DUBAI: The Millennium Plaza Dubai, a luxury accommodation located along Sheikh Zayed Road, was in near complete darkness for a solid hour on Saturday, as the property marked Earth Hour, the world’s largest grassroots movement for the environment. The property joined other hotels and establishments in the UAE and across the globe in celebrating the annual energy conservation movement by …

DUBAI: JMA group today announced that it will open a chain of twenty supermarkets in Dubai by the end of 2018 with an initial investment of AED 60 million, creating an estimated over 1000 jobs in the country. The group will invest further to open over 100 more convenience stores across UAE, GCC and Asia by 2020. JMA will offer …

DUBAI: Emirates has completed the application of the specially-designed ‘Year of Zayed’ livery on ten of its aircraft. This tribute to the late His Highness Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan was first unveiled in November 2017 on the fuselage of Emirates’ 100th A380 aircraft, and commemorates the 100th year of HH Sheikh Zayed’s birth. Watch the decals being applied at …

LONDON: British Airways has recently released its Gender Pay Gap figures. The airline’s statistics show that the median hourly pay difference between men and women is 10 per cent, compared to the national average of 18.1 per cent*. The airline’s median bonus pay difference is -19 per cent, which, using this calculation, means that the bonus pay gap favours women. …

By Rafiq Vayani KARACHI: Dinner in the Sky is a Belgian based novelty restaurant service, which uses a crane to hoist its diners, table, and waiting staff up-to 223 feet high into the air. Forbes magazine called it “one of the world’s ten most unusual restaurants.” This most amazing ‘floating’ restaurant; “Dinner in the Sky” is now coming to Pakistan …

MANAMA: Gulf Air, the Kingdom of Bahrain’s national carrier, will launch direct daily flights to Bangalore from 1st May 2018 and direct 7 weekly flights to Calicut from 15th June 2018. This will expand its India operations to serve 8 cities in total supplementing its existing services to Delhi, Chennai, Kochi, Mumbai, Trivandrum and Hyderabad. The expansion coincides with Gulf Air’s new …

DUBAI: Qantas and Emirates welcome the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) reauthorisation of their partnership until 2023. For customers, the continuation of the joint business, announced in August 2017, will deliver expanded services, greater schedule choice, increased frequent flyer benefits and an ongoing commitment to the development of world class products and travel experiences. Comments from Qantas International CEO …

DUBAI: Tejar Dubai, an initiative of the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry,has announced the launch of Treatery Café, a new café in Dubai serving gourmet breakfast, main courses and specialty coffee. The café, located in the emirate’s Al Mizhar area, is the 31st business venture to be launched under the entrepreneurship development programme to date, and the first project …

By Rafiq Vayani KARACHI: ACCA Pakistan hosted the Pakistan Leadership Conversation (PLC) 2018 in Karachi on March 22, 2018. Pakistan Leadership Conversation is a critical forum for thought leaders to discuss important policy issues and in turn develop an actionable agenda to drive economic growth. This year the conversations in Karachi were held around the theme, ‘Collective vision for an …

KARACHI: International Consumer Product Fair (ICPF) has been held since 2012 and ICPF exhibition is one of the largest, most influential and most productive consumer fair in Pakistan. This year’s International Consumer Product Fair (ICPF) 2018 is being held at Karachi’s prestigious Expo Centre organised by Ecommerce Gateway from 20th March to 22nd March 2018. This three-day exhibition incorporates event like Household Asia, Beauty …