DUBAI: The highlight of Expo 2020 Dubai’s New Year’s Eve proceedings, a magical ball drop to rival that of the famous event in New York’s Times Square, welcomed 2022 with a glittering flourish at Al Wasl Plaza at 0000 GST, accompanied by two fireworks displays that lit up the night sky. As glasses clinked with midnight toasts made across the …

CreditPer, a pioneer in digital financial services for individuals and businesses alike, has joined hands with PayPro to provide integrated digital payments with AI-based lending solutions to the Pakistani market. CreditPer is an established lending based Islamic fintech company in Pakistan, with a vision to provide access to fair credit to under- and unserved market segments. They’re the game changers …

News Desk An Memorandum of Understanding signing ceremony between PINE Global and SEED Ventures was held at the PINE Global office in Karachi on Friday 31st December 2021. This MOU has been signed to work on programs and initiatives that further the cause of entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship in Pakistan. Shaista Ayesha, CEO of SEED Ventures, in her message, said …

Wizz Air Abu Dhabi, the UAE’s ultra-low-fare national airline, the joint venture established between ADQ and Wizz Air Holdings plc, today announced its outstanding operational results for 2021. During its first operational year, Wizz Air Abu Dhabi launched more than 34 destinations including Alexandria (Egypt), Athens (Greece), Baku (Azerbaijan), Bahrain, Belgrade (Serbia), Kutaisi (Georgia), Kyiv (Ukraine), Muscat (Oman), Odesa (Ukraine), Sarajevo (Bosnia), …

News Desk DUBAI: Revier Dubai, a 4-star lifestyle hotel modelled as a meeting point for today’s gen-X while offering Swiss Hospitality in Business Bay, introduces a revamped à la carte menu and new culinary team member. Alphorn Restaurant is where the culinary journey takes you to the Swiss heritage. Swiss, German, Italian and other international dishes are featured on Alphorn Restaurant’s decadent revamped à la carte …

Emirates progressed on its recovery path in 2021, rebuilding its passenger network to 128 cities by December including a new route to Miami launched in July. At the end of 2021, all of Emirates’ 133 Boeing 777 aircraft and nearly 60 of its A380 fleet are in active service, connecting people to their loved ones and businesses to global opportunities. In …

News Desk DUBAI: As the year draws to a close, a high volume of passengers are expected to surge through Dubai International to meet their travel plans for the New Year celebrations and the holidays season. With nearly 1 million travellers departing and arriving into Dubai, the peak travel period which starts today will last through 10 January 2022. In …

DUBAI: This week, the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture Malaysia (MOTAC) through its agency Tourism Malaysia is taking over the Malaysia Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) between 26th December 2021 until 31st December 2021. Promoting Malaysia as the next Top of the Mind Ecotourism Destination in the World, the Ecotourism Week at the Malaysia Pavilion takes the call from Malaysia’s …

Emirates Group Security (EGS), one of the leading aviation security practitioners and learning and development providers in the region, has signed an agreement with the University of Arizona (UA) located in Tucson, Arizona, USA, to promote collaboration in tertiary education and research on general and security-specific subjects from certificate to postgraduate courses. This new dimension comes in the Customized Degree …

By Rafiq Vayani DUBAI: Today Madame Le Hoang Diep Thao, founder, and CEO of global brand King Coffee and co-founder of Vietnam’s Trung Nguyen Coffee and G7 has soft-launched her new book The Queen of King Coffee at Expo 2020 Dubai. The book, released in Dubai to mark the Vietnamese coffee industry’s increasing ties with the Middle East, is the …