DUBAI: The ninth edition of the Arab Beverages Conference (ABCE 2019) began on October 27, 2019, under the theme ‘Challenging the Future!’ as senior industry experts from around the region meet to explore ways to move the sector forward in the years ahead. The Arab non-alcoholic beverage industry is one of the fastest growing sectors in the Middle East region …

DUBAI: There is tremendous potential for the UAE to double its exports to African countries with plastics, rubber and sugar identified as the top products offering the most untapped export potential estimated at $867.9 million, $457.9 million and $291.7 million, respectively. The analysis, based on recent data from the International Trade Center (ITC), relies on an economic model using supply …

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 …