DUBAI: Dubai Duty Free’s Dior Beauty Consultant, Engelbert Chua, has been awarded the top accolade at the Dior Golden BC (Beauty consultant) awards ceremony held in Paris during the “Dior Travel Retail Convention” in February. Dubai Duty Free’s Chua was chosen as the Dior Golden BC Awardee out of 628 Dior Beauty consultants from Europe and the Middle East. Chua’s …

BANGKOK: Thai Airways International Public Company Limited (THAI) has resumed operating normal flights to Karachi, Islamic Republic of Pakistan, via Oman airspace. Mr. Sumeth Damrongchaitham, THAI President, said in reference to the sudden closure of Pakistani airspace on 27 February 2019 whereby the Company had to cancel flights, presently Pakistani airspace has resumed partial operations but with limitations to flight …

DUBAI: Emirates and Dubai Future Accelerators an initiative of Dubai Future Foundation have launched the sixth cohort of the Accelerators programme with an opening ceremony to welcome the seven participant teams at Emirates Towers. The opening event was attended by Adel Al Redha, Emirates’ Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer, Khalfan Belhoul, CEO, Dubai Future Foundation, along with senior …

DUBAI: It is history in the making for Gulf Craft as work on its first mega yacht progresses swiftly. The shipyard revealed the on-going work of art to the journalists during a tour of its state-of-the-art facility. Impressed by the masterpiece and choice of materials used onboard, the journalists got a chance to meet the design team involved in this …

DUBAI: Millennium Hotels and Resorts, Middle East and Africa (MEA), one of the fastest growing hotel management companies in the region and Deyaar Development PJSC, one of the UAE’s leading property development and real estate services companies, yesterday opened the Millennium Atria Business Bay that will serve a growing hospitality and tourism sector, especially the Expo 2020 visitor traffic. Saeed …

DUBAI: dnata Travel has been named “Favourite Travel Agent” at the annual Condé Nast Traveller Middle East Readers’ Choice Awards. The awards were presented at a gala dinner in Dubai, in front of the region’s leading travel and hospitality operators. “We are proud to be voted the most preferred travel agent by the readers of Condé Nast Traveller Middle East,” said Antonio Fellino, Vice President …

DUBAI: Dubai International (DXB) is gearing up to extend a special welcome to the thousands of athletes, family members and support staff who will be arriving into the city this week for the upcoming Special Olympics World Games Abu Dhabi 2019. Dubai Airports is working with its service partners such as airlines including home carriers Emirates airline and flydubai, dnata, …

Sports Desk ABU DHABI: Etihad Airways, official airline partner of Special Olympics World Games Abu Dhabi 2019, has delivered the World Games Flame of Hope to the UAE capital. The flame was carried in a specially designed cradle yesterday on a Boeing 787-9 aircraft sporting the airline’s new Special Olympics livery, which proudly displays the images of four UAE Special …

DUBAI: Recognised for innovation, growth and commitment to passenger experience, CEO Paul Griffiths and the Dubai International (DXB) team were honoured with an Outstanding Achievement award at the recent Conde Nast Traveller Middle East Readers’ Choice Awards. Editor in Chief of the prolific consumer travel magazine, Rhea Saran, presented the award after personally commending the airport’s five-year success as World’s …

DUBAI: Mr. Munir Jamil Khoury will be driving away a brand new car after his ticket number 0202 in Series no.1712 was picked as lucky winner of an Audi Q8 3.0 (Dragon Orange Metallic) in the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Surprise Draw after the awarding ceremony of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships Men’s final yesterday evening. The winning ticket …