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These new features can offer more facilities and comfort to the first class travellers and other loyal customers, and thus Emirates has recently launched a new, a luxurious lounge at London Stansted Airport. The airline has been establishing this centre with over GBP 4 million of investment and has designed this 900-square-meter’s lounge which can accommodate approximately 125 persons. This has been in the First and Business class travelers and all members of the Emirates Skywards. The new lounge forms part of the airline’s growing network of such services with their facilities also being available at the Heathrow, Gatwick, Birmingham,…
A new study from the Dubai Future Foundation (DFF) called “The Future of Progress” suggests that the world should abandon the typical global success indicator that is the GDP. This report builds upon earlier ideas explored in DFF’s “Future Opportunities Report: The Global 50 ‘A briefing for the global living initiates the discussions on redefining prosperity which had been released earlier in 2023. GDP, as a concept that still strives almost 80 years, became the key indicator of national development with special emphasis on overall value of produced goods and services in the country. However, the revolutionary advances in technology,…
Dubai is further strengthening its position as a global maritime hub which resulted to its 5th place in the 2024 International Shipping Centre Development Index (ISCD). This is the fifth year in a row that Dubai remained the only Arab city in the list of the top 20 and companies it with the greatest shipping nations such as Singapore, London, Shanghai and Hong Kong. The report published cooperation of Baltic Exchange with Xinhua News Agency accentuates the streamline advancement of Dubai in the maritime segment including the container fee transparency implemented with Instruction No 1 for 2023 by the Dubai…
His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Dubai Future Foundation (DFF), has endorsed the establishment of the Dubai Research Development & Innovation Grant Initiative. This endeavour is to seek appropriate financing for up to twenty proposed research activities which is anticipated to spur the growth of Dubai business industry’s core economic segments. Advancing Dubai’s Vision The Dubai RDI Grant Initiative is one of the projects under the Dubai Research and Development Program which started in September, 2022. The program is centered on the formulation…
The UAE Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MoHRE) has declared the end of the annual Midday Break campaign that started from June 15 and will last until September 15, 2024. Under this programme designed to protect the workers from the ill effects of scorching heat, workers were not allowed to work outdoor from 12:30 P. M. to 3:00 P. M. In enhancing compliance of the initiative, the company has achieved a 99. 9% compliance to the Oman occupational health and safety standards thus highlighting the overall commitment towards the UAE as a whole. While 134128 inspections were carried out…
An injured labourer Rajesh Kumar has been offered an opportunity to go back home to India under the two months amnesty that was offered by Dubai for persons with overstaying fines. Mr. Kumar a 48 year old man from Uttar Pradesh had a fracture in his leg at his workplace but never got treatment for the same because he had no insurance and his visa had expired. For instance, Mr. Kumar had been living in the UAE illegally after losing his job in 2012 so as to look for another job so as to feed his house hold. He had…
The latest graduating class of the Master’s Degree in International Business Law Executive Leadership Program was graced by His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum the Crown Prince of Dubai. The program is developed in collaboration between University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas and DIFC Academy. Following the vision of the Vice President and Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Dubai is to enhance the facilities of higher learning year by year, the ambitious goal is to be among the ten best cities in the world for education by the year 2033. During the event, Sheikh…
iPhone 16 series has finally been released in the market, and this is the first time that prices are being provided for the Dubai and other global markets. The prices have been slash and remain nearly equivalent to what was offered for the iPhone 15 series last year. Here’s a breakdown of the iPhone 16 prices in Dubai:Here’s a breakdown of the iPhone 16 prices in Dubai: iPhone 16: AED 3,399 iPhone 16 Plus: AED 3,799 iPhone 16 Pro: AED 4,299 iPhone 16 Pro Max: AED 5,099 Apple is planning to launch the new iPhone as iPhone 16 for which…
The Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism (DET) has signed an unprecedented partnership with Dubal e-commerce firm noon to fast-track development of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the emirate. This is under Dubai Traders in the framework of the Dubai Economic Agenda (D33) proposed and launched by His Highness Sheeik Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum to transform Dubai into the capital of entrepreneurship. The Dubai Traders program is aimed at a business’s digitalization of SMEs to include them in local and foreign markets through digital tools and e-commerce. Some of the support tools given are onboarding, account management, advertising…
Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid has disclosed his vision to put into operation the National University of Dubai. Thus, based on an investment of Dh4. 5 billion ($1. 22 billion) during the first five years, the university has its vision to be ranked among the top 50 young universities of the world in the next ten years. The announcement which was done through sheikh Mohammed thru X account focuses on the fact that this institution is uniquely Emirati and fosters academic programs that are future oriented and specialized. In his message on World Government Day,…