The Sharjah Business Women Council (SBWC) is sponsoring five female business owners at the Annual Investment Meeting startup 2018 (AIM startup) to showcase their businesses, attend world-class workshops, connect with potential business partners and pitch to business backers and investors. The eighth edition of AIM, one of the world’s leading gatherings of business strategists, industrialists
Emirates has set a new record with over 1 million Wi-Fi connections made on board its flights in March alone. During the month, 1,037,016 Emirates customers connected to the internet during their flight. The connections were mainly made over mobile devices with over 94% of users connecting with a smartphone –twice as many connections were
Marriott International (NASDAQ: MAR) today announced ambitious growth plans for its Middle East and Africa region following signings for more than 30 properties and over 5,000 rooms in the last 12 months. The signings put Marriott on track to increase its portfolio in the region to nearly 370 hotels – an increase of more than
Dubai will play host to the world’s largest gathering of internal auditors in May 2018 under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE’s Vice-President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai. The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA), along with the UAE Internal Auditors Association (UAE-IAA), will hold the high profile
Red Sea Mall bagged the Jeddah Creative Award in its first cycle under the theme of “How to be a leader”, for the Tourism and Entertainment Initiative Category. Red Sea Mall was selected among 24 out of 320 initiatives to win the category as a major touristic front in Jeddah. The initiative aims to welcome
The 10th edition of Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival (SCRF), organised by Sharjah Book Authority, will host a line-up of the Arab world’s most popular authors and artists who have contributed to Arab literature with works that will enrich the cultural landscape for future generations. Joining them will be a stellar line-up of famous thespians, including
A young and social media savvy country, the UAE has the Middle East and North Africa’s highest Instagram adoption rate and second-highest number of daily users, at 1.2 million, according to the Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government’s Arab Social Media Report. Instagram is a major platform for spreading the culinary love in the UAE.