Tourism & Hospitality | Tuesday 26 July, 2016 6:48 pm

‘Halal’-certified quality Indian products to push into the potential Gulf market, says expert

With the largest chunk of overseas Indian population living in the Gulf countries, the market potential for ‘Halal’-certified products from India in this region continues to grow, says Haji Shakeel Qureshi, a global promoter of ‘Halal’ certification and chairman of Indian...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 26 July, 2016 7:37 am

Q2 2016 Middle East cross-border deal-making steady despite global decline: Baker & McKenzie Report

Global cross-border M&A volume and values were subdued in Q2 2016, as investors held their breath, but the Middle East region saw an increase in both inbound and outbound cross-regional activity in the first half of 2016, according to global law firm Baker & McKenzie’s quarterly...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Tuesday 26 July, 2016 7:06 am

Food consumption will grow by 7.3% in 2016

Being the largest economy in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia has a rapid growth of food consumption. The Kingdom offers abundant growth opportunities to food and beverage companies, across all its sub-sectors and categories, due to a particular lifestyle, age group and most of all,...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 19 July, 2016 1:02 pm

A Strong Second Quarter 2016

Almarai showed a strong Q2 2016 performance with sales up + 10.3% and net Income up by +18.5% compared to the same quarter of 2015.   The Q2 2016 results reached record levels in the company’s history for Net Income of SAR 629 million and Sales of SAR 4,025 million....

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Culture & Education | Sunday 17 July, 2016 10:03 am

MBC entertainment and satirical shows dominate social media engagement this Ramadan

The Holy month of Ramadan is an important time for television viewership in the Middle East, with a huge surge in TV viewership, particularly, for Arabic dramas. However, according to Meltwater, a global media intelligence firm, an analysis of social media reactions around popular MBC TV...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Thursday 14 July, 2016 3:42 pm

‘The H Holding Enterprise’ underscores the growth of the hospitality sector in UAE in first half of 2016

‘The H Holding Enterprise’, one of the renowned investment groups in the UAE, reported that the UAE hospitality market has registered positive growth in the first half of 2016.  “The hospitality sector is a fundamental pillar in the growth and development of the national...

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Culture & Education | Thursday 14 July, 2016 1:04 pm

Ashridge faculty highlights key factors for women’s career success in the Middle East

Fiona Elsa Dent and Viki Holton, both faculty at Ashridge Executive Education and authors of ‘How To Thrive and Survive As A Working Woman: The Coach Yourself Toolkit’ shares their perspectives on career issues faced by women in the Middle East based on their experience of working with...

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Business & Money | Thursday 14 July, 2016 5:16 am

Digital Payments to Generate USD 2 Trillion in Revenue by 2020

GITEX Technology Week 2016 will welcome an exceptional line up of finance and technology experts, including James Barrese, formally CTO of PayPal, and Andres Wolberg-Stok, Global Head of Emerging Platforms and Services from Citi to shed light on the state of FinTech (technology-enabled banking and...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Thursday 14 July, 2016 4:22 am

A Guid to Diving in The Egyptian Red Sea

The Red Sea is one of the world’s best known diving destinations and widely considered to be one of the seven wonders of the underwater world.  The Egypt Tourism Authority looks back at 65 years of diving in the Egyptian Red Sea identifying the top must see dive sites for visitors....

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Business & Money | Thursday 14 July, 2016 3:37 am

Deloitte and IRTI launch new Islamic Finance insights series

Implementing change strategies to reinvent the value proposition of the Islamic financial services industry is high on the agenda of industry leaders, according to Deloitte’s new whitepaper entitled “The catalysts for change: Strategic priorities in governance and regulation in...

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