UAE News

Dubai Design Week to showcase regional talent

19 Oct 2015

19 October 2015

Downtown Design Dubai has quickly become an important part of the international art and design calendar.

As Dubai Design Week (DDW) kicks off on October 26, the city is preparing to get stylish. Though this is Dubai's first design week, it is the third edition of Downtown Design Dubai, the centerpiece of DDW. Downtown Design Dubai is a trade event that will see 90 brands participate. Downtown Design Dubai has quickly become an important part of the international art... Read More

Gitex Tech Week opens with 3,600 companies exhibiting

19 Oct 2015

The digital ecosystem and the ability the technology gives to firms are growing at a rapid pace

19 October 2015

Dubai: The 35th Gitex Technology Week, the largest ICT exhibition in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia and the third largest in the world, opened doors to trade and businesses yesterday.

The five-day event, which was inaugurated by Shaikh Hamdan Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, is showcasing live demonstrations of next-generation... Read More

Alibaba-Meraas to open data centre in Dubai in 2016

19 Oct 2015

Dubai-based Yvolv will offer big data and cloud computing services to government and private enterprises

19 October 2015

Dubai: A new joint venture between China’s e-commerce company Alibaba and Dubai’s Meraas Holding will open a data centre in Dubai in the first half of 2016, Ethan Yu, vice-president of the Alibaba Group, told Gulf News on Sunday.

Alibaba and Meraas are forming a joint-venture big data cloud computing services company called Yvolv to cover the Middle... Read More

Nuclear officials to speak at public forum

19 Oct 2015

FANR to highlight six years of achievement in Western Region public forum

18 October, 2015

Abu Dhabi: The UAE’s Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR) will host a public forum in the Western Region of Abu Dhabi on October 20 at 9.45am to introduce residents to FANR’s role in ensuring the safe, secure and peaceful uses of nuclear energy in the UAE.

FANR hosts such forums as part of its efforts to inform UAE residents about the nation’s peaceful nuclear power... Read More

Innovation central theme for Women’s Forum Dubai

19 Oct 2015

It will be the first time that the event is held in the Mena region

16 October, 2015 Gulf News

Dubai: Innovation will be the theme of the Women’s Forum Dubai in 2016, according to a press conference at the Women’s Forum Global Meeting in Deauville, France on Friday.

Addressing the press conference, Shamsa Saleh, CEO of Dubai... Read More

UAE and Russia sign deal for enriched uranium

17 Oct 2015

Russia will be among the suppliers of enriched uranium needed for the UAE’s nuclear power plant, the Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation confirmed.

The 15-year commercial contract between Rosatom and the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation could also result in further collaboration.

“Six leading international nuclear fuel suppliers have been contracted to provide a series of nuclear fuel services to cover Enec’s requirements, these include Russian company Tenex, part of... Read More

First UAE Apple Stores to open on October 29

17 Oct 2015

Apple announced an Oct. 29 opening date for the first two Apple Stores serving the United Arab Emirates, including a Dubai outlet expected to be the world's largest.

The company is planning a tandem launch for the lucrative UAE market, with Apple Stores slated to open in Abu Dhabi's Yas Mall and Dubai's Mall of the Emirates. Reports in August suggested Apple would soon set up shop in the UAE after being granted an exemption from the country's foreign ownership laws.

Apple has... Read More

New iconic tower in Dubai will present artificial beach and rain-forest landscape

14 Oct 2015

Dubai, the city of superlatives, is set to get a new tower on Sheikh Zayed Road that will have an artificial beach and a rainforest-like landscape development on top of the tower's podium. Kieferle & Partner is the architect.

Located in Al Thanyah First (Tecom), The Rosemont Hotel & Residences is coming up on approximately 13,000 square metre of land, The project consists of two towers, 47 storeys high with a combined five-storey podium and two basement levels, that will house... Read More

Lacoste launches “Life Is A Beautiful Sport” store concept in dubai mall and Mall of the emirates

14 Oct 2015

Famously recognized for its iconic crocodile logo, global fashion and premium casual lifestyle brand LACOSTE now gives the world of style one more reason to be remembered: a new store concept.  With two boutique re-openings in Dubai Mall and Mall of the Emirates, and following the recent re-opening of Deira City Centre’s branch, Lacoste’s renovations now reflect the brand’s “Life is a beautiful sport” trademark—an inspiring concept that encompasses the brand’s ethos and creative strategy.... Read More

Breitling Boutique ‘lands’ in the world’s largest shopping mall

14 Oct 2015

Swiss aviation chronograph specialist, Breitling, together with its local retail partner, Ahmed Seddiqi & Sons, has opened the doors of its brand new boutique in the Dubai Mall. Located on the ground floor between the Grand Atrium and the Bloomingdale’s Atrium of the world famous shopping destination, the 100 sqm boutique is Breitling’s fourth in Dubai and eleventh in its overall Middle East boutique portfolio. To mark the launch, Breitling also unveiled an incredible custom designed 3D... Read More

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