Emirates adds another First Class experience with a new Home Check-in Service that offers customers the option to check in from home in a comfortable and convenient manner. This service is provided free of charge to Emirates’ First Class customers based in Dubai and Sharjah, where the Check-in Agents will visit their homes or hotels at pre-booked timings to complete …

Samana Developers handed over a Dh100 million ($27.2 million) Samana Hills residential project, situated in the heart of Arjan and a walk-away to iconic Dubai Miracle Garden, the world’s largest natural flowers garden. The handover ceremony was chaired and inaugurated by Chairman of Samana Group Muhammad Farooq, CEO Imran Farooq, officials from Samana Developers, design architects, contractors, banks, brokers, customers …

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, is launching five seasonal routes this week that connect Abu Dhabi to popular summer hotspots across Europe and the Indian Ocean. Three seasonal services took off this morning, connecting Abu Dhabi to Nice on the famous French Côte d’Azur, the historic city of Heraklion on the Greek island of Crete, and Malaga in Spain. …

Qatar Airways passengers who are Visa cardholders in Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, UAE and Pakistan are being rewarded with the chance to win special savings and prizes, including a fantastic FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ package thanks to Visa and Qatar Airways. The package includes match tickets along with 3-4 nights of hotel accommodation in Qatar. Some of the packages …

The Ritz-Carlton, Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), is pleased to announce the appointment of Ehab A. Zaki, as Director of Engineering and Vasanthi Prabhakaran, as the Director of Rooms.  Hailing from Egypt, Ehab brings a plethora of luxury hotel experience to his new role as Director of Engineering, having worked with some of the best hospitality groups in the industry, …

Emirates, renowned for its world-leading air transport services, has also been recognised for its outstanding ground transport services with awards in multiple categories, at the recent RoSPA awards, held for the first time in Dubai. The only airline to have achieved commendations three years in a row, the Emirates team took gold awards in three main categories: Fleet Safety Award, …

Qatar Airways and GE Aviation have joined forces to launch a customised training programme under the name ‘Leadership, Future and Culture’ (LFC). National Senior Managers of Qatar Airways attended this one-week course, which was designed for them to connect and enrich their leadership skills. The ‘Leadership, Future and Culture’ training programme was created to enable National participants to develop a …

Emirates has announced management rotations across its commercial operations team in the Middle East, Far East, Europe and Africa, positioning UAE talent in key markets and global commercial roles. Adnan Kazim, Chief Commercial Officer for Emirates Airline said: “We have a great talent pool of UAE Nationals, and we continue to invest in them and provide them with growth opportunities to take their …

Qatar Airways is proud to host the 78th International Air Transport Association (IATA) Annual General Meeting (AGM) and World Air Transport Summit in Doha. This year’s IATA AGM takes place in Doha from 19th to 21st June 2022, welcoming the aviation industry’s top leaders to reflect on the shifting political, economic, and technological realities facing air travel as the industry recovers from …

Ninety six players participated in the 28th Dubai Duty Free Golf Cup held at Arabian Ranches on Saturday, 11th June. The event hosted by Dubai Duty Free was played in Individual stableford format with prizes being awarded to Junior, Senior, Men’s, Ladies and Gross divisions. In warm and breezy conditions, some very impressive scores were had by all the golfers, …