Business & Money | Friday 30 December, 2016 12:08 pm

Schneider Electric’s Unit Performance Suite for the Oil & Gas Industry now Available across Gulf Region

Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management and automation, recently announced availability of Unit Performance Suite for the Oil & Gas industry, across the Gulf Region. Based on Schneider Electric’s market leadership in real-time optimization, this new software suite...

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Technology & IT | Friday 30 December, 2016 12:05 pm

2017 Outlook: Technology Trends that will Dominate the Business Landscape

By Wael El Kabbany, Vice President – Middle East, North Africa & Eastern Mediterranean, BT The pace of technological innovation is faster today than ever before. Few years ago, cloud was dismissed as a fad, today it has evolved into a new norm. Data is moving at the speed of light as...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Friday 30 December, 2016 12:02 pm

Dubai Parks and Resorts welcomes its first guests at Lapita Hotel Dubai

Dubai Parks and Resorts, the region’s largest multi-themed leisure and entertainment destination, today announced that Lapita Hotel, Dubai’s first theme park hotel, will welcome its first guests on 2nd January 2017. Located in the heart of Dubai Parks and Resorts in close...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Friday 30 December, 2016 11:54 am

Emaar Properties and Twitter Partner to Live Stream New Year’s Eve Fireworks in Dubai

Global developer Emaar Properties and Twitter announced today that they are partnering to live stream the New Year’s Eve firework displays in Dubai to a global Twitter audience. This is the first live streaming deal Twitter has announced with a partner based in the MENA...

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Business & Money | Friday 30 December, 2016 6:09 am

ALJ Electronics introduces no interest installment plan

ABDUL Latif Jameel Electronics, a leading Saudi Electronics, home appliance and air conditioning provider, has announced that Saudi customers can now buy any product at any ALJ Electronics store across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia under zero interest installment payment plans up to 12 months and...

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Business & Money | Friday 30 December, 2016 5:48 am

Fujairah experts convene to further heighten industrial safety standards

Dulsco, a regional leader in human resource solutions and waste management services, and Port of Fujairah jointly hosted a training session on ‘Safety Leadership’ for industry professionals across UAE. This is along the sidelines that UAE strictly follows international safety standards...

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Environment & Energy | Friday 30 December, 2016 5:23 am

Kingdom issues clarification on energy price increases

The Saudi Ministry of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources on Thursday denied rumors circulating in social media that government energy subsidies will be lifted as of Friday. “The subsidy will only be lifted after the ‘Unified Citizen Account’ comes into effect, and after the...

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Healthcare | Friday 30 December, 2016 5:02 am

Pink Caravan Calls Upon Young Equestrians to Join Their Ride against Breast Cancer

If awareness, early detection and the dispelling of numerous myths surrounding breast cancer are causes that you support, and want your children or those of your colleagues and friends in the UAE to follow suit, block your schedules for the ‘Pink Caravan Children’s Ride’, which...

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Business & Money | Friday 30 December, 2016 4:08 am

Rotana to form strategic partnership with Saudi Entertainment Authority

Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud, Chairman of Rotana Holding, chaired Rotana›s Board of Directors meeting attended by Dr. Walid Arab Hashem, Vice Chairman, Rotana Holding; Turki Alshabanah, CEO of Rotana TV Channels; and Ms. Nada Alsugair, Board Member. The Board members and...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Friday 30 December, 2016 4:01 am

Mid-semester school break attracted 2 million tourists

The midterm school break drew a good number of tourists to domestic tourist spots. According to the Tourism Information and Research Center (MAS), the statistical arm of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage (SCTNH), tourist sites across the Kingdom drew over 2 million tourists...

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