Tourism & Hospitality | Tuesday 18 April, 2017 3:45 pm

Three market trends not to miss at ATM this year: online travel, digitalization, and personalization

    Sabre Corporation, the leading technology provider to the travel and tourism industry, is exhibiting at the Arabian Travel Market (ATM 2017), from 24-27 April, 2017 at stand # TT1550. Sabre will be demonstrating its latest technology, the new Sabre Red Workspace, a...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Tuesday 18 April, 2017 3:29 pm

The Ajmal fragrance throughout Bab Al Qasr

In preparation to the holy month of Ramadan Bab Al Qasr Hotel & Residences are hosting an Oudh exhibition by the luxury fragrance brand The House of Ajmal. The exhibition will take place during three consecutive days from April 24-26 starting from 4pm in Al Dana Ballroom and is open to...

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Government | Tuesday 18 April, 2017 1:00 pm

GCC-Britain conference to focus on public, private sector partnership

 A joint conference between the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the UK will convene in London on Wednesday to explore partnership between the public and private sectors. Ahmed Al-Kaabi, a spokesman at the GCC General Secretariat here, said Monday the conference comes as...

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Government | Tuesday 18 April, 2017 12:15 pm

Austria committed to support Vision 2030 strategy

 Austria is committed to support the transformation strategy that has been established by Saudi Vision 2030, said Austrian Ambassador Gregor W. Koessler. Speaking at a function organized by ILF Tecon to mark its 50th anniversary as a company, the Austrian ambassador said, “Allow me to...

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Government | Tuesday 18 April, 2017 12:12 pm

Saudi Labor Ministry to establish voluntary sections for non-profit sector

 The Labor and Social Development Ministry is considering establishing departments for voluntary work in 200 civil organizations in the Kingdom and increasing the number of volunteers from 24,500 to 300,000 by 2020. The ministry said it is seeking to identify the voluntary needs of each...

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Government | Tuesday 18 April, 2017 11:54 am

Deputy crown prince meets Mauritanian defense minister

Deputy Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman, second deputy premier and minister of defense, receiving Mauritanian Minister of Defense Diallo Mamadou Bhatia in Riyadh on Monday. They discussed issues of common concern and means to enhance bilateral military cooperation. ...

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Government | Tuesday 18 April, 2017 11:51 am

New rules for Zakat, tax collection OK’d

The Council of Ministers on Monday approved new regulations to enable the General Authority of Zakat and Tax to carry out its main task of collecting Zakat and taxes in proper manner.   Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman chaired the weekly session of the Cabinet at Al-Yamama...

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Culture & Education | Tuesday 18 April, 2017 11:38 am

KAU students hold ‘heritage of peoples’ and cultural fest

JEDDAH — King Abdul Aziz University’s (KAU) international students organized a two days heritage of peoples and cultural festival 2017 at the university Sports Tent recently. Prof. Dr. Abdullah Bin Mefreh Theyabi, vice president of academic section, was the chief guest of the opening ...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 18 April, 2017 6:30 am

DAMAC Properties Launches New Residential Units at AYKON City Overlooking Dubai Canal

DAMAC Properties, one of the region’s largest luxury real estate developers, has announced that it is launching new residential units comprising studios, and one, two and three-bedroom apartments in the east towers within The Residences at AYKON City, a freehold project on Sheikh Zayed Road...

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Technology & IT | Tuesday 18 April, 2017 5:40 am

Mobily Conducts The First Successful Trial of LoRa Network in the Kingdom

Etihad Etisalat (Mobily) has conducted the first successful trial of LoRa – LPWA network (Low Power Wide Area) for IoT Applications in the Kingdom in collaboration with CISCO Systems. LoRa, known as long range, low-power wide area network technology provides a lower cost connectivity...

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