ABU DHABI: Gold Medal, the largest travel consolidator in the Middle East, has expanded its operations into India.  Travel agents in the country can now benefit from the company’s extensive sales, marketing and operational expertise, advanced booking and reporting system, and excellent customer service. Gold Medal will initially provide its Indian customers with access to flight bookings, offering over 100 …

KARACHI: Today Standard Chartered is celebrating the International Day of the Girl Child. This celebration is part of the new community investment strategy, Future makers by Standard Chartered. The aim of this strategy is to tackle the issue of inequality and seeks to promote greater economic inclusion for young people in our communities, with a special focus on girls. International …

DUBAI: EFS Facilities Services Group, a regional leader in delivering integrated facilities management (IFM) solutions in Middle East, Africa, South Asia and Turkey announces its business accolades for the year 2019.  EFS Facilities Services Group is listed amongst the top fifty private companies in UAE by Forbes Middle East and is well-acclaimed by Taqdeer Awards for showcasing industry best practices …

DUBAI: Gangnam-Gu of Korea and Korea International Trade Association (KITA) organized the Gangnam Premium Medi & Beauty Fair 2019 in Dubai. The most-sought-after Korean aesthetic solutions exhibition showcased the latest products and solutions including a wide selection of the latest innovations in health and beauty care available to try at the event. Held at Habtoor Palace Hotel in Dubai from …

DUBAI: The Samana Developers, the real estate arm of Dubai-based Samana Group of companies, yesterday announced that their Dh75 million Samana Greens has been nominated by the Construction Innovation Awards in the category of Affordable Sustainable Residential Project of the Year, due to project’s eco-friendly and energy-efficient systems. Compliant with Dubai Municipality’s green building regulations, the property will use recycled grey water …

KARACHI: Meezan Bank Limited, Pakistan’s largest Islamic Bank and the Best Bank in Pakistan and Hyundai Nishat Motor (Private) Limited, a project of Nishat Group recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly promote Hyundai commercial vehicles in Pakistan by providing convenient financing terms with a residual value option. This signing ceremony was organized at the grand opening of Hyundai’s …

DUBAI: Dell Technologies announced the winners of ‘Envision the Future’, the annual graduation project competition for Middle East, Turkey and Africa (META) region. The winning team were students of the Helwan University in Egypt. The competition in its fourth year witnessed significant growth from the previous editions with 327 project submissions, representing more than 90 universities in 24 countries in …

MANAMA: Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, has recently hosted the annual Human Resources meeting of the Arab Air Carriers’ Organization at the Wyndham Grand Manama Hotel, Bahrain. The meeting was attended by representatives from regional airlines as well as members of the human resources department at the host airline, Gulf Air. The 3-day event included …

KARACHI: Metro Cash & Carry Pakistan (METRO) has been ranked as the ‘Best Place to Work for 2019 & Best in Retail’ by Engage Consulting, an external independent survey body in collaboration with the Pakistan Society of Human Resource Management (PSHRM), a professional association for HR practitioners, at a ceremony held in Karachi recently. It is the second time METRO has won the …

News Desk DUBAI: The Expo School Programme has announced the launch of Expo 2020 Young Stars, created to provide an extraordinary opportunity for the students of the UAE to perform in Al Wasl Plaza, the heart and soul of Expo 2020 Dubai. Expo 2020 celebrates the diversity of our schools and students. Each participating school will create its own unique …