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Dubai’s Emirates ramps up operations to Australia

The carrier will operate daily flights to Sydney from November 2 on Boeing 777-300ER

Expo 2020 Dubai pavilions: Uzbekistan, US, Spain, Finland, UK, Oman, Sri Lanka, Brazil

Here’s a list of eight participating country pavilions and their offerings

Dubai’s Global Village opens for Season 26, welcomes guests to explore new attractions

This season will host 26 pavilions representing more than 80 cultures

Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed launches clean energy partnership between ADNOC, EWEC

The partnership will see up to 100 per cent of ADNOC’s grid power supplied by EWEC’s nuclear and solar clean energy sources

Video: Here’s how Dubai’s Collegiate International School is ensuring the safe return of students

All the adults in the school have been fully vaccinated and social distancing is maintained at all times, says the school’s superintendent, Bruce Major

DP World

Dubai’s DP World reports volume growth of 11.9% in Q3 2021

DP World Limited handled 58.4 million TEU across its global portfolio of container terminals in the first nine months of 2021

Dubai’s Danube Properties announces launch of Dhs475m Skyz Tower

The residential project will be developed at Arjan, close to Miracle Gardens

Nissan Expo 2020 Dubai

Expo 2020 Dubai: Exclusive parking spots for Nissan vehicle owners

The dedicated parking slots will be available at the Mobility and Sustainability parking zones

Nasdaq Dubai Islamic Development Bank

Saudi’s Islamic Development Bank lists $1.7bn sukuk on Nasdaq Dubai

IsDB is now the largest supranational sukuk issuer on Nasdaq Dubai with a total value of $18.8bn through 13 issuances listed on the exchange since 2016

The SME Story: Sandeep Shetty, co-founder of NorthLadder

NorthLadder is a rapidly expanding secondhand online marketplace for pre-owned luxury goods

UAE Sudan

Sheikh Mohammed orders humanitarian airbridge from Dubai to Sudan

A total of three flights will transport 283,805kg of medicine, medical supplies, and health kits from Dubai to Sudan

Dubai’s Emirates to recruit 6,000 operational staff over next six months

Additional pilots, cabin crew, engineering specialists and ground staff will be needed to support the airline’s operations across its global network

Dubai reports 68% y-on-y increase in mortgage transactions for Q1-Q3 2021

Villas proved more popular than apartments for mortgage purchases

Expo 2020 Dubai welcomes 1.47 million visits in first 24 days

Children made up about one quarter of visits to the Expo site over the school break

UAE launches ‘major investigation’ into Dubai developer Union Properties

The Public Prosecution is investigating allegations of financial violations committed by chairman Khalifa Hassan Al Hammadi as well as other senior executives

Sunil Paul, Finesse

Why do some digital transformation initiatives fail?

Sunil Paul, co-founder and managing director at Finesse explains how organisations can power and secure their digital transformation journeys in the post-pandemic world

Dubai’s Union Properties says arbitration claims by its subsidiary has reached Dhs3.5bn

The arbitral tribunal is expected to issue its decisions on a number of the claims in the second quarter of 2022

Sheikh Mohammed approves beach project as part of new Hatta Master Development Plan

The Hatta Master Development Plan covers four key strategic pillars: wellbeing, tourism, sports and activities, and sustainability

Azimut and Gellify launch a $50m VC fund to support MENA startups

The new fund will focus on enhancing advanced technology-based innovation in the region, identifying and nurturing B2B tech startups

Dubai’s DP World launches a single window digital solution for smart logistics

The first phase of the launch will immediately offer customers access to book cargo from UAE to India

Esports

Dubai-based Geekay Esports expands portfolio with Emirati Valorant team

The group also plans to host university and school-level tournaments across the UAE

Mohamed Al Fayed, Co-founder and CEO of GrubTech

The SME Story: Mohamed Al Fayed, co-founder and CEO of GrubTech

GrubTech is a digital platform transforming the restaurant and cloud kitchen business in the region

Expo 2020 Dubai

How the Expo is boosting the UAE’s SME landscape

Here’s how SMEs can leverage the global spotlight and influx of capital that Expo 2020 Dubai will attract in abundance

Dubai tourism

Dubai’s tourism sector won’t rebound until late 2022, S&P says

The city is hosting the World Expo 2020 this year, and it hopes to attract millions of tourists

Emirates NBD

Dubai’s Emirates NBD nine-month profit rose an annual 29% to Dhs7.3bn

The bank reported a nine-month total income of Dhs17.3bn as compared to Dhs18.3bn in the previous year

Dubai announces free parking for public holiday on Thursday

The RTA has also revealed revised timings for public transport

Flydubai

Flydubai to begin flights to Sohar in Oman

It marks the third destination that the carrier will fly to in Oman, alongside Muscat and Salalah

GITEX Future Stars: Accelerating the pace of change

Artificial Intelligence, big data, augmented and mixed reality, and blockchain are disrupting how creative industries produce, distribute, and consume content

UAE could excel in developing women coders, says Minister of State for AI

The country has earmarked October 29 as its annual ‘National Coders Day’

Dubai South The Avenue

Dubai South launches new freehold development project called The Avenue

Plots in The Avenue will vary in size from 30,000-55,000 square feet