By Rafiq Vayani DUBAI: Grand Millennium Dubai, a 5-star property located in Barsha Heights, hosted XPEDITION Annual Gala Awards in partnership with Smile Train, a charitable organization that provides corrective surgery for children with cleft lips and palate. The hotel was named by XPEDITION Middle East Magazine as the official address for the one and only reigning Miss Universe Catriona …

LOS ANGELES: dnata,one of the world’s largest air services providers, continues to expand its catering operations in the United States. The company has opened two new, state-of-the-art facilities at Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and now offers quality catering services from six airports in the country. dnata’s catering operations in the two cities are …

DUBAI: Canon, a provider of imaging technologies and services, has partnered with Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) for the second consecutive year to support its celebrations of the milestone 10 Year Anniversary of the Dubai Metro, which ran for a ten-day period from 9 September 2019. To mark the occasion, Canon ran a series of promoter activations from Dubai Mall …

News Desk PESHAWAR: ​Careem  Pakistan and the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) have signed an MoU to onboard Peshawar Rescue 1122 services on the Careem platform, optimizing the dispatching process and enabling Careem customers to book ambulance and fire brigade services through the app. The MoU signing took place at the CM Secretariat in Peshawar and was attended by senior …

News Desk DUBAI: Emirates airline today announced key appointments and rotations in its global commercial operations, positioning it to better serve customers across its global network, and respond with agility to dynamic market opportunities. Adnan Kazim, Emirates’ Chief Commercial Officer said: “The commercial organisation is responsible for delivering on our top-line results, which last year was close to AED 100 …

DUBAI: Supporting the Dubai government’s Smart City vision, Mastercard, a technology leader in the global payments industry, has entered a partnership with the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA). The partnership will enhance Mastercard support for RTA in enabling frictionless, faster and more secure public transport tariff payment and simplify the journey for commuters as part of its global digital …

BIZ TODAY MONITOR LONDON: American Express and British Airways are launching a new credit card for business owners who want to maximise their company spending and earn significant travel benefits to help their business go further. The British Airways American Express® Accelerating Business Card is open for applications from today. It is the only business credit card that enables UK …

By Rafiq Vayani DUBAI: BurJuman’s second Rising Stars competition came to a spectacular close on Friday, 20 September 2019 with a night filled with incredible performances that truly lit up the stage. At the end of the evening, wowed by the overall calibre of the finalists, difficult decisions had to be made, and the winners were announced. Pranav Prakasan, aged …

LONDON: British Airways is on the lookout for ambitious and adventurous graduates to help implement its unprecedented £6.5 billion transformation programme. The airline is offering three different graduate programmes; Finance, Data and Future Leaders. Each three-year programme rotates successful applicants around the business, offering world-class training and challenging project work including responsibility for high-level decision-making; last year the airline received …

News Desk DUBAI: Emirates Flight Catering (EKFC), one of the world’s largest catering operations, has successfully commissioned a state-of-the-art solar power system across its premises, which is expected to deliver an annual reduction of 3 million kg of greenhouse gas emissions. This is part of EKFC’s continued investment in infrastructure to improve resource efficiency. EKFC’s latest initiative supports the Dubai …