PYEONGCHANG: Olympians from close to 100 nations gathered in PyeongChang, Korea this week for the start of the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018. During the Opening Ceremony, athletes enjoyed capturing and sharing the moments of the unique Olympic Games experience with the official Olympic Games phone, the Samsung PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Games Limited Edition. In collaboration with the International Olympic …

DUBAI: Al Bustan Centre & Residence, the popular hotel-apartment among tourists and businessmen in the heart of Dubai, recently hosted a health-talk for its employees from various departments in association with NMC Hospital. Dr. Sanjay Massey, Specialist Internal Medicine from NMC Medical Centre addressed the attendees on what are the various types of respiratory illnesses, causes, symptoms and cures to …

KARACHI: A media junket was held here yesterday at The Patio to announce the launch of the upcoming drama series, “Aakhri Station.” Lead actor Sanam Saeed, vocalist Tahira Syed, writer Anum Mufti, director Sarmad Khoosat, musician Arshad Mehmood, producer Roshaneh Zafar, and creative media head, Moneeza Hashmi were all present and gladly answered all questions put forward to them by …

By Rafiq Vayani DUBAI: Emirates Official Store has launched a limited edition Arabic coffee cup collection in collaboration with Silsal. The Silsal for Emirates collection of six Arabic fine porcelain coffee cups are adorned with the word ‘Al Emarat’ (which means Emirates in Arabic), written in the ancient ‘Diwani’ calligraphic script.  The flowing Arabic letters are surrounded by bold brushstrokes, beautiful …

KARACHI: The Relaunch of Gulabo took place at their Dolmen Mall recently. Creative director Maheen Khan presented the collection and spoke about the new design direction for Gulabo. “We have raised the bar from funky street style to fashion .of course the truck art inspiration will remain “- Maheen Khan The silhouettes were totally en trend and the fabrics were …

DUBAI: Emirates Skywards, the loyalty programme of Emirates airline, has clinched the award for ‘Excellence in Management’ at the 10th annual Loyalty Awards 2018 organised by FlightGlobal and Global Flight and held in Bangkok on 6th February. The award recognises outstanding strategic thinking and team leadership at Emirates Skywards and is based on areas such as business transformation and setting …

DUBAI: Thursday’s fifth meeting of the 2018 Dubai World Cup Carnival was highlighted by the US$250,000 Al Maktoum Challenge R2 sponsored by Gulf News (G2) over 1900m on the dirt. Won by Godolphin’s multiple G1 winner Thunder Snow, whose appropriately named half-sister Winter Lightning had landed the UAE 1000 Guineas earlier in the evening. Victorious in both the UAE 2000 Guineas (G3) and …

By Rafiq Vayani KARACHI: Catwalk Cares is all set for another fundraiser organised by Frieha Altaf in partnership with Calpak Education Services, this weekend in Los Angeles. Calpak is an alliance of Californian Americans and Pakistanis to promote education in the under served communities in Pakistan. Calpak was founded by Anila Ali, an American teacher, author, renowned philanthropist and public …

BIZ TODAY REPORT KARACHI: The Wedding Expo Karachi 2018 brought to you by Occasions – Events Planners & Organizers and MoltyFoam will be the first and the largest wedding show to take place in Karachi. Happening on the 17th & 18th of February’2018 at the Expo Center, Karachi, the wedding expo will bring together more than 100 brands under one …

DUBAI: The Emirates Group, and its affiliated entities including flydubai, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) today with the Andhra Pradesh Economic Development Board, Government of Andhra Pradesh, to establish a framework for collaboration in various aviation areas to support and invest in the development of Andhra Pradesh’s aviation sector. The MoU was signed by His Highness Sheikh Ahmed Bin …