Tourism & Hospitality | Thursday 17 March, 2016 9:13 am

4th Oman Air Media Awards at ITB Berlin 2016

Oman Air has announced the winners of the Oman Air Media Awards 2016. The awards celebrate the best of German and Swiss travel and aviation writing and recognise writers‘ contibutions over the past five years to the success of Oman Air and the destination of Oman.    The...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Thursday 17 March, 2016 9:12 am

Centro Capital Centre Now ISO 14001 Certified

Modern, Stylish, funky and now greener than ever before, Centro Capital Centre is now also ISO 14001 certified for a better tomorrow. Centro Capital Centre is the first Centro brand to be granted the ISO 14001:2004 certificate for the provision of hotel services and operates an Environmental...

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Business & Money | Thursday 17 March, 2016 8:59 am

WCU: Strong week for oil but challenges remain

After three weeks of sideways trading the Bloomberg Commodity index, which reflects the price development of many key commodities, broke higher and reached three months high.   The charge was led by the energy sector. Gasoline surged and crude oil showed the ...

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Environment & Energy | Thursday 17 March, 2016 6:27 am

NWC: SAR4 billion worth of projects to develop Jeddah infrastructure

NWC is continuously developing the services and infrastructure of the water and environmental services sectors in Jeddah in line with its strategic plan to increase operational capacity and coverage in populated areas, meet the increasing demand for water and provide its services according to the...

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Business & Money | Thursday 17 March, 2016 6:22 am

GCC Paces World in Cyber-Preparedness

GCC countries are among the global leaders in cybersecurity preparedness, with the region’s network security spend tripling to USD 1 billion by 2018, industry experts announced today at Infosecurity Middle East, part of ISNR.   With the region’s rapid economic development and ...

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Technology & IT | Thursday 17 March, 2016 5:09 am

Avaya Redefines Business Communications Application Development with Avaya Breeze

At the Avaya Technology Forum, taking place this week in Dubai, Avaya announced it is changing the rules for business communications application development. Avaya executives unveiled Avaya Breeze™, a technology platform that makes it easier for organizations to develop the mobile,...

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Business & Money | Thursday 17 March, 2016 5:05 am

Labor minister launches outreach service for incoming expat workers

The Ministry of Labor launched an expatriate outreach service at King Khaled International Airport (KKIA) in Riyadh on Tuesday to help new incoming expatriate workers to the Kingdom facilitate their successful stay in the Kingdom. Labor Minister Mufrej Al-Haqabani inaugurated the service in the...

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Business & Money | Thursday 17 March, 2016 3:19 am

North Africa Commits to Homeland Security, with Defense Spending Growing to USD 31 Billion by 2020

North Africa’s strong defense spending will reach USD 31 billion by 2020, emphasizing the commitment to regional security and national resilience, industry experts announced today at ISNR 2016.   Demonstrating the strong business opportunities, defense spending by the five North...

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Business & Money | Thursday 17 March, 2016 2:07 am

Ihab A. Khalil to Spearhead BCG Middle East’s Financial Services/Principal Investors & Private Equity Practice

Ihab A. Khalil has just assumed the role of Partner & Managing Director of BCG Middle East’s Financial Services/Principal Investors & Private Equity (PIPE) practice – one of the firm’s key priority areas in the region. Based in Dubai, Khalil’s new position will see...

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Technology & IT | Thursday 17 March, 2016 12:50 am

Cisco Honours Top Performing Middle East Partners with Awards at Cisco Partner Summit 2016

Cisco announced that fifteen partners from the Middle East region were recognised and honoured for their exemplary performance in 2015 across several categories. Cisco revealed the winners during its annual Cisco Partner Summit 2016 held recently in San Diego, California.   Awarded to...

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