DUBAI: dnata Travel, the UAE’s longest standing travel agency, has revealed UAE traveller trends for summer 2019, with one destination in particular booming in popularity: Russia. Travel bookings to the world’s largest country, which became visa free for UAE nationals earlier this year, were up a whopping 500% for the travel agency from May to September 2019 compared to the …

By Rafiq Vayani DUBAI: Ammar Ilyas Motan, Executive Director of Onederland was awarded by The Consumer Association of Pakistan in two categories: Best Indoor Family Entertainment Centre  and The Best Indoor Roller Coaster at ONEDERLAND at Lucky One Mall. Ammar Motan is one of the Founding Members of ONEDERLAND by Lucky group and bringing this idea to life of Pakistan’s …

KARACHI: Abul Hasanat was a lively human being and an accomplished journalist. He never expressed resilience to the principles of journalism in his life, these were the views of President Arts Council Muhammad Ahmed Shah while addressing a condolence reference held in memory of senior journalist Abul Hasanat, held in the Ahmad Shah Building of the Arts Council. He said …

DUBAI: ENOC Group, the Official Integrated Energy Partner of Expo 2020 Dubai, announced the opening of its 131st service station in Dubai in Al Warqa’a. Equipped with cutting edge technologies and innovative features, the service station will serve the customers living within the vicinity of Al Warqa’a, and will include a number of retail offerings, including ZOOM, Pronto, and a …

DUBAI: Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University (HBMSU) announced that it has held its first regular meeting for the Academic Year 2019/2020, chaired by His Excellency Lieutenant General Dhahi Khalfan Tamim, Deputy Chief of Police and Public Security in Dubai and Chairman of HBMSU’s Board of Governors (BOG). The meeting discussed the various achievements and initiatives conducted by the university during …

ABU DHABI: The Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI), the first graduate-level, research-basedartificial intelligence (AI) university in the world, has received immediate interest from graduate students across the globe, with 3,200 starting the application process, including 1,681 potential students in the last step of their application process and 234completing their applicationswithin the first week of the University’s launch …

DUBAI: Her Excellency Mariam Almheiri, UAE Minister of State for Food Security, has undertaken an official two-day visit to the United Kingdom, where she held a number of meetings with government ministers, officials and representatives of prominent food research centres, universities and companies to explore bilateral cooperation in the areas of food trade, investment and scientific research. Speaking about her trip, …

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt: The ITU Radiocommunication Assembly (RA-19) concluded yesterday charting future directions in radiocommunication systems and information and communication technologies. Chaired by Mr Sergey Pastukh of the Russian Federation, RA-19 set future work programmes for the ITU Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R) and approved a range of radiocommunication standards (ITU-R Recommendations) and Resolutions that will have a global impact on future …

By Rafiq Vayani ABU DHABI: The Society of Pakistan English Language Teachers (SPELT) is hosting the 35th SPELT International Conference, “Innovations in ELT: Future Directions” from today, Saturday and tomorrow Sunday, October 26-27, 2019 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the IQRA University-Main Campus, Shaheed-e-Millat Road Extension, Phase 1, Defence View, Karachi. Living up to its tradition of offering a high-quality professional development opportunity for teachers, educators, …

KARACHI: The Board of Directors of Meezan Bank Limited, in its meeting, held on October 24, 2019 approved the condensed interim unconsolidated financial statements of the Bank and its consolidated financial statements for the nine months period ended September 30, 2019. The Bank posted after tax profit of Rs. 10.94 billion for the nine months period ending September 30, 2019. …