News Desk SHARJAH: Air Arabia, the Middle East and North Africa’s first and largest low-cost carrier (LCC), has announced the resumption of direct flights between Sharjah and Prague, starting September 22, 2021. Schedule to Prague,effective September 22, 2021 (all times local): Flight Departure Time Arrival Time Aircraft Frequency  G9 584 Sharjah 15:50 Prague 20:30 Airbus A320 Wed/Sat G9 585 Prague 21:40 Sharjah 05:50 …

DUBAI: On the sidelines of its participation at the Arabian Travel Market (ATM) 2021, Hospitality Management Holding (HMH), the region’s largest hotel management company specialized in the dry sector, announced today the launch and pre-opening phase of ECOS hotel in Al Furjan area near the EXPO 2020 site. ECOS hotel is a lifestyle hotel that accommodates leisure, family, and business travelers. …

Mitsumi Distribution, a leading IT distributor today announced that it has been awarded Hewlett Packard (HP) Global ‘Computing Distributor of the Year’ award for its extraordinary achievements in 2020 in the UAE and East Africa. The HP global channel partner award recognises top-performing partners across all of its geographical regions for 2020. Mitsumi won two awards under the same category for UAE …

Having a vision to combine its technology leadership with preservation of nature, Dawlance has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the World Wide Fund for Nature- Pakistan (WWF-Pak) to contribute towards environmental sustainability. This collaboration is a part of the organization’s “Dawlance for Humanity” initiative that propagates environmental and economic sustainability, along with a better quality of life, …

Emirates has successfully concluded its participation at Arabian Travel Market 2021 (ATM), the largest in-person travel industry event to take place globally since the pandemic began. Click here to watch how visitors safely experienced Emirates’ products at this year’s ATM. The staging of this year’s Arabian Travel Market is reflective of Dubai’s sustained efforts and consistent approach to bring back large-scale events while …

Hutchison Ports Pakistan, the country’s state-of-the-art deep-water port, welcomes a new regular shipping service brought by the consortium comprising of Global Feeders, Sinokor, Heung A, and Sea Lead.  It strengthens trade links through providing ease of access to the booming markets of South-East Asia, China, and Korea.  The service will provide much-needed extra capacity for Pakistani exporters through non-vessel operating …

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) applauded the growing number of countries making data and evidence-driven decisions to open their borders to vaccinated travelers. The latest data collected by IATA, including its Timatic service, shows that more than 20 countries have wholly or partially lifted restrictions for vaccinated travelers. IATA supports unrestricted access to travel for vaccinated travelers. In cases …

A Pakistani and a Belgian national have been added to the long list of dollar millionaire while five others won luxury vehicles as Dubai Duty Free conducted the latest draw for Dubai Duty Free Millennium Millionaire and Finest Surprise promotion today, 19th May in Concourse B at Terminal 3 of Dubai International Airport. Mr. Waseem Ramzan, a Pakistani national based …

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s national flag carrier, SAUDIA, announced a new reciprocal loyalty agreement, expanding on the existing codeshare deal between the two airlines. Members of the Etihad Guest and ALFURSAN programmes can now earn and redeem miles on flights across both carriers’ networks. Loyalty programme members from both …

Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, in cooperation with PwC Legal Middle East and The Oath Magazine recently organised a webinar which examined key legal aspects associated with operating commercial agencies in the UAE. The virtual event was attended by over 230 participants, including business owners, managers and legal professionals. Participants learned about various types of commercial agencies, legislation protections, …