Tuesday at Marriott hotel. Governor Sindh Muhammad Zubair was chief guest on this occasion. This year the conference theme was focused on the theme Evolving Mental Models …

DUBAI: The Commercial Compliance & Consumer Protection (CCCP) sector in the Department of Economic Development (DED) Dubai, has launched a ‘Smart Protection’ service, first of its kind in the world, which adopts artificial intelligence to respond quickly and efficiently to consumer queries and resolve their complaints. The service engages consumers in a direct dialogue to understand the query or complaint, …

DUBAI: Emirates has set a new record with over 1 million Wi-Fi connections made on board its flights in March alone. During the month, 1,037,016 Emirates customers connected to the internet during their flight. The connections were mainly made over mobile devices with over 94% of users connecting with a smartphone –twice as many connections were made on an iOS …

DUBAI: His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, launched e-Platform for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), established by the UAE Ministry of Economy at the inaugural session of the Annual Investment Meeting (AIM) being held at the Dubai World Trade Centre on Monday, April 9, 2018. The e-Platform will …