ABU DHABI: The 6th edition of the International Franchise Exhibition (IFE), organized by the Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry, kicked off yesterday with the participation of key government entities, numerous major international brands, companies, and renowned experts alongside thousands of visitors from 16 countries. The exhibition is being held at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center (ADNEC), and …

DUBAI: Dubai Startup Hub, an initiative of Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, has leveraged GITEX Technology Week 2018 to showcase its wide variety of programmes, initiatives and services catering to Dubai’s startup community in Dubai. Visitors to Dubai Startup Hub’s stand at GITEX Future Stars 2018 were provided an overview of the support and resources offered to startups in …

News Desk DUBAI: DXB is now home to another first, this time, the very first stand-alone Nutella Café in an airport. The recently opened café in the airport’s Concourse B is dedicated to the delicious hazelnut chocolate spread, with a wide choice of tasty crepes and waffles slathered in the oozy treat, plus sweet muffins and choux pastries. The café …

ISLAMABAD: ACCA (The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) has teamed up with Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs and CFA Institute to celebrate this year’s Global Ethics Day (17 October 2018). To mark this landmark occasion, the organisations will be exploring how businesses are preparing for an ethical future in the face of threats and challenges presented by globalisation, …

DUBAI: The two-year countdown to Expo 2020 Dubai will officially start ticking on Saturday, 20 October from 1700 to 2200 with a public celebration at Burj Park in Downtown Dubai, offering the community a glimpse of what is to come at the biggest event to ever be held in the region. A specially choreographed show of The Dubai Fountain and …

DUBAI: The Dubai Government Workshop (DGW) has launched a series of sophisticated services and electronic systems at GITEX Technology Week 2018, the world’s leading technology event. Visitors, exhibitors, and officials were all praises for the new service package for its advanced features that enable its customers to easily access e-services, shorten time and facilitate procedures, and enhance its position in …

DUBAI: NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP), the data authority for hybrid cloud, recently announced that it has acquired StackPointCloud, a leader in multi-cloud Kubernetes as-a-service and a contributor to the Kubernetes project. The combination of StackPointCloud with NetApp creates NetApp Kubernetes Service, the industry’s first complete Kubernetes platform for multi-cloud deployments and a complete cloud-based stack for Azure, Google Cloud, AWS, and …

DUBAI: The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s representative office in Shanghai, China, recently organised a trade mission to Dubai which was joined by businessmen representing several leading Chinese companies specialising in smart city solutions. During the delegation visit, the Chinese businessmen attended GITEX Technology Week 2018 at the Dubai World Trade Centre, where they met with representatives from Dubai’s …

By Rafiq Vayani ABU DHABI: The inaugural edition of the Abu Dhabi International Boat Show (ADIBS), hosted and organized by Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company (ADNEC), will kick off tomorrow under the patronage of H.H Sheikh Nahyan Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Charitable and Humanitarian Foundation and Chairman of …

LONDON: British Airways gave the UK’s Invictus Games Sydney 2018 squad, a heroes’ send off at Heathrow this afternoon (October 16) ahead of their 10,558-mile flight down under. Team UK, a 72-strong group of wounded, injured and sick serving military personnel and veterans were photographed before they boarded this evening’s BA15 to Sydney. The airline has specially decorated the Boeing …