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Calling All Freelancers: New Freelancer Permit Launched

Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone (RAKEZ) rolled out the red carpet for the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) booming population of media and education freelancers...

GCC Hospitality Projects Value Exceeds US$147 Billion

The total value of the 1,156 hospitality and tourism projects in the GCC region has exceeded US$147 billion (Dh539 billion) in March 2018, according...

Emaar Hospitality To Operate 50 Hotels

Emaar Hospitality Group, the hospitality and leisure business of global developer Emaar Properties, has marked a historic milestone of 50 hotel projects in its...

Dubai Tourism Report Reveals Key Travel Trends

Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing, last year, as well as an overview of future activities, campaigns and strategies as Dubai progresses towards...

Dubai Residential Rents Stabilise for First Time in Two Years

Residential rents across Dubai registered no change during the first quarter of 2018, helping improve the annual rate of change to -3.1%, from -7.7%...

Arabian Travel Market 2018 Opens Tomorrow in Dubai

Travel trade professionals from across the world’s hospitality industry will descend upon Dubai tomorrow (Sunday 22nd) for the opening of Arabian Travel Market (ATM)...

Most Sectors of Abu Dhabi Real Estate Market Remain Subdued

The hospitality market in Abu Dhabi registered a 5% increase in occupancy levels in the first quarter of 2018, according to JLL's Q1 2018...

Expo 2020 Dubai Aims to Attract Ticket Resellers at ATM

Expo 2020 Dubai will be detailing its unique opportunities for travel, tourism and MICE companies from around the world to become authorised ticket resellers,...

Declining Sentiment Stresses Need for ‘Affordability’

Declining sentiment stresses need for ‘affordability’ across all real estate sectors The major theme for Q1 across the office, residential, retail and hotel sectors has...

First Class Private Suite in the Sky? Debuts at ATM

Emirates to debut its new fully enclosed First Class Private Suite for the first time at ATM Emirates Airline will unveil its new Boeing 777-300ER...

A Perfect Night’s Sleep at Robinsons’ John Lewis

John Lewis interacts with its customers on a different level John Lewis hosted a one-of-a-kind event: a sleepover in the store! Eight lucky customers participated...

Panasonic Bullish on Middle East Growth

Panasonic to deepen its reach in the region through sales channel expansion, broader and innovative product portfolio To launch new campaigns as part...

Snapchat Opens New Lens Studio Tools for Region’s Creatives

Official Creator Program launched to highlight and partner with select creators Today Snap announces new tools for any Lens Studio creator, including seven all new...

How to Survive Disruption in Restaurant Industry

Views of the restaurant industry were at their highest in 2017, according to Gallup analytics, with 72% of respondents to the survey rating the...

Saudi Arabia Granted 664 Patents in 2017; Double of All Arab...

Saudi Arabia has ranked 23rd among 92 countries in terms of patents granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in 2017....

Top 100 CEO in Middle East Revealed

Top 100 CEO in the Middle East honoured during “Top CEO Conference and Awards” The rankings were finalised on the basis of hard statistics, making...

AED 58 Billion Real Estate Transactions; Upsurge Expected

Dubai Land Department (DLD) has revealed that real estate transactions in Dubai for the first three months of 2018 (Q1 2018) totalled AED 58...

UAE Safe Haven for Investors

Investors' trust in the UAE business environment reflects the country's resilient and diversified economy, said His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice...