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Embrace online travel agents’ marketing tools to bring guests to the business

09 May 2018

Over the last number of years, hoteliers in the UAE have spent an enormous amount of time dealing with issues involving Online Travel Agents (OTAs), but what was previously perceived as “harming the business”, industry experts have now agreed that utilising their technology will help rather than hinder Hotels.

The shift of sentiment was evident in a panel discussion on the issue “Winning the Online Battle” discussed in this year’s GM Leaders Conference hosted by BNC Publishing, where... Read More

May 9 Victory Day Celebrations

09 May 2018

The Great Patriotic War was a crucial part of World War II (1939-1945). It began on June 22, 1941, when Germany launched an attack on the Soviet Union in violation of all prevailing treaties.

The Great Patriotic War lasted nearly four years and was the largest armed confrontation in history. Between 8 million and 13 million people simultaneously fought in different periods of the war over an area that stretched from the Barents Sea in the north to the Black Sea in the south. The... Read More

Vladimir Putin has been sworn in as President of Russia (Video)

07 May 2018

The ceremony opened as the National Flag, the President’s Standard, the Russian Constitution and the President’s Badge were brought into St Andrew’s Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace.

According to Article 82 of the Russian Constitution, Vladimir Putin took the oath to the people of Russia in the presence of Federation Council members, members of the State Duma and judges of the Russian Constitutional Court. Constitutional Court President Valery Zorkin announced Vladimir Putin the new... Read More

Azerbaijan Democratic Republic - 100th Anniversary

07 May 2018

By Dashgin Shikarov

The Revolution of 1917 led all parts of Russian Empire, including the southern one where Azerbaijan was situated to chaos and turbulence. This was followed by killings on ethnical identity, crimes, destruction of houses, architectural monuments, schools, hospitals, mosques. Most of major cities and towns turned into ruins.

This was the very time when people of Azerbaijan took the principled stand to own their State. On May 28, 1918, the Muslim... Read More

President orders payment of one month salary to all Government employees

06 May 2018

President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed has ordered that all serving and retired Government employees be paid one month salary in celebration of one hundred years since the birth of the UAE's Founding Father, Sheikh Zayed.

The ruling includes both civilians and military, as well as the beneficiaries of social welfare services, Wam reported.

Although official records were not kept at the time, the birth of the UAE's first President, Sheikh Zayed, is observed on 6th May. At roughly... Read More

Free stopovers offered by Etihad to all economy class guests from the Middle East, Africa & Pakistan

06 May 2018

Etihad Airways is offering one night’s free accommodation in Abu Dhabi to all guests travelling in Economy Class from destinations* in the Middle East, Africa and Pakistan, and stopping over in the nation’s capital.

The offer is valid from 1 May 2018 until 15 September 2018 and the travel period is until 30 September 2018. The hotels included in the offer are the Radisson Blu on Yas Island and the Yas Island Rotana.

Mohammad Al Bulooki, Etihad Airways’ Executive Vice President... Read More

Marking Sheikh Zayed’s birthday – a year of celebrations is in full swing

06 May 2018

The year is 1918. The First World War will come to a close, and a Spanish flu epidemic is sweeping across the globe.

It was into this tumultuous year, 100 years ago today, that the Founding Father Sheikh Zayed was born.

They were tough times. The pearling fleets that had sustained generations had dwindled because of the discovery of cultured pearls in Japan.

When Sheikh Zayed became Ruler’s Representative in the Eastern Region in 1946, a second world war had brought more... Read More

Cosmonaut shares image of The Palm Jumeirah from space

05 May 2018

An image of the Palm Jumeirah from space has got people talking about the artificial island in the shape of a palm tree.

The Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev posted the image to his Instagram account on Tuesday, noting that he had visited the island five years ago with fellow cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov.

They are now orbiting above the earth.

The pair regularly share posts from life in space. Earlier this week, Shkaplerov posted a photo of them making pizza and their... Read More

Dr. Amal Al Qubaisi: Terrorism is an instrument used by some countries and regimes to achieve their foreign policy objectives

05 May 2018

The viability of implementing several parliamentary proposals to support international efforts to combat terrorism and eliminate its sources of funding is currently being studied, according to Dr. Amal Al Qubaisi, Speaker of the UAE Federal National Council (UAE Parliament) and President of the High-level Advisory Group on Countering Terrorism and Violent Extremism (HLAG) of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).

She added that HLAG aims to host a global parliamentary summit in an... Read More

Паспортный контроль в аэропорту Дубая будет занимать 10 секунд

04 May 2018

Вместо нынешних 3 минут она займет около 10 секунд. Данные о пассажире поступают в базу данных, разработанную Главным управлением по делам беженцев и иностранцев (GDRFA) эмирата Дубай, уже с момента покупки билета и активируются в системе для заблаговременной проверки личности пассажира за 48 часов до отправления рейса, сообщает РИА Новости.

Затем вся информация о статусе путешественника поступает уже в базу данных офицеров миграционной службы, обслуживающих рейс. Даже если пассажир... Read More