Dubai Municipality Brushes Aside Fears On Impact Of Recent Earthquakes In Dubai

Dubai Municipality’s Local Earthquake Monitoring Network, which monitored a set of earthquakes, occurred recently in southern Iran and 220 km north-west of Dubai, has found no significant impact of the tremor in the emirate. The network recorded the main tremor with 5.7 on the Richter scale at 11.38pm on Tuesday, 20th July, which did not cause... 

Rotana And Al Rais Travel Hands Awards Four Pairs Of Free Flights To Fantastic Four’s FIFA Promotion Lucky Winners!

Rotana, the leading hospitality management group in the Middle East, in collaboration with Al Rais Travel recently announced the four lucky winners of the exciting Fantastic Four FIFA promotion. The fortunate winners won four different trips to four destinations – South Africa, Malaysia, Switzerland and Italy, after their names were drawn out... 

Etisalat Becomes Official Sponsor For Shaabiyat Al Cartoon

Etisalat today announced its official sponsorship of Shaabiyat Al Cartoon, an animated Arabic cartoon series which will premiere its fifth season on Sama Dubai TV in the Holy month of Ramadan. The announcement was made at a signing ceremony between Etisalat and Fanar Production, the company responsible for producing the series. The announcement marks... 

RTA Signs Contract With DHL To Provide Parcels & Documents Postal Services At Dubai Metro Stations

The Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) has signed a contract with DHL, a giant global provider of postal services, whereby the company will provide postal services including parcels and documents through the post system known as Packstations at the Dubai Metro stations, thus making Dubai the first city in the region and second worldwide, after Germany,... 

Dubai Aluminium Sets Import Records Through Jebel Ali Port

The annual value and volume of strategic raw materials imported by Dubai Aluminium Company Limited (DUBAL) through Jebel Ali Port reached record levels in 2009, boosted largely by the procurement of materials for Emirates Aluminium Company Limited PJSC (EMAL) — the high-tech green-field aluminium smelter development in Al Taweelah, Abu Dhabi,... 

Dubai Duty Free Wins ’Brand Of The Year’ From Superbrands

Superbrands Middle East today announced that Dubai Duty Free has won the ‘Brand of the Year’ at the sixth annual Superbrands tribute event, which was held at the Intercontinental Dubai Festival City. The country’s strongest brands were individually honoured at the event, which also saw the unveiling of the 2010 Superbrands book featuring... 

6th International Fashion Jewellery & Accessories (IFJA) And International Watch & Clock (IWCF) 2010

The 6th International Fashion Jewellery & Accessories Fair and International Watch & Clock Fair ( 6th IWCF & IWCF ), the only specialized show of its kind in the region dedicated to Fashion Jewellery and Watch Industry, will be held at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre from December 13 – 15, 2010 will be featuring... 

Young Dubai Talents To Star In Spotlight Academy @ DUCTAC’s Production Of Hairspray During Dubai Summer Surprises

Young talents from across Dubai are set to star in Spotlight Academy @ DUCTAC’s production of the acclaimed London West End musical Hairspray when it begins on July 13. The show will go on till July 17 at the Centrepoint Theatre, DUCTAC, Mall of the Emirates. Show timings are 7:30pm with additional shows on July 16th and 17th at 2:30pm. Olivier... 

The Time Is High For The Poor Man’s Gold

As world stock markets continue to fall, it is high time to consider precious metals, according to ArabianMoney.net’s, Peter Cooper. He believes that bond prices will soon peak as the stock market drops to a final low in the current bear cycle. “Rising government debt and heavy borrowing will then nudge up interest rates, world over. The... 

Green Technologies & Smiths Detection Named Winners Of Dubai Airport Freezone Business Awards

Green Technologies FZCO and Smiths Detection(Middle East) FZE scooped the lion’s share of the second Dubai Airport Free Zone’s Environment, Health & Safety Business Awards recently instituted for organizations operating within the Free Zone premises. Airbus Middle East and Italian iGuzzini Lighting manufacturer were named the winners...