The company is also auditing vendors and supply chain for compliance with fair trade manufacturing and ethical practices It has teamed up with Dubai Carbon Center of Excellence Virgin Mobile Middle East and Africa has pledged to deliver products and services that make a positive impact on society and environment,...

  Svinger will oversee the strategic expansion of 3M across the region The appointment further strengthens 3M’s developing business in the MEA region 3M Wednesday announced the appointment of Laszlo Svinger as its new Vice President and Managing Director, Middle East, and Africa. In his role, Svinger will oversee the...

  Demand for energy increased in the first five months of 2021 to 16,467 gigawatt hours, compared to 14,988 GWh in the same period of 2020 Peak load also increased to 7,966 MW, compared to 7,248 MW in the same period   Dubai has recorded a year-on-year increase of around...

The company announced on Tuesday it has raised $4 million in a seed funding It has raised 15 million dirham for the venture Stake, a Dubai-based financial technology (fintech) and real estate investment platform backed by Saudi investors, is in talks to expand into Saudi Arabia. Stake, launched in 2020,...

SOCIATE is a communications agency headquartered in Dubai   Miranda heads the SOCIATE UK office from London  Copywriting specialist, Nichole Miranda, has been given a new title as the Communication Strategist at SOCIATE. Miranda joined SOCIATE in 2017 and was promoted to Account Executive within the first month of her...

Supreme Committee for Urban Planning envisions Dubai as the best city for life in the world

The deals are a sign that the worst is over and smart recovery is picking up

Olive Gaea calculates the carbon footprint of any individual or business through a simple yet science-based questionnaire

  It will be held on October 6 and 7 this year at the Expo 2020 Dubai This WGES is expected to have a broader scale as it is being held in conjunction with the expo Dubai is gearing up for the seventh edition of the World Green Economy Summit,...

Al Dahra BayWa is a pioneer of innovative farming in the UAE The new facility in Dubai will enhance the firm’s logistics Al Dahra BayWa, a leading sustainable agribusiness company in the UAE, has announced the opening of its facility in Dubai as part of its plan to expand its...

The airport kicked out London Heathrow from the top spot

Duration of stay at Sonder properties grows from an average of 4 days to 10.  The firm has 160 spaces in Dubai and demand for its tech-enabled offerings had risen Sonder, a leading next-generation hospitality company with more than 160 spaces in Dubai has seen strong demand for its tech-enabled...

The residential units comprise 334 studios, 48 one- and 94 two-bedroom apartments, and 10 spacious, luxurious sky villas The condominiums are part of a big project in Al Furjan in Dubai To cope up with the growing demand for condominiums in the heart of Dubai, Azizi Developments, one of the...

Digitally-enabled experiences and services to evolve customer expectations  Full recovery of the industry expected by 2025 as post-pandemic confidence grows across MENA While experts in the automotive market believe a full recovery could take up to four years, many market analysts and industry leaders have already seen green shoots, spurred...

The meeting explored the projections of federal cash flows for 2022 The fiscal policies governing financing of capital projects also discussed     The General Budget Committee chaired  by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan discussed the draft federal budget for 2022-2026...

  Only 1.8 billion travelers took to the skies in 2020, as against 4.5 billion in 2019 Pandemic caused 50% drop in domestic air traffic globally in 2020   Signs are pointing to significant recovery and travel demand in the second half of 2021 and a sustainable recovery in air...

 Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid tops the list in villa sales Dubai Marina, Burj Khalifa among toppers in apartment sales Dubai has registered 25,455 real estate transactions worth AED92 billion from January - April 2021, thus achieving an increase of 51 percent in terms of the number of transactions and...

Neptune billed as the first environment-friendly floating house in the world Floating units can safely move from one place to another Seagate Shipyard, the ship and vessel manufacturing firm in UAE, unveiled first units of its floating sea resort Neptune, becoming the first environment-friendly floating house in the world. The...

3-day exhibition attended by 95 exhibitors from 21 countries 50 percent improvement in the global passenger Kms likely by mid-2021 Three-day Airport Show, the world’s largest B2B airport industry exhibition, begins in Dubai on May 24 generating an overwhelming response in its new physical and digital format. The show was...

The Abu Dhabi residential market delivered  1,700 apartments, 50 villas during the  quarter  Grade A and B office buildings in Abu Dhabi experience demand from Chinese, Israeli companies The villa market rental rates in Abu Dhabi and Dubai were strong in the first quarter (Q1 2021)  despite the ongoing economic...

Against 4.5 billion travellers in 2019, only 1.8 billion passengers took to the skies in 2020 The pandemic led to a 50% drop in domestic passenger traffic globally and 74% in international traffic The world’s largest annual airport industry B2B platform, Airport Show,  opens at the Dubai World Trade Centre...

*Dubai finance ministry and Dubai SME sign MoU * SME owners will be encouraged to register in the ministry's Federal Supplier Register Dubai’s Ministry of Finance recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Dubai SME to support the business sector and advance comprehensive and sustainable development in the country. Under...

Dubai Customs is hosting the 5th WCO Global Authorized Economic Operator Conference virtually from May 25 The three-day conference is expected to see stakeholders of global trade in attendance as experts and dignitaries address them Stakeholders of global trade are expected to converge in the virtual world on May 25...

Abdulla Bin Damithan has been appointed as the new CEO for the UAE region and Jafza of Dubai-based supply-chain logistics provider DP World  He is taking over from Mohammed Al Muallem, who has been promoted to executive vice-president of the company  Abdulla Bin Damithan has been appointed the new CEO...

Around 1,500 real estate transactions made in during one week 120 plots of land, and more than a thousand apartments and villas figure in the sale According to Dubai Land Department (DLD) more than AED 4 billion worth of real estate and properties were sold during the last week ending...

It is an important milestone of the energy transformation, says Siemens official The project is a collaboration between Siemens, Dubai Electricity and Water Authority and Expo 2020 Dubai The Middle East and North Africa region saw its first green-hydrogen project unveiled in Dubai on Thursday, May 20. The project, implemented...

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)...

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...

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...