Global travel management company FCM has been awarded the contract to manage the global travel programme of JTI (Japan Tobacco International), operating in 80+ markets and with a travel and expense budget of $160 million in 2019. FCM secured the contract following a competitive RFP process conducted in an entirely virtual landscape, due to the onslaught of COVID in March …

By Rafiq Vayani/Kamran Hashim KARACHI: Indonesian Consul General in Karachi Dr. June Kuncoro Hadiningrat and his wife Mrs. Ani June Kuncoro hosted a reception for distinguished members of the press, on 28th August 2021 at their residence here in Karachi. This reception was attended by selected members of press, which included members from electronic-media, print-media and social media. Due to …

LONDON: British Airways has today announced that it will move to the next phase of its lounge reopening plan, as it is set to once again open the doors to its Concorde Room (specifically for those flying in First) at JFK and Heathrow on September 1, with a number of other enhancements in store for customers. The reopening of the …

LIMA, Peru (BUSINESS WIRE): For six months, Peru will exhibit all its biological and cultural diversity from its 25 regions, across the Andes, the coast, the jungle and the sea. This important international event will give a strong boost to the tourism and export activity of the country, which is currently in the process of recovery. We estimate that Peru’s …

BIZ TODAY REPORT KARACHI/DUBAI: A star studded inaugural dinner of Memon Super League (MSL) Season 5 held at PAF Museum on Monday, 30th August, 2021. Shahid Khan Afridi was the chief guest, among other notable names present were Aqeel Karim Dhedhi, Tauseef Ahmed, Majyd Aziz, Shoaib Muhammad, Yahya Polani , Consul General of Indonesia in Karachi His Excellency June Kuncoro …

News Desk ABU DHABI: Etisalat and Orange have come together to establish an IPX peering point at Etisalat’s SmartHub PoP in UAE, improving its international wholesale arm’s reach across partners in the region and meeting the increasing demand for 4G and 5G  connectivity. Etisalat SmartHub/IPX peering platform is neutral for mobile carriers to enhance customer experience for roaming customers, and will help address the IoT roaming business where lower latency is …

By Rafiq Vayani SHARJAH: Sharjah Sustainable City, a fully sustainable community by the Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq) and Diamond Developers, will be the first community in the region to give residents access to a renewable energy storage solution. The move comes after SEE Institute, the research and development arm in The Sustainable City entered into a memorandum of …

News Desk DUBAI: Swissquote Bank Ltd, a global provider of online financial and trading services, has announced that it has surpassed its initial forecasts in the first half of 2021, following the trend of the year 2020. Overall, Swissquote recorded net revenues of CHF 264.4 million and a pre-tax profit of CHF 134.6 million. Compared to the prior-year period, net …

Ms. Huda Salem Saif, Senior Communication Section Manager at Union Coop, confirmed that Union Coop, which is the largest consumer cooperative in the UAE, was and still is a distinguished choice for consumers to shop for food and basic products, due to its good prices and people’s confidence in the quality and safety of goods and products it offers, noting …

Ethiopian Airlines Group and the Boeing company have signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on positioning Ethiopia as an aviation hub for Africa. Building on the two parties’ seventy years of shared history in aviation, the MoU aims at positioning Ethiopia as Africa’s aviation hub – “Ethiopia for Africa”. Boeing has recognized Ethiopian as a global aviation leader in …