Tourism & Hospitality | Monday 25 April, 2016 2:34 pm

Etihad Holidays Promises Gueste three Nights in the Maldives

Etihad Holidays, the leisure holiday division of Etihad Airways, has launched a new campaign promising guests a three- night stay at a luxurious Maldives resort for just 1AED per night.   As part of the ‘May Maldives Madness’ campaign, guests who pay for four nights at the...

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Business & Money | Monday 25 April, 2016 2:28 pm

OSN scores big wins in fight against TV piracy; steps up action to mark World Intellectual 
Property Day

OSN, the leading pay-TV network in the Middle East and North Africa, has scored big wins in its fight against television piracy across the region, having conducted more than 316 raids with the support of government authorities.    Marking the World Intellectual Property Day (World...

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Government | Monday 25 April, 2016 1:47 pm

Cabinet approves Saudi Vision 2030

The cabinet has approved a plan to transform Saudi Arabiain a meeting on Monday chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salaman in Riyadh. Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is to announce Monday the “Saudi Vision 2030,” which is expected to set goals for the next 15...

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Business & Money | Monday 25 April, 2016 12:33 pm

Alkhabeer Capital launches private equity fund targeting Saudi Arabia’s emergent education sector

Alkhabeer Capital, the asset management and investment firm based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, announced today the launch of Alkhabeer Education Private Equity Fund I (“The Fund”), the firsteducation-focused product in its Private Equity investment portfolio.    The Fundis a ...

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Business & Money | Monday 25 April, 2016 12:25 pm

DAMAC Towers by Paramount Hotels & Resorts Achieves Milestone Topping Out

DAMAC Properties, one of the region’s largest luxury real estate developers, has announced that its luxury hotel and serviced residences, DAMAC Towers by Paramount Hotels & Resorts, located in Dubai’s Burj area, is topped out.    At the opening of the 2016 Arabian...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Monday 25 April, 2016 12:23 pm

DAMAC Properties Leads the Innovation that Allows Individual Investors to Tap into Burgeoning Hospitality Sector

Luxury real estate developer DAMAC Properties is providing one-of-a-kind opportunities for individual investors to tap into the growing and high-potential hospitality sector. The developer had made investments in hotels in prime areas in Dubai within the reach of a greater number of investors by...

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Culture & Education | Monday 25 April, 2016 12:18 pm

Announce New College For Entrepreneurship In Saudi Arabia

Three leading entities have joined to create an elite educational institution located at King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC) in Saudi Arabia modeled after Babson College’s top-ranked entrepreneurship education programs in the United States.    Babson Global, a wholly owned...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Monday 25 April, 2016 9:44 am

TRAILER OF VIRTUAL REALITY FILM STARRING NICOLE KIDMAN TO BE SCREENED AT ARABIAN TRAVEL MARKET

Etihad Airways will reveal an exclusive trailer of its virtual reality film starring Academy Award winning actress Nicole Kidman at the Arabian Travel Market (ATM), which will be held in Dubai from 25 April to 28 April.   The innovative fully-immersive film, which marks the first time a...

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Business & Money | Monday 25 April, 2016 9:21 am

NavLink, an AT&T Affiliated Company, Selects Asigra to Deliver Backup-as-a-Service to Telcos and Enterprises in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA)

NavLink, a leading ICT and Managed Services Provider today announced its partnership with Asigra, a leading cloud backup and recovery software provider since 1986. Through this partnership, NavLink joins the Asigra global partner ecosystem to deliver backup-as-a-service based on the...

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Culture & Education | Monday 25 April, 2016 9:02 am

GEMS Arab Innovation Centre for Education launches AICE Accelerator programme to support young start-ups

GEMS Education has launched the Arab Innovation Centre for Education (AICE) Accelerator programme, an initiative supporting school students in the UAE in their efforts to create their own start-ups. The programme, which is the first of its kind in the region, will provide select start-ups with...

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