Tourism & Hospitality | Friday 5 August, 2016 8:20 am

Jumeirah Golf Estates Scores Double Win at World’s Best Realty Brand Awards 2016

Dubai’s Jumeirah Golf Estates, host of the DP World Tour Championship, has taken home two major awards at Indian-based real estate awards ceremony - the World’s Best Realty Brand Awards 2016 Asia, as India is revealed as Dubai’s largest real estate investor group outside of the...

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Technology & IT | Friday 5 August, 2016 8:13 am

Mobile phone numbers without fingerprint records to disconnect from today

The Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) announced on Wednesday that mobile phone numbers without fingerprint registration would be disconnected as of yesterdat (Thursday). All types of subscribers, including post-paid, pre-paid and data SIM, who did not register their...

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Business & Money | Friday 5 August, 2016 8:04 am

Individuals Can Privately Lease Their Vehicles Now under Easy Taxi

Amid a rapid expansion of taxi hailing solutions inside the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, The Ministry of Transport has recently announced a list of companies/taxis that function through smart application qualified enough to enable Saudi individuals to privately lease and register their...

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Government | Friday 5 August, 2016 7:57 am

Local pilgrims can now register

The Ministry of Haj and Umrah today launched its portal for local pilgrims to register for their participation in this year’s Haj. Citizens and residents intending to perform Haj can access the e-portal to choose local Haj companies on http://localhaj.Haj.gov.sa There are 77 Haj...

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Government | Friday 5 August, 2016 7:44 am

First group of Hajis arrive in Saudi Arabia

The first batch of Hajis from Pakistan, Bangladesh, South Africa and India arrived at Jeddah and Madinah airports on Wednesday and Thursday.  The Bangladeshi group of 401 Hajis, out of the expected 101,758 pilgrims, arrived in Jeddah on Thursday, while the Indian batch with 340 pilgrims of...

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Technology & IT | Friday 5 August, 2016 5:27 am

HP Inc. Offers Device as a Service, Simplifying PC Lifecycle Management

HP Inc. has launched a new service that gives its customers access to HP’s latest PC technology, enhances device management and frees up valuable IT time and resources. HP Device as a Service (DaaS) is designed to help take the stress out of acquiring, deploying and managing technology....

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Technology & IT | Friday 5 August, 2016 5:18 am

Waseela Partners with MIMOtech to Introduce Highest-Capacity Licensed Microwave Systems to the Middle East Region

Waseela, the leading regional Telecommunications and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) system integrator, announced today that it signed a partnership agreement with MIMOtech, the new technology provider of ultra-high-capacity Microwave systems. This partnership will allow Waseela to...

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Business & Money | Friday 5 August, 2016 4:06 am

A Soft Stone Born from the Sea Concept by Giulio Delvè

To inaugurate the series of MARBLE STORIES, I believe that one should start from the very beginning, from 50 million years ago, from the Eocene-Oligocene geological epochs during which the protagonist of this year’s edition was born: Vicenza stone, also called ‘soft...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Friday 5 August, 2016 3:43 am

Passenger Demand Losing Momentum Terrorism, Economic Uncertainty, Weigh on Traffic

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic data for June showing that demand (measured in revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) rose by 5.2% compared to the year-ago period. This was up slightly from the 4.8% increase recorded in May (revised). However,...

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Technology & IT | Friday 5 August, 2016 3:31 am

Saudi Arabia to welcome revolutionized Samsung 2016 SHUD TVs

Samsung Electronics announced that it is entering a “Quantum dot display era” with the first launch of its 2016 flagship SUHD TVs with Quantum dot display in Saudi Arabia during the month of August.   Samsung will also release its new lineup of SUHD TVs, ranging from 49 to 88 ...

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