Dubai: A new app has launched in the UAE that offers users a ‘microstay’ of three, six, or 12 hours in a hotel room, hoping to capture business travellers in transit, and families tired after long days of shopping. Spaniards Christian Rodriguez and ... ( read original story ...)
One year on: Al Hilal Bank CEO Alex Coelho
The beauty of a bank of our size [1,500 staff, 100,000 customers, 25 UAE branches and three more in Kazakhstan] is that we don’t have a doubt on what we need to do. It’s just the pace of execution that’s important.” He lists his other key task as ... ( read original story ...)
Expo 2020 Dubai: building a legacy
This leads to questions on the real estate impact of World Expo 2020 in Dubai, an event that has generated an estimated $50 billion (Dh183.62 billion) in direct and indirect investments, with $8 billion being allocated to transport and infrastructure ... ( read original story ...)
Battle against obesity in UAE starts with slashing sugar in food products
told Gulf News in the capital on Thursday. “Our records showed a concerning increase in childhood obesity in the emirate of Abu Dhabi between 2010 and 2015. In fact, the proportion of children carrying excess weight increases steadily through the grades ... ( read original story ...)
Bridal clothes donated in Dubai will help educate Ethiopian girls
Dubai: Bridal clothes donated by humanitarians in Dubai will soon help educate underprivileged girls in Ethiopia. Shaikha Manal Bint Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, president of the Dubai Women Establishment and wife of Shaikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan ... ( read original story ...)
Dubai’s Deyaar starts handover of Mont Rose project
Listed on the Dubai Financial Market, Deyaar is majority-owned by Dubai Islamic Bank. Subscribe to Arabian Business' newsletter to receive the latest breaking news and business stories in Dubai,the UAE and the GCC straight to your inbox. ( read original story ...)
Dubai film festival to become biennial, skipping this year
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – The Dubai International Film Festival says it will skip holding the event this year, instead becoming biennial and reconvening in 2019. The film festival made the announcement late on Wednesday night, saying the decision ... ( read original story ...)
UK judge grants billionaire’s former wife ownership of $540m yacht impounded in Dubai
There is, conversely, a possibility, that if no such order is made, {Ms Akhmedov’s] efforts to enforce the judgement in Dubai could fail altogether.” In a statement from London provided to Gulf News on Thursday by Akhmedova’s legal team, her lawyers ... ( read original story ...)
Boy honoured for alerting Dubai Police on cash found under ATM
The boy refused to leave the spot and pointed to the money under the ATM,” Brig Bin Galita told Gulf News. The father used the flashlight on his phone to look what was under the ATM and saw the cash. He called Dubai Police who arrived and collected the ... ( read original story ...)
British judge orders $540m yacht in Dubai ‘vested’ with ex-wife
There is, conversely, a possibility, that if no such order is made, {Ms Akhmedov’s] efforts to enforce the judgement in Dubai could fail altogether.” In a statement from London provided to Gulf News on Thursday by Akhmedova’s legal team, her lawyers ... ( read original story ...)