Tourism & Hospitality | Monday 16 May, 2016 2:21 pm

Starbucks Opportunity Café puts young people on road to success

Starbucks, in collaboration with Bayt.com and Education For Employment (EFE), recently concluded their Opportunity Café initiative. This is said to be the largest professional training workshop on CV writing and interview skills in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The workshop ...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Monday 16 May, 2016 2:12 pm

Geneva gets ready to welcome families ahead of the summer holidays

Geneva Tourism has unveiled its latest campaign – “#MumRelax” – with amazing breaks guaranteed for mothers and children alike. Serenity and exceptional quality of life play a starring role in an effort to give the region's mothers the relaxing times they are looking for, ...

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Cars & Autos | Monday 16 May, 2016 1:35 pm

Autonomous Vehicles at NATRANS Expo

The world media was buzzing with the news that 25% of all transportation in Dubai will be smart and driverless by 2030. His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, announced on Twitter last month the launch of a new strategy...

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Business & Money | Monday 16 May, 2016 12:49 pm

Canon Central and North Africa opens its largest showroom in the region in Tunisia

Canon Central and North Africa (CCNA), a division of Canon Middle East, a global leader in photo imaging, opened in Tunisia, the largest B2B and B2C showroom in the region in partnership with its local partner, Media Diffusion. At the showroom’s experience zone, customers can gain hands-on...

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Business & Money | Monday 16 May, 2016 9:51 am

Union Bancaire Privée awarded Best Private Bank in MENA region

Union Bancaire Privée (UBP) has been recognised as the Best Private Bank in the MENA region at the Banker Middle East Industry Awards 2016. The ceremony was held on May 12th at the Jumeirah Emirates Towers in Dubai with over 400 bankers and bank CEOs attending the...

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Business & Money | Monday 16 May, 2016 9:02 am

GBM is appointed first Apple Authorised Systems Integrator

Gulf Business Machines (GBM), the region’s number one provider of IT solutions, has been appointed as the first Apple Authorised Systems Integrator (AASI) in the UAE. GBM will now be able to incorporate Apple products to their existing information technology solution service offerings, with a ...

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Business & Money | Monday 16 May, 2016 8:18 am

MENA’s US$50b to US$60b annual M&A market expected to remain unchanged in 2016: EY

According to the latest edition of the EY Capital Confidence Barometer (CCB), low oil price is having little impact on M&A strategy as MENA executives continue their steadfast pursuit of deal-making. Of the MENA executives surveyed, 37% expect to actively pursue acquisitions in the next 12...

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Business & Money | Monday 16 May, 2016 7:53 am

Cayan Group Strengthens its Contribution to the Humanitarian Sector

Cayan Group, the leading property developer in the Middle East, has signed a strategic care agreement with ‘Patients Friends Committee’ Riyadh, in the context of twinning philanthropic strategy between both parties. Representing the mutual trust between them since 2014, This step...

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Healthcare | Monday 16 May, 2016 7:38 am

YaSalam Restaurant Corroborates UAE Ministry’s Healthy Restaurant Initiative

YaSalam, a Bahrain-based restaurant chain that has created and launched healthy unique food concepts since 1987, supports UAE Ministry’s ‘healthy restaurant initiative’ to encourage restaurants to include healthy options in the menu.   Ministry has taken steps to...

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Business & Money | Monday 16 May, 2016 6:33 am

Prince Faisal bin Mohammed Honors AL-Jazeera Paints

His Royal Highness, Prince Dr. Faisal bin Mohammed bin Saud bin Abdul Aziz, the honorary president of the Saudi association for fine arts, inaugurated (SAFA), the second Saudi forum for fine arts on AL- Jazeera paints company award, at King Abdul Aziz Center for National Dialogue in Riyadh, amid a...

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