Tourism & Hospitality | Saturday 28 May, 2016 3:00 am

Oman Air Launches Daily Flights To Mashhad

Oman Air is to launch a brand-new service between Muscat and the Iranian city of Mashhad from 1st June 2016.   This is Oman Air’s second destination in Iran, following the launch of flights to Tehran in 2012. The carrier will operate daily flights aboard Boeing 737-800...

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Cars & Autos | Friday 27 May, 2016 6:02 am

Audi scoops 6 awards in the Middle East

Audi celebrates six trophies received at award ceremonies during the first half of 2016.    At the first ceremony of the year, held in Muscat by Automan Magazine, “Premium Car of the Year 2015” was awarded to the Audi A6 together with “Performance Car of the...

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Technology & IT | Friday 27 May, 2016 5:47 am

Samsung’s Smart TVs Exclusively Deliver 
STARZ Play Arabia’s Video on Demand Service

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. MENA announced a partnership with STARZ Play Arabia, the on-demand video streaming service available in 17 countries across the MENA region, to bring the latest 4K content to its customers with a free trial period. . In addition to a wide range of blockbuster Hollywood ...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Friday 27 May, 2016 4:21 am

ETIHAD AVIATION GROUP AND PARTNERS BOOST FINANCING PLATFORM STRATEGY TO US$1.2 BILLION

Etihad Airways, Etihad Airport Services, airberlin, Air Serbia, Air Seychelles and Alitalia have successfully raised a further US$500 million in a second platform financing transaction, following the success of last year’s award-winning bond which raised US$700...

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Business & Money | Thursday 26 May, 2016 4:03 pm

Bahri expands European presence with appointment of a General Agent in Spain

Marking a new milestone in its 38-year history, the National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri) has further extended its global footprint with the appointment of Cantabrian Integrated Logistic Services (CILS) as its General Agent in Spain. The move will help Bahri consolidate its presence in...

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Business & Money | Thursday 26 May, 2016 6:32 am

Kingdom’s Biggest Organizations Back Saudi Vision 2030

Nationwide digital transformation will be essential to accomplish Saudi Vision 2030’s six-fold growth in non-oil revenue to SAR 1 trillion by 2030, the Kingdom’s largest organizations announced today.   Saudi Vision 2030 and the National Transformation Plan aim to grow...

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Business & Money | Thursday 26 May, 2016 4:47 am

UAE Participates in the GCC Interior Undersecretaries Extraordinary Meeting in Riyadh, KSA

The UAE took part in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Ministry of Interior Undersecretaries’ Extraordinary Meeting, which was held yesterday evening (Tuesday) at the headquarters of the GCC General Secretariat in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.   The UAE delegation was headed by ...

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Business & Money | Wednesday 25 May, 2016 2:48 pm

YBA Kanoo Awards Avaya Technology Transformation Contract

Bahrain based Yusuf Bin Ahmed Kanoo (YBA Kanoo), one of the largest independent, family-owned businesses in the Gulf region, has today announced awarding a flagship networking and wireless project contract to Avaya, a leader in business communications solutions.  Under the contract, Avaya will ...

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Technology & IT | Wednesday 25 May, 2016 2:47 pm

Mobily enables Data Recharging Card on Prepaid Voice SIM

For the first time in the Kingdom, Etihad Etisalat (Mobily) has allowed the customers with prepaid voice packages to recharge 10GB data vouchers and get data for 3 months. The customers can get the 10GB data vouchers for SR 120...

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Business & Money | Wednesday 25 May, 2016 2:41 pm

SABIC CEO assumes role as GPCA Chairman

Yousef Abdullah Al- Benyan, the Chief Executive Officer and Vice-Chairman of SABIC, has been elected as the Chairman of the Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association (GPCA), it was announced today. He was previously the Vice- Chairman of the GPCA and will assume his role effective immediately,...

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