UAE News
Etihad Airways’ Melbourne Premium Lounge voted Australasia’s best at 23rd WTA
18 Oct 2016
WAM -- Etihad Airways’ Premium Lounge at Melbourne Airport has been voted Australasia’s Leading Airport Lounge for 2016. The announcement was made recently at the 23rd Annual World Travel Awards Asia and Australasia Ceremony in Da Nang, Vietnam.
Speaking on the occasion, Etihad Airways’ Chief Executive Officer, Peter Baumgartner, said, "This award is a powerful endorsement of the superior quality of our Premium Lounge at Melbourne Airport and the hard work and commitment to excellence... Read More
Dubai Airports to team up with Huawei to build world’s first Tier III certified modular data centre
18 Oct 2016
WAM -- Dubai Airports will partner with Huawei to design and build the world’s first Tier III certified Modular Data Centre Complex (MDCC) at Dubai International (DXB), it was announced yesterday.
The design and construction contract was signed during GITEX Technology Week, one of the biggest annual ICT trade shows. The project will serve one of the world’s busiest international airport.
On average, almost 230,000 passengers pass through DXB per day and that is growing towards... Read More
Is the Russian back to Dubai?
18 Oct 2016
In the past, Russian vacationed in Dubai on a luxurious scale: opting for comfortable accommodation in 5-star hotels, and allotting over half their travel budget, alongside the Chinese tourists, to shopping. With the fall of the Ruble and the rise in price of tour package, the cost in terms of currency for Roubles has changed. This has seen a decrease in Russian tourists but also resulted in increased efforts of restaurateurs, hoteliers and retailers to attract Russian-speaking visitors to... Read More
Ajman Tourism launches guide in Braille for blind and visually impaired tourists
17 Oct 2016
Under the directions of His Highness Sheikh Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi, Ruler of the Emirate of Ajman and Member of the UAE Supreme Council, and His Highness Sheikh Ammar Bin Humaid Bin Rashid Al Nuaimi, Crown Prince of Ajman, the Ajman Tourism Development Department (ATDD) has announced the launch of Ajman Visitors’ Guide in Braille, the tactile writing system used by the blind and visually impaired.
Aimed at assisting tourists and residents who are blind and visually impaired to... Read More
Dubai Crown Prince opens 36th GITEX on Sunday
17 Oct 2016
WAM – The UAE continues to be the gateway between East and the West, as seen by the large number of international participants at the 36th GITEX Technology Week (GITEX 2016), noted H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, while opening the event at the Dubai World Trade Centre on Sunday.
The large number of local participants also reflects a shift in thinking, innovation and performance which will empower the... Read More
OIC Foreign Ministers Council to Meet in Tashkent
16 Oct 2016
Tashkent, capital of Uzbekistan, will be hosting on 18-19 October 2016 the proceedings of the forty third session of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM). The OIC Director General of Political Affairs, Ambassador Tariq Ali Bakhiet, indicated that the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Kuwait, Chairman of the forty second session of the CFM, Shaikh Sabah Khalid Al-Hamad al-Sabah, will preside over the inaugural session and welcome the interim... Read More
HH Sheikh Mohammed details milestones achieved by government on 10th anniversary as PM and VP of the UAE
16 Oct 2016
WAM - Not only does the UAE leads the Middle East in over one hundred critical development indicators, but it also is number one in the world in other measurements, such as the quality of the UAE’s public infrastructure, roads, maritime and aviation facilities, public safety and security, the rate of female enrolment in universities, government efficiency and trust in the government, among others, Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al... Read More
Meraas to expand food truck centres in Dubai
16 Oct 2016
Meraas will feed Dubai’s appetite for more food truck centres in the hope that it will support the emirate’s tourism ambitions, as reported in The National. In the next six months, the parent of theme parks operator Dubai Parks and Resorts said it plans to open nine more Last Exit destinations that would feature between 20 and 40 food trucks at each location, open throughout the day all week, aimed at commuters, families and tourists.
Meraas opened the first Last Exit in July on... Read More
Dh20,000 fines in just 46 minutes
16 Oct 2016
Jonathan Beall, a businessman from Texas, USA, recorded the violations while driving on the Dubai-Al Ain road in a rented Mercedes Benz on his first visit to Dubai. Twenty-two of the violations were registered in just 46 minutes with speed cameras flashing almost every two minutes. Beall was driving at speeds ranging from 130 to 150km/h, with the maximum speed limit on the stretch being 120km/h, according to Gulf News.
“Something is amiss because as per the records shared by the car... Read More
Dubai Silicon Oasis to showcase tech projects and Smart City Initiatives at GITEX Technology Week from Oct. 16 - 20, 2016
16 Oct 2016
Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority (DSOA), the regulatory body for Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO), the integrated free zone technology park, today announced its participation at the GITEX Technology Week 2016, marking its 14th consecutive participation at the industry’s ultimate technology event for the region.
Set to run from October 16-20 at the Dubai World Trade Centre, DSOA’s participation will highlight to visiting investors the hi-tech park’s delivered projects alongside the ones... Read More
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