DUBAI: Talabat, the region’s leading food delivery platform, has announced that it will waive delivery fees based on consumers proximity to a restaurant, regionwide. The initiative comes with Talabat’s desire to support its restaurant partners & customers to navigate the uncertainty provided by COVID-19. Using Talabat’s in-app location-based technology, customers will be able to choose free delivery from a multitude …

DUBAI: Emirates will be implementing thermal screening measures for all passengers travelling on US flights departing from Dubai International Airport, effective from 12 March 2020. Thermal scanners will be placed at departure gates for all US gateways, starting with EK 231 to Washington Dulles International Airport. If a passenger is found to have a higher than normal temperature, they will undergo …

News Desk ABU DHABI: Due to the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus and its continuing impact on air travel services globally, Etihad Airways continues to follow UAE and international government and regulatory authority directives and has implemented a series of consolidated network changes. This is also being carried out for the safety and convenience of its customers and staff, …

News Desk SHARJAH: Sahara Centre, Sharjah’s leading retail, dining, entertainment, and leisure destination, has announced the winners of its Spring Promotion 2020. On a spend of just AED 200, two winners drove away with brand-new BMW Z4 each while 60 others won fashion vouchers worth AED 2,500 each. The winners shopped at Sahara Centre from 25 December 2019 till 13 …

MANAMA: Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, has temporarily suspend flights to and from several airports in Pakistan effective from the 14th of March 2020 until the 31st of March 2020. Flights to and from Sialkot, Multan, Peshawar and Faisalabad will be suspended; flights operating to Lahore, Islamabad and Karachi will operate but on reduced frequencies in …

Irfan Pardesi about Shaan-e-Pakistan President of Shaan-e-Pakistan, Mr. Irfan Pardesi was candidly sharing his views on upcoming 5th edition of Shaan-e-Pakistan in Sri Lanka on a conference call with our Executive Editor Rafiq Vayani and our interviewer Kamran Hashim and briefly the Founder Huma Nassr also graced us. Mr. Irfan Pardesi who also is the Founder and President of The …

MANAMA: Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, has temporarily suspended flights to and from Kuwait International Airport effective from midnight of Friday 13 March 2020 until further notice. Gulf Air highlighted that the remaining flights to and from Kuwait are limited to Kuwaiti citizens and their first degree relatives as well as domestic workers accompanying them; non-Kuwaitis …

DUBAI: Emirates will be implementing thermal screening measures for all passengers travelling on US flights departing from Dubai International Airport, effective tonight, 12 March 2020. Thermal scanners will be placed at departure gates for all US gateways, starting with EK 231 to Washington Dulles International Airport. If a passenger is found to have a higher than normal temperature, they will undergo …

MANAMA: Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, will operate 12 flights from the 12th to the 15th of March to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in collaboration with the Saudi authorities. This is to facilitate the travel of passengers whose journeys were disrupted by the Novel Coronavirus COVID-19 global outbreak. Only Saudi nationals will be allowed to travel …

By Rafiq Vayani DUBAI: UAE-headquartered hospitality company, TIME Hotels, has strengthened the positive impact it is making on local and regional communities by raising funds for a hospital caring for children with cancer and a marine conservation programme, as part of its roster of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives. Extending its outreach programme beyond the UAE, TIME Hotels partnered with …