By Rafiq Vayani JEDDAH/DUBAI: Rove Hotels, a joint venture of Meraas and Emaar Properties PJSC, has announced its expansion to Saudi Arabia with Rove King Abdullah Economic City, located centrally in the Bay La Sun waterfront district of King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC) in the vicinity of the Prince Mohammad Bin Salman College of Business & Entrepreneurship (MBSC) and a …

DUBAI: Paycent, a new digital financial platform that has revolutionised the payment technology by integrating traditional and the digital currencies, is launching Paycent debit card that will help users instantly convert digital assets into local currencies for use or withdrawal from automated teller machines (ATMs) and liberate the consumers from the hassles of going to designated exchanges for converting digital …

ABU DHABI: The UAE Space Agency, represented by H.E. Dr. Mohammed Nasser Al Ahbabi, Director General of the UAE Space Agency, discussed avenues for future cooperation with a high-profile delegation from Italy. The Italian delegation included Liborio Stellino, Ambassador of Italy to the UAE, Sergio Lamboni, Vice President of Arescosmo – Defense and Space, and PieroCozzi, an Arescosmo advisor. During …

LONDON: British Airways’ customers travelling from Innsbruck, Ibiza and Seville from February 1 will benefit from access to new lounges. The use of the partner* lounges, exclusively for the airline’s customers travelling in Club Europe and eligible cardholders, is part of the airlines multi-million pound investment to offer access to more lounges across the globe. After customers have checked in …

DUBAI: Dubai Economy is organising workshops and site visits to monitor implementation of the new standards introduced for licensing groceries as part of establishing a unified brand identity for the shops in line with international standards. The workshops and field visits are aimed to support grocery owners comply with the guidelines introduced to promote competitiveness, and quality of customer service. …

SHARJAH: Air Arabia, the Middle East and North Africa’s first and largest low-cost carrier (LCC), today announced the launch of its inaugural flight to Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport, adding a second route for travel to the Russian capital. The inaugural flight landed in Sheremetyevo International Airport on Thursday, February 1st, at 13:35 local time led by an Air Arabia delegation …

By Rafiq Vayani ABU DHABI: His Excellency Dr Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE Minister of State, and Group CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), met with His Excellency Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan, as well as senior government and corporate leaders during a visit to Tokyo, as ADNOC seeks to expand strategic partnership and investment opportunities …

ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopian Airlines, the largest Aviation Group in Africa and SKYTRAX certified Four Star Global Airline, is pleased to announce that it has signed an Agreement with Guinea Airlines, for strategic partnership in management, maintenance and training, on January 30, 2018 at Ethiopian headquarters. Ethiopian Group CEO Mr. Tewolde GebreMariam, Mr. Cheick Dem, from Guinea Airlines and Guinea’s Minister …

KARACHI: Indus Motor Company (IMC) initiated a Clean-drive campaign across the city of Karachi in partnership with Society for I Am Karachi(IAK). Spread over 4 months, the drive aims not only to clean Karachi but to bring citizens together to foster a sense of civic responsibility, ownership and unity among the Karachi-ites for keeping their city clean and litter-free. The …

KARACHI: Golden Chick, the American fast-food chain, opened their second flagship store yesterday at Seaview. The evening started with guests mingling at the Red Carpet and partaking of welcome drinks as they interacted with one another in the lounge area.The Red Carpet hosting was done by Sabeen Jaffer, while introduction to Golden Chick was given by Muhammad Hassan, assistant marketing …