Tourism & Hospitality | Saturday 28 November, 2015 11:45 am

Etihad Airways Wins Ultratravel Award For Best First Class

Etihad Airways has received the coveted award for Best First Class at the annual Ultratravel Middle East Awards (ULTRAs) ceremony, which was held last night at the iconic Burj Al Arab Jumeirah hotel in Dubai.   The award is another major accolade for the UAE national airline’s...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Friday 27 November, 2015 4:55 am

Etihad Airways Honoured For Excellence in Communications Organization at Cacs Awards 2015

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, today received an award for excellence in communications for news contributions and media coverage in China at the 2015 Civil Aviation Communications Summit (CACS).  The only foreign carrier nominated,...

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Culture & Education | Friday 27 November, 2015 4:42 am

Fakieh Aquarium And Dar AL-Hekma Sign Agreement to Enhance Marine Life Education

Jeddah’s Fakieh Aquarium and the city’s leading university for women, Dar Al-Hekma (DAH) have announced the signing of a five-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that creates a framework for future cooperation between the two cultural and educational mainstays. The agreement will...

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Environment & Energy | Friday 27 November, 2015 4:40 am

ADVANCEMENTS IN LIGHTING STRATEGY AND TECHNOLOGY DISCUSSED AT THE 4TH ANNUAL MIDDLE EAST SMART LIGHTING AND ENERGY SUMMIT 2015

Over 400 attendees from across the GCC had gathered across two days to attend the 4th Annual Middle East Smart Lighting and Energy Summit 2015, held under the patronage of the Abu Dhabi City Municipality. H.E Eng. Zahra Al Aboudi, Undersecretary at the Ministry of Public Works inaugurated the...

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Business & Money | Friday 27 November, 2015 4:29 am

Ride for a Cause This Week with Easy Taxi

Since the International Day of Persons with Disabilities annually marked on the 3rd of December is showing up soon, Easy Taxi will be dedicating the disabled a week of support by raising part of its revenue to the eminent Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Humanitarian City that nestle them in Saudi...

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Business & Money | Friday 27 November, 2015 4:03 am

Only Saudis to be hired for data entry jobs

The Labor Ministry has announced that it plans to ensure that only Saudis are hired for data entry jobs in eight sectors of the economy over the next two years. The plan is to create jobs for Saudis but also ensure that customer data is protected, according to a report in a local publication....

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Technology & IT | Friday 27 November, 2015 3:26 am

InnJoo sets the market on fire with the launch of Fire 2

InnJoo, the fastest growing smartphone brand in Middle East, today announced the availability of the most affordable LTE smartphone in the region with the launch of its 5.0 inch chic and full-metal body smartphone, Fire 2. The Fire 2 is a Dual SIM card smartphone with HD display, designed...

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Business & Money | Friday 27 November, 2015 3:05 am

Hotel savings for pilgrims with new e-system

Umrah pilgrims can expect to save between 10 and 15 percent on the cost of their hotels under a new electronic booking system that cuts out intermediaries. This is according to Abdullah Qadi, deputy president of the national committee for Haj and Umrah at the Makkah Chamber of Commerce and...

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Technology & IT | Thursday 26 November, 2015 3:48 pm

“Mobily” and Computer & IT College at King Abdulaziz University offer free training courses for the IOS Apps developers

Etihad Etisalat Mobily has started free training courses for Apps developers for smartphones that operate with  IOS system such as the iPhone and iPads; the courses are aimed to Saudi youth interested in the Apps development and being offered in collaboration with the Computer and  IT...

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Business & Money | Thursday 26 November, 2015 3:36 pm

The Big 5 signs off with big deals for exhibitors

Visitors will have one last opportunity to visit The Big 5, Middle East Concrete, and PMV Live, today, as the Middle East’s largest construction event enters its final day at Dubai World Trade Centre. Millions of dollars of business transactions have taken place at the event, as well as...

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