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Sponsored Link The popular Sports Lounge at Citymax Bur Dubai and Al Barsha launched a highly anticipated competition to give the Sports Lounge a new name. On Thursday 7 July from 6pm onwards, a naming ceremony will take place at the Sports Lounge in Bur Dubai revealing the new name – The Huddle Sports Lounge. The winning entry has been submitted... 

Economic Zones World Celebrates Dubai Quality Award Win

Economic Zones World recently hosted a dinner to recognize the contributions of its employees and celebrate Jafza’s Dubai Quality Award (DQA) win for excellence in the service sector. Jafza was one of only 3 companies in the Emirates to be awarded the prestigious Dubai Quality Award (DQA) for excellence in the service sector. Jafza was previously... 

AskDubai Contact Centre Becoming More Popular As A Unified Platform For eServices Of Government Entities

Dubai eGovernment has recently revealed that a monthly average of 20,000 inquiries about online services of Dubai government entities have been received in the first half of this year by its unified contact centre AskDubai on phone number 700040000. This indicates the success of the call centre as an effective unified point of contact providing information... 

Dubai Strengthens Trade Relations With South America To Further Boost Exports

Dubai Exports, an agency of the Dubai Department of Economic Development (DED), Government of Dubai, is progressing in further increasing its exports and trade relations with various organisations and institutions in South America particularly in the countries of Argentina,Brazil and Chile. After successfully launching a trade mission to South America... 

National Centre For Meteorology Warns Against Reduced Visibility, Rough Sea

Sponsored Link Visibility has been largely reduced in the Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah and Western areas thanks to a thick blanket of fog and dust funneled to the country from Southern Iraq, according to the National Centre for Meteorology and Seismology (NCMS) NCMS, in a statement, warned beachgoers and sailors not to venture out to sea as strong North-Western... 

UAE Launches Investment Map Highlighting Strategic Opportunities In The Country For Global Investors

His Excellency Eng. Mohammed Ahmed Bin Abdul Aziz Al Shehhi, Undersecretary of the UAE Ministry of Economy, today, announced the launch of the UAE Investment Map, at a special ceremony in Dubai in the presence of the Ministry’s strategic partners from both public and private sectors. Mr Al Shehhi said the initiative will promote the sustainable... 

UOWD To Hold 2 More Postgraduate Information Sessions In Abu Dhabi And Dubai This Weekend

Sponsored Link The University of Wollongong in Dubai (UOWD) is holding two more Postgraduate sessions in Abu Dhabi and Dubai this weekend, in response to the growing interest in postgraduate programs. One session will be held at Hilton Abu Dhabi on Friday, July 15, and the final one will take place at the UOWD campus in Knowledge Village on Saturday,... 

DP World Delivers Throughput Growth Of 11% Handling 26.2 Million TEU In The First Six Months Of The Year

DP World’s global portfolio of container terminals has continued to build on the excellent start to 2011 with the momentum continuing into the second quarter. Gross volumes for the first six months of the year were 26.2 million TEU or 11% ahead of the prior year. This performance was driven by strong growth in the Asia Pacific, UAE, Africa and... 

Dubai SME And Dun Bradstreet Signs Partnership On Privileges For Dubai SME 100 Companies

Dubai SME, the agency of the Department of Economic Development (DED), Government of Dubai, entrusted with the development of the small and medium enterprise (SME) sector, has signed a partnership agreement with Dun & Bradstreet (South Asia Middle East Ltd) to offer exclusive benefits to the top 100 SMEs in Dubai. The partnership will entitle... 

Dubai Taxi To Recruit Lady Cabbies

The Dubai Taxi Corporation (DTC), Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) is braced for recruiting lady cabdrivers to run its Ladies & Families Taxi Service. According to the Director of DTC Fleet Drivers Affairs Ammar bin Tamim, the DTC would hold a woman-exclusive open career expo to recruit potential lady cab drivers in collaboration with the Emirates...