Tourism & Hospitality | Tuesday 22 September, 2015 4:06 am

Chief Executive of Etihad Airways Partner Airlines Gather in Rome for Leadership Summit

The chief executive officers of six airlines in the Etihad Airways Partners group are meeting in Rome today to identify and progress collaborative initiatives designed to cut the carriers’ costs, increase their revenues, and expand sustainable choice for their...

More Details

Business & Money | Monday 21 September, 2015 2:08 pm

Back-to-school spending increases for 63% of parents in Saudi Arabia

Just under two-thirds (63%) of school parents in Saudi Arabia claim their back-to-school spending has increased by 5-10% in 2015 compared to the previous year.   Data released by YouGov from parents interviewed in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the run up to the new academic school...

More Details

Tourism & Hospitality | Monday 21 September, 2015 1:34 pm

Etihad Airways and Chapman Freeborn Announce Airbus A380 and Private Jet Collaboration

Etihad Airways has unveiled a new partnership with leading global aircraft charter specialist Chapman Freeborn, to complement its exclusive The Residence and First Apartment cabins, both available on the airline’s Airbus A380 fleet.   The agreement with Chapman Freeborn is to...

More Details

Technology & IT | Monday 21 September, 2015 1:31 pm

Introducing an instant summary of interesting Twitter content

Today, we’re introducing Highlights: a simple summary of the most interesting things on Twitter for you, delivered via rich push notification.   While your home timeline is a great place to browse and engage with Tweets, we know it can be challenging to find the time to get through ...

More Details

Technology & IT | Monday 21 September, 2015 1:07 pm

Ericsson and Zain applaud first graduates from South Sudan Youth Peacemaker Network

the Whitaker Peace & Development initiative (WPDI), in partnership with Ericsson, Zain South Sudan and UNESCO, launched the Youth Peacemaker Network program in Eastern Equatoria, one of the ten states of South Sudan. Since then, the first group from the South Sudan Youth Peacemaker Network have ...

More Details

Tourism & Hospitality | Monday 21 September, 2015 11:25 am

Omanair.com Attracts International Acclaim

Oman Air’s website, www.omanair.com, has been acclaimed as one of the airline industry’s best. The site, which was relaunched in 2014, has been included in a comprehensive round-up of “The Best Airline Website Designs”, published by leading international design magazine...

More Details

Business & Money | Monday 21 September, 2015 6:14 am

Seven KSA supercomputers in Top 500 list

Seven supercomputers from Saudi Arabia are on the latest list of the world’s 500 most powerful machines. Three of them — Makman, Faris and Makman-2 — belong to Saudi Aramco. Two supercomputers — Shaheen and Shaheen II — are located at King Abdullah University of...

More Details

Business & Money | Monday 21 September, 2015 5:53 am

GOIC concludes the workshop on “the successful implementation of strategies through BSCs”

The Gulf Organization for Industrial Consulting (GOIC) concluded the training workshop on “the successful implementation of strategies through BSCs” at its headquarters in Doha, Qatar. Participants from the Public Establishment for Industrial Estates (PEIE) in Oman, the Public Authority ...

More Details

Business & Money | Monday 21 September, 2015 5:44 am

“HR departments in MENA region to work alongside leadership teams to drive innovation”

Dubai based QnA International will welcome Professor Chris Roebuck at the 3rd annual Government HR Summit, held on 27 – 29 October 2015 at Ritz Carlton Abu Dhabi, Grand Canal, for professionals in the government, semi-government and public sectors. Professor Roebuck, one of the most...

More Details

Technology & IT | Monday 21 September, 2015 1:56 am

Aon identifies seven emerging risk opportunities for insurance growth

Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon plc(NYSE:AON), has identified seven emerging risks that present re/insurers with business opportunities over the next five to 10 years: US mortgage credit, the sharing economy, reputation and brand, microinsurance,...

More Details