ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopian Airlines, the largest Aviation Group in Africa and SKYTRAX certified Four Star Global Airline, is pleased to announce that it has finalized shareholders agreement with the Government of Zambia for the re-launch of Zambia Airways. The Government of Zambia will be the majority shareholder with 55% and Ethiopian will have 45% stakes in the airline. Mr. Tewolde …

DUBAI: Etihad Energy Service Company (Etihad ESCO), a leading energy service company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of DEWA, announced its partnership with Siemens Tech and Smart4Power for the execution of an Engineering, Procurement, Construction (EPC) Project at the Dubai International Airport, which involves the implementation of energy efficiency measures at Terminal 1, Terminal 2, Terminal 3 and Concourse B. The …

DUBAI: A total of 16,300 companies joined the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry as members in 2017, bringing total membership to 217,000 and cementing the non-profit public organisation’s position as one of the world’s largest membership-based chambers of commerce. The Chamber’s membership figure for 2017 marked an 8% increase compared to the previous year. Exports and re-exports of Dubai …

LAHORE: Abacus Consulting in collaboration with its partners organizes Pakistan’s first-ever APIthon at National Incubation Center, Lahore. APIthon’s core objective is to break the silos in the economy by enabling startups and entrepreneurs to explore new opportunities by consuming digital assets of telco and banking sectors. Now it is for the first time in Pakistan that Telco and Banking sector …

BIZ TODAY REPORT DUBAI: Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts is to say a fond farewell to one of its longest standing executive team members, Andreas Mattmüller. The company’s Chief Operating Officer Middle East & Africa (MEA) will retire on 31st January 2018 following a highly successful international hospitality career of 43 years, more than 16 of which have been spent working …

LAHORE: Chupan Chupai, a critically acclaimed rom-com thriller still running in cinemas has been nominated in practically every category for the prestigious Lux Style Awards scheduled to take place next month in Lahore. Where Chupan Chupai has been nominated for Best Film, stars of the movie including Ahsan Khan, Neelam Muneer and Ali Rizvi have been nominated in the Best …

DUBAI: Emirates, the Best Airline in the World and Best Economy Class according to the 2017 TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice Awards, today released its latest marketing campaign to promote travel on its award-winning Economy class. Emirates’ latest ads feature a series of characters who try to wrangle a seat upgrade at an unnamed airline’s check-in counter. Each spot ends with the …

CANDY BOY CARNIVAL RIDES: Getting to Know the #DWCCarnival Stars AGE: 7 COLOR: Bay SIRE: Candy Ride DAM: She’s An Eleven (In Excess) TRAINER: Doug Watson OWNER: Ramzan Kadyrov BREEDER: Lee & Susan Searing (Kentucky, USA) MEYDAN RECORD: 3-0-0-0 CAREER RECORD: 15-2-4-2 EARNINGS: US$1,286,800 COUNTRIES TRAINED: USA, UAE POSSIBLE NEXT RACE: Al Maktoum Challenge Round 3 (G1) (10th March) HIGHLIGHTS: …

KARACHI: The Citizens Foundation (TCF) has organized this year’s Obhartay Sitaray to provide a singing platform to school going students of Karachi. Obhartay Sitaray 2018 competition will kick off from the mid-January with finale scheduled for 27th January. The judges’ panel comprises of the musical powerhouses like Tina Sani, Salman Alvi, Afshan Ahmed, SB John and Azhar Hussain among others. …

BIZ TODAY REPORT ISLAMABAD: American DJ and record producer Thomas Wesley Pentz, also known as Diplo is all set to bring his Mad Decent Block Party to the country’s capital this February. After a successful concert in Islamabad two years ago, where he played a show alongside Elliphant and local Pakistani musicians,Adil Omar and Talal Qureshi (SNKM), Diplo reveals to fans …