KARACHI: A large number of businessmen and women thronged to Top Thai Brands 2019 exhibition on its second day. Expo is held at a Pearl Continental hotel. On Sunday, businessmen paid visit to this expo and held B2B meetings with exhibitors. They discussed opportunities for joint venture, dealerships, technology transfer and bilateral trade. They termed Thai products exhibition a milestone …

KARACHI: The Directors of Memon Super League, Sameer Ahmedani, Tayyab Balagamwala and Usman Yunus Ghani met with Mr Salman Iqbal, Owner of Karachi Kings at his office. It was agreed between them that Karachi Kings would be the Title Sponsor for MSL In upcoming Season 4 from September and the tournament would carry nomenclature of Karachi Kings for this season. …

BIZ TODAY MONITOR DUBAI: Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) and ‘Careem’ announced the launch of their taxi e-hailing in Dubai under a Joint Venture (JV) name called ‘Hala’, which will officially offer its services to customers as of September 2019 through taxi vehicles. Hala logo is designed to reflect the transformation of the taxi e-hailing experience provided through the …

DUBAI: Members of Emirates Skywards, the award-winning loyalty programme of Emirates and flydubai, can use travel and shopping spends from their summer holiday this year to earn more Skywards Miles that can get them closer to their next dream getaway. Miles earned through Emirates Skywards special offers can be redeemed for flights on Emirates, flydubai and other partner airlines or …

By Rafiq Vayani DUBAI: Emirates, the title sponsor of the Emirates Airline Dubai Rugby Sevens, has revealed a brand new livery dedicated to the milestone 50th staging of Dubai’s flagship sporting event, and one of the key tournaments on the HSBC World Rugby Sevens series. The new livery serves as a symbol of the airline’s commitment to the long-standing Emirates Airline …

DUBAI: New banking and licensing solutions tailored to the needs of startups, an uptick in the number of fintech startups specialising in SME banking and increased cooperation between UAE banks and the country’s startup ecosystem are among the key achievements outlined by the Dubai Chamber-led working group on SME banking. The working group, in cooperation with Smart Dubai, Dubai Technology …

DUBAI: Fang, the leading real estate internet platform in China, has marked its launch in the UAE with a special LED show on Burj Khalifa, the global icon. A part of Fang Holdings, Fang leads the online real estate market in China in terms of number of page views and visitors to its websites that provide marketing, listing, financial and …

RIYADH: Emirates NBD, a leading banking group in the region, today announced plans for further expansion in The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), following approval from SAMA (The Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority) to open 20 additional branches in the Kingdom. The announcement reflects KSA’s growing importance to Dubai’s biggest bank by assets as the United Arab Emirates (UAE) continues to strengthen long-standing …

KARACHI: Yet another exhibition which seems to be a completely out of the box concept opens at The Chawkandi Art Gallery which is one of the most prestigious and the oldest of all the galleries of Karachi, titled  “An Apology to Shaikh Ayaz “on Tuesday, 23rdof July 2019.  This is not the first time the two curators, Mariam Mushtaq Kazi and Jamal Ashiqain …

News Desk DUBAI: The most common factors holding back security awareness programmes in companies are the lack of time and staff rather than budget, although nearly 60% of the professionals surveyed say they are not even aware of the budget allocated to security awareness in their companies. These are some of the key findings of the 2019 Security Awareness Report, …