With booming young population hooked to internet and ground-breaking breakthroughs in the areas of Artificial Intelligence and Virtual reality, video gaming industry is certainly expected to come on its own in the Middle east region. Pegged at reaching more than $4 billion by 2022, Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is clearly outpacing the…
For the first time ever, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will host the “Arab Women Forum” as part of the fourth edition of the “Top CEO Conference and Awards,” which is set to return to the country for the second time on 10th and 11th April at King Abdullah Economic City. The new forum aims…
While speaking exclusively with TRENDS at World Economic Forum in Davos, Dr Aisha Bin Bishr, Director General, Smart Dubai Office, says her organization aims to build the happiest city in the world by implementing advanced technologies. What is Smart Dubai all about? We want Dubai to be the happiest city in the world by implementing advanced…
After facing the brunt of weak market sentiments, global financial meltdown, and fluctuating oil prices during the past few months, Dubai’s office market is finally opening up. Industry experts are expecting a rise in demand for the new office spaces thereby adding to the confidence of overall real estate industry in the region. Upcoming Expo…
In only its second year, the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting of the Global Future Councils has established a reputation for bringing together experts from all stakeholder groups to identify new ways for technology to reshape our future. This year, the 35 councils’ brief is to focus their collective knowledge on creating a vision for…
In the recently concluded GITEX Technology Week 2017, Smart Dubai’s pavilion showcased many cutting-edge innovations and achievements a resultant of synergistic and cooperative relationships between a diverse spectrum of Dubai Government bodies and private companies. Pavilion – themed “Future Live” – represented 200 plus innovative smart services by 50 public and private entities tapping latest…
According to Maher Sweid, the managing partner of Dubai-based property developers Sweid & Sweid, infill developments are a growing trend within Dubai’s heavily populated urban areas; signalling the start of a new phase of maturity in the local real estate market. However, as Sweid explains, infill development not only comes with great opportunities, but with…
Chestertons MENA has reported that the total number of residential transactions in the second quarter of 2017 declined 23 percent from the previous quarter, seemingly impacted negatively by the onset of summer. After a promising start to 2017, the sales of off-plan properties plummeted by 28 percent in terms of volume and by as much as…
The global halal products and services sector is growing at eight percent year-on-year to $2.3 trillion (AED8.44 trillion) – higher than the GDP of more than 200 countries in the world, according to research conducted by Orange Fairs and Events, organizers of the Halal Expo – Dubai, 2017. Of this, about 67 percent represents the…
The fourth edition of the “Designs of Hope” charity fashion exhibition at Dubai Ladies Club drew a good response. Aimed at supporting children’s education in Egypt, Nepal, and Senegal; the proceeds of the event will be dedicated to the Al Manal Humanitarian Initiative’s “teacHER” campaign, which was launched in collaboration with Dubai Cares. The “teacHER”…
