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Emirates Airlines unveils Arsenal branded plane ahead of team’s pre-season trip to Singapore

20 Jul 2015

Emirates, a global connector of people and passions, and official partner of Arsenal Football Club has unveiled its first plane to feature Arsenal branding as the team fly out for the start of the club’s summer tour to Singapore this week.

The Gunners arrived in style on an Emirates B777-200LR chartered aircraft that has been specially designed for their Arsenal Singapore 2015 visit.

The specially customised Emirates 777 showcases the Arsenal crest alongside images of first... Read More

Almost 50% of new hotel rooms entering luxury dubai market rated 3-star or less

20 Jul 2015

A new report published by Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) exclusively for The Hotel Show Dubai 2015 reveals today that almost 50% of the 3,600 new hotel rooms to enter the Dubai market in the final months of 2015 have a 3-star or lower rating.

JLL report a current supply of almost 65,000 hotel rooms in Dubai in the first quarter of 2015, 44% are 5-star rated. Now, the near-saturated luxury market is set to be rivalled by a supply of lower-graded properties with more competitive room rates,... Read More

DSS- 2015 Calendar of Events

15 Jul 2015

Cartoon Network Fiesta July 30 - August 5, Ibn Battuta Mall

Teen sensation Ben Tennyson aka Ben Ten is back in town for DSS 2015, with Grandpa Max and his alien fighting friends from Ben 10 Omniverse. The team’s latest adventure kick starts at the Plumber’s Academy and features a 30-minute live action show, stunt acrobatic scenes, multimedia show and a Meet and Greet session with Ben, Rook or Rook and one of his alien transformations. Joining them for the Meet and Greet session would... Read More

Microsoft's Windows 10: 'Free' in Dubai on July 29

15 Jul 2015

Microsoft has officially announced that it is planning a worldwide celebration as part of its plans to launch Windows 10 on July 29.

Global launch celebrations for Windows fans include a global fan celebrations, a new global advertising campaign, and a new year-long initiative to “celebrate people and organizations making a difference around the world".

Microsoft has selected 13 cities around the world for the global fan celebrations and Dubai will be one of them.

The... Read More

Dubai International Airport wins Best Airport Award at AFLAS Awards

15 Jul 2015

Dubai International, the world’s number one airport for international passengers, has been named as the Best Airport in the Middle East at the Asian Freight, Logistics, and Supply Chain Awards (AFLAS) held in Hong Kong recently.

Hosted and organised annually by Asia Cargo News, the awards recognise leading service providers including air and shipping lines; air and sea ports; and logistics and other associated industry professionals. The nomination and voting process allowed the more... Read More

Mubadala and IBM in venture to bring Watson to the Middle East & North Africa

15 Jul 2015

Mubadala, the Abu Dhabi investment fund and New York-based IBM announced an agreement to bring IBM Watson to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).

The companies will collaborate to deliver powerful Watson cloud-based cognitive computing to healthcare, retail, education, banking and finance organisations. The new joint venture will also create a broad regional ecosystem of partners, entrepreneurs, start-ups and app developers who will apply Watson in innovative ways throughout MENA... Read More

Emirates Red Crescent and Ferrari World organized activities for orphans

14 Jul 2015

The Emirates Red Crescent, (ERC) has recently organized in cooperation with Ferrari World Abu Dhabi, a number of entertainment programmes and activities for orphans sponsored by the ERC nationwide.

This humanitarian initiative aims to bring joy to orphans who have been deprived of family care and attention. It also offers them moral and social support through its varied activities, which are part of the country's approach to rehabilitate and enable future generations to participate in... Read More

Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre to implement Innovative Remote Sensing Applications

13 Jul 2015

Students and faculty from the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology have won top prizes for their innovative applications of high-resolution satellite data as part of a competition held by the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre, reinforcing Masdar Institute's commitment to develop the human and intellectual capital needed for the UAE's space ambitions.

Masdar Institute's project teams defeated 23 other teams to win three of the top five prizes at the ‘Remote Sensing Applications... Read More

Eid Al Fitr holiday announced for Federal Authorities and Private Sectors

13 Jul 2015

The Eid Al Fitr holiday for federal ministries and authorities will begin from Thursday 29th Ramadan 1436 (16th of July) and end on the 3rd of the month of Shawwal.

On this occasion, the Federal Authority for Government Human Resources conveyed greetings to President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of... Read More

Khalifa Foundation Ramadan Iftar initiative at Al Aqsa Mosque concludes

13 Jul 2015

The Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation's Iftar campaign, which provided mass Iftar meals to worshippers at Al Aqsa Mosque during Ramadan, concluded last night.

An official source at the Foundation said that around 10,000 meals were distributed to worshippers, adding that the foundation's humanitarian programmes in the Palestinian territories made Jerusalem and Al Aqsa Mosque top priority in line with the directives of the UAE leadership to provide assistance to the underprivileged... Read More