Business & Money | Saturday 12 September, 2015 4:04 am

Registration opens for Saudi-French Business Opportunities Forum

The Saudi-French Business Opportunities Forum has started receiving registration applications to participate in the activities of its second session, to be held on October 12-13, 2015 at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Riyadh. The forum's website,www.saudifrenchforum.com,has registered a high...

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Business & Money | Saturday 12 September, 2015 2:58 am

Volkswagen brand typeface wins Red Dot Award

Volkswagen has been honored in the competition for this year's Red Dot Award, a highly regarded international design accolade. The new brand typeface, consisting of the two fonts "Volkswagen Head" and "Volkswagen Text", received a Red Dot Award for communication design. The...

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Business & Money | Saturday 12 September, 2015 1:46 am

H.E. Abdullah Bin Hamad Al Attiya a keynote speaker at the 15th Industrialists

  "The Gulf Organization for Industrial Consulting"   (GOIC) revealed that His Excellency Mr. Abdullah Bin Hamad Al Attiya, Chairman of Bin Hamad Al Attiya Foundation for Energy and Sustainable Development, will be the keynote speaker at the 15th...

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Healthcare | Saturday 12 September, 2015 12:38 am

VPS Healthcare’s 3rd International Oncology Conference attracted over 900 delegates

VPS Healthcare, an integrated healthcare provider, has opened its 3rd International Oncology Conference under the theme, “Navigating Cancer care by early detection and prevention.”    Held under the patronage of His Excellency Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, UAE...

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Culture & Education | Friday 11 September, 2015 10:30 am

Binaa Wa Amal signs MOU with Dar Alhekmah University

Binaa Wa Amal, a division of Construction Products Holding Company (CPC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Dar Alhekmah University, a leading private University based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The MOU provides scholarships for students at the College of Architecture and Interior...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Friday 11 September, 2015 10:10 am

FAKIEH AQUARIUM HOSTS ITS FIRST INTERNATIONAL MARINE LIFE SEMINAR

Raising its profile in the public eye and furthering its involvement in the international world of aquariums and marine biology, Jeddah’s Fakieh Aquarium hosted its first international marine life seminar under the theme: “Challenges of Marine Life Conservation in the Red...

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Government | Friday 11 September, 2015 4:05 am

800,000 Hajis ... and rising

Nearly 800,000 pilgrims have arrived from abroad to perform Haj this year. According to statistics released by the Passport Department on Thursday, 796,581 pilgrims have so far landed in Saudi Arabia for the annual pilgrimage that begins in another 10 days. “Of them, 780,474 pilgrims...

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Business & Money | Friday 11 September, 2015 4:04 am

Haj projects on schedule

The Presidency of the Two Holy Mosques has said that all expansion projects for this year’s Haj are on schedule. The projects are part of the vision of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman and the country’s government to ensure that Makkah and Madinah are world class cities,...

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Technology & IT | Friday 11 September, 2015 3:53 am

Intel establishes Internet of Things Ignition Lab in Dubai Silicon Oasis

Intel and Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority, today announced the inauguration of Intel’s Ignition Lab for the innovation of Internet of Things (IoT) for the MENA region. Located in Dubai Technology Entrepreneurship Centre (DTEC), DSOA’s wholly owned technology incubation center, the lab...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Friday 11 September, 2015 3:48 am

ETIHAD AIRWAYS AND THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND WATER UNITE TO COMBAT ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING

Etihad Airways and the Ministry of Environment and Water (MOEW) this week hosted two days of workshops about the growing threat of illegal wildlife smuggling.   The workshops, focused on potential trafficking through the airport environment, were attended by...

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