Tourism & Hospitality | Sunday 26 February, 2017 6:01 pm

Bahrain tourism industry to reach US$1 billion by 2020

  The tourism industry in the Kingdom of Bahrain is growing rapidly and is expected to reach US$1 billion by 2020, according to figures released ahead of Arabian Travel Market 2017, which takes place at the Dubai World Trade Centre April 24-27. Bahrain witnessed an 8.4% increase in...

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Business & Money | Sunday 26 February, 2017 5:20 pm

al khaliji named Qatar’s ‘Fastest Growing Private Bank’ by International Finance Magazine

Al Khalij Commercial Bank (al khaliji) P.Q.S.C., Qatar’s next generation bank, in recognition of its outstanding achievements and solid performance has been named Qatar’s ‘Fastest Growing Private Bank’ for 2016, by the London-based International Finance Magazine (IFM). The...

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Technology & IT | Sunday 26 February, 2017 9:33 am

Cisco Helps Businesses Eliminate Performance and Protection Trade-Offs with Next-Generation Firewall for the Internet Edge

Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) takes on security bottlenecks, with the introduction of the Cisco Firepower® 2100 Series Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW). The 2100 series is designed for businesses that perform high volumes of sensitive transactions, such as banking and retail, and supports their need to...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 26 February, 2017 9:12 am

Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority Participates in the 35th Istanbul International Book Fair

 Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority (TCA Abu Dhabi) is leading a delegation at the 35th Istanbul International Book fair currently taking place in Istanbul Convention and Exhibition Centre from February 24 to March 5.   Aiming to attract new publishers and strengthen...

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Business & Money | Sunday 26 February, 2017 9:06 am

Servcorp: Law on Dubai Economic Council set to strengthen Dubai’s business environment

The Dubai Government’s new law, No (03) of 2017, to transfer the responsibilities of the Dubai Economic Council (DEC) to Dubai’s Department of Economic Development (DED) is set to strengthen Dubai’s business environment, according to Servcorp the leading provider of serviced...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 26 February, 2017 8:59 am

20 Emirati Students Successfully Complete the Second Equestrian Journalism Workshop of the Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Sports Academy

20 UAE national students have successfully completed the second session of the Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Sports Academy’s (FBMA) “Basics of Equestrian Journalism” media workshop, held on Thursday 23 February and were awarded certificates presented by sports journalist Diyaa Al...

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Business & Money | Sunday 26 February, 2017 8:51 am

MIDDLE EAST MARITIME INDUSTRY SHAPED BY RICH HERITAGE, VIBRANT PRESENT AND FUTURE MARINE DEVELOPMENTS

                                     Mega-projects improving the emirates’ waterscapes to take centre-stage at Middle East Yachting Conference   Industry leaders gather to share...

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Technology & IT | Sunday 26 February, 2017 8:50 am

Siemens to equip Saudi Arabia’s Fadhili gas plant project with locally produced gas turbines

Siemens will supply five F-class gas turbines to the Fadhili Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plant in Saudi Arabia. With a generating capacity of 1,200 megawatts, the plant will supply electricity and process steam to a new natural gas extraction plant in Fadhili, which is located around 120...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Sunday 26 February, 2017 8:47 am

The Oscars Obsession

New global data from Hotels.com™ highlights that Academy Awards nominations are influencing holiday habits   Search for Los Angeles hotels up over 20%, following La La Land phenomenon Kolkata, India, enjoys hotel search boom of nearly 70% post Lion release A third more...

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Business & Money | Sunday 26 February, 2017 8:40 am

Sheraa hosts Startup Weekend – helps launch startups in 54 hours

The winning team ‘Asmani’ - an Arabic audio content platform – will have full access to Sheraa’s incubator and a suite of other benefits to bring their entrepreneurial dreams to reality   Committed towards harnessing the entrepreneurial energy of youth to pioneer...

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