noon.com, the region’s homegrown digital marketplace and Saudi e-tailer, lit up the Burj Khalifa to celebrate Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s birthday on the evening of Tuesday, 2nd November. The show on the world’s tallest tower paid tribute to the Indian actor, producer and television personality’s 56th birthday with a personalized video featuring a ‘Happy […]

Aiming to preserve the ancient Palestinian embroidery technique Tatreez, also known as cross stitch, UAE social enterprise 81 Designs will conduct special workshops during Dubai Design Week on November 9 and 10.   Visitors are open to sit in a two-hour session from 11:30am to 1:30pm at R05 Building 6 in Dubai Design District, where they […]

Dubai Industries & Exports (Dubai IE), the exports promotion and industrial development agency of Dubai Economy, led a team of 13 companies from the UAE to Anuga, the leading global trade fair for the food and beverage (F&B) industry that took place in the German city of Cologne. Dubai IE led the companies to the […]

Ajman University (AU) launched its spring admissions campaign on October 31 at its booth in Najah Dubai EXPO 2020. The two-day event organized by Najah from October 31-November 1 within the auspices of EXPO 2020 witnessed excellent response with students lining up at the AU booth to avail further information and apply to AU’s highly-ranked […]

Master developer Nakheel today launched the new Jebel Ali Village, a redevelopment of one of the most treasured areas of Dubai into an upscale residential community. Jebel Ali Village will be transformed into a gated, hillside collection of luxury villas set among lush green spaces, with an array of onsite amenities, including a mosque, bike […]

2021 has been a great year for corporate venture capital (CVC) investments so far, as the venture capital funding already crossed USD 79 billion, much higher than the total of last year’s USD 74 billion. In a rapidly changing business environment, innovating and responding to change via corporate entrepreneurship is key. The 5th annual GELLIFY Corporate Entrepreneurship […]

Emirates and TAP Air Portugal are further expanding their existing codeshare arrangement by adding 23 more destinations to the partnership from 2 November. This brings the total number of destinations where customers can enjoy seamless connectivity to over 90 points. TAP Air Portugal will place its code on popular Emirates flights to four additional Asian […]

Representatives of the mining sector, companies and Colombian leading officials are set to discuss the potentials and opportunities to invest in the country’s mineral resources in a series of upcoming conferences within the framework themed ‘Colombia Beyond El Dorado Mining Leyend’. The events, which will take place at the Colombia Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai, […]

Dubai SME, the agency of Dubai Economy mandated to develop the small and medium enterprise (SME) sector, has strengthened its partnerships with Global Village, the region’s leading multicultural family destination for culture, shopping, attractions, and entertainment, by signing an agreement to support Emirati business initiatives. The agreement, signed for the 26th season of Global Village, […]

The Dubai world expo is off to a great start, with Expo 2020 Dubai welcoming more than 2.3 million ticketed visits during the first month (official figures from Expo). In this context, France is proud to announce that more than 315,000 visitors have visited the France Pavilion in the same period. The fast-queue system is […]

Dubai will host 111 sports events in the month of November, including 20 top international events, four of which are world championships – the 25th Karate World Championships, IBF Bowling World Championships, FIDE World Chess Championship and the ICC Men’s Twenty20 World Cup. November will also see the highest ranked players on the European Tour’s Race […]

The number of men dying before their time is on the rise. Males face mental and physical illnesses with no one to turn to because society teaches men to mask their emotions. As part of Movember Awareness, the wellness studio INSPIRE is hosting a “Talking it out” event on Saturday, 6 November at 5 PM, […]

As the Asian-Pacific Amateur Championship kickstarts this week, players took time out of preparation for tournament for some sightseeing around the Burj Khalifa and Downtown Dubai. Players are L-R Ahmad Skaik, Yuxin Lin, Keita Nakajima and Puwit Anupansuebsai The 12th edition of the tournament takes place at the Dubai Creek Golf & Yacht Club from November […]

A team of Translation Studies students in the Department of Languages and Literature at UAEU cooperated with the Intercultural School of Interpreting and Translation (ISIT) in Paris to translate a documentary film on space exploration. The 35-minute documentary was produced by Virgil Novarina under the title “The internal telescope, a space story by d’Eduardo Kac”. […]

Thai Authentic Food & Health Week is bringing a whole new collection of fabulous activities to the Thailand Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai. Welcoming visitors from across the globe and taking them on a journey through the delicious, health-inducing tastes of authentic Thai cuisine, the colourful event will feature an exciting series of immersive performances, […]

About 300,000 people visited the Italian Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai in its first month, making it one of the most viewed among those of the 190 countries participating in the Universal Exhibition. With a growth of 100,000 visitors in the latest week (twice as many as in the previous one),the Pavilion also benefits from […]

In celebration of Diwali, Emirates will be offering customers festive treats on-board all flights to India from 2nd to 6th November. Customers travelling to/from Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Cochin, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Thiruvananthapuram, Kolkata, and Mumbai will enjoy a selection of delicious, traditional sweets, packaged in exclusively designed, colourful boxes. Economy Class customers travelling with Emirates will be served […]

Emirates Group Security, the industry leader in aviation security services in the UAE, has been awarded one of the highest accolades in the region for business excellence, the Sheikh Khalifa Excellence Award (SKEA). Emirates Group Security’s clear demonstration of excellence through strong industry leadership, positive performance, giving back for the benefit of the industry, and […]

Artissima Art Agency introduces the Dubai Art Expo with a record of over 500 artists from over 170 countries with the grand opening on 4th November at the Meydan Hotel with visual artists, followed by performances from five continents including Art Talks and Shows. The event is held under the Patronage of H. E Sheikh […]

Keren KayemethLeIsrael-Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF)and Israel’s Ministry of Construction and Housing will join forces at the Expo Dubai 2020 with a physical and online hybrid event on“Sustainable Regional Planning: Balancing Development and the Environment”, scheduled to take place on November 3rd and 4th, 2021. Speakers will include leading experts and senior officials from KKL-JNF, the […]

Two UAE government top officials have joined the world’s most influential people on the 2021 Agile 50 List, which recognises the contributions of leaders in agile governance for navigating disruption. The announcement was made by the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Future Council on Agile Governance. Ohood bint Khalfan Al Roumi, Minister of State for […]

Expo 2020 Dubai organisers have hailed the first month of the event as a “huge success”, announcing an impressive 2,350,868 visits from 1st to 31st October, with a host of memorable events, entertainment and seminars attracting people from the UAE, region and beyond. So far, 28 percent of visits were made by persons under 18 […]

SK Sports Holding, founded by Sports Icons Clarence Seedorf and Khabib Nurmagomedov, announced today the launch of Seedorf Khabib Performance Club, a football school with a unique training methodology that will combine football and mixed martial arts (MMA). The agreement means that youngsters around the world will have the possibility to develop their sport and social abilities. […]

His Highness Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, Chairman of Dubai Airports and Chairman and Chief Executive of Emirates Airline and Group emphasized the importance of Dubai Airshow 2021 during a press conference held in Dubai today. H.H. Sheikh Ahmed described the event as an opportunity to reconnect the […]

The top stars of international bowling will be Dubai this month as Dubai Bowling Centre hosts the International Bowling Federation’s World Championships from November 6 to 26. A total of 512 bowlers from 46 countries have signed up for the championships, with 247 of them competing in the elite Super World Championship (Nov 6-15), 217 […]

Riot Games, the developer behind the popular Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) video game League of Legends, took over Dubai’s iconic Burj Khalifa last night (Sunday 31st October) as it gears up to launch its hotly anticipated animated Netflix series Arcane, which will premiere globally on Netflix, November 6-7. As a clear statement of its […]

In the presence of His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, Chairman of Dubai Airports, Chairman and Chief Executive of Emirates Airline & Group and the Chairman of the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy; Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (Empower), the world’s largest district cooling services provider, signed […]

Emirates has signed a contract with UAE-based Falcon Aircraft Recycling on a pioneering initiative, where its first retired A380 aircraft will be upcycled and recycled, dramatically reducing the environmental impact of the deconstruction process and drastically reducing landfill waste. The extensive materials recovery and repurposing activities will be entirely conducted in the UAE, the airline’s […]

Dubai Miracle Garden, the largest natural flower garden in the world, is returning for its tenth season, a milestone in the award-winning garden’s journey. To mark the opening of the new season on Monday, the garden has been decked up with a range of never-before-seen floral installations that promise a multi-sensory experience. Dubai Miracle Garden […]

Kicking off on Friday 5th November with Bedouin, Dubai’s leading beach club WHITE Beach and Ibizan powerhouse, The Night League, continue to welcome an unbeatable lineup of the world’s biggest DJ’s to Palmarama, the city’s first-ever winter event residency. Following standout performances throughout October by Damian Lazarus and Jamie Jones, which bought the house down, eventgoers […]

The Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government (MBRSG) has hosted a discussion on the Arabic-language, with the conversation taking place in the presence of Abdulla Ali bin Zayed Al Falasi, director-general of Dubai Government Human Resources Department and chairman of the MBRSG’s Board of Trustees; and H.EDr Ali bin Sebaa Al Marri, Executive President of […]

Being organised under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mansoor bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai Sports Council, the 10th edition of the Tecnotree Intercontinental Beach Soccer Cup Dubai will kick off at Kite Beach on Tuesday with two continental champions, Portugal and Senegal, getting the proceedings started at 4pm. The hosts UAE will then take […]

The wide-scale disruption, decarbonization and digital transformation impacting four of the Middle East’s crucial economic sectors will be laid bare at Expo 2020 tomorrow (November 2) when the curtain rises on the inaugural three-day Hypermotion Dubai exhibition and conference series. An essential gathering for all in the region’s transport, logistics, mobility, and materials handling industries, […]

Citadines Metro Central Dubai, a premium hotel apartment provider centrally located in Barsha Heights has won the prestigious World Travel Award for ‘Dubai’s Leading Service Apartments 2021’. The property, which is a franchise of the Ascott Limited and managed by The First Collection, received the accolade at The World Travel Awards 2021, which sees winners […]

The Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) to open Dubai Office ahead of the 50th Anniversary of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between Japan and the United Arab Emirates The Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) has opened its Dubai office on November 1st, 2021, its first overseas office in the Middle East. “2022 is an important […]

Emirates has announced that it will reintroduce flights to Algiers, Algeria from 9 November. Flights from Dubai to Algiers will operate twice a week. The resumption of flights to Algiers boosts Emirates’ African network to 21 destinations, and represents a full restoration of the airline’s operations into North Africa. With the easing of travel restrictions, and the […]

Kind Lyfe, a homegrown vegan healthy snack startup is taking family recipes to the next level by conquering the isles of major supermarkets and online food retailers across the country. Kind Lyfe is a wholesome brand serving up delicious, guilt-free treats which was launched amidst the pandemic by three family members, Akshay Ramsinghani, his wife […]

Located in France and now in Dubai on the occasion of Expo 2020, the Immertech start-up has been selected to take part in this worldwide event, to be showcased on the France Pavilion until 31 March 2022. With its Voyager by Immertech® capsule, visitors can travel without moving. Designed as a spatio-temporal capsule in which […]

Members and visitors can gear up, load their playlists and unleash their stresses during an intense boxing workout that promises to burn calories and tone you in no time. Ringside Gym, located in Al Quoz, encourages newcomers and first-time gym-goers to skip being overwhelmed by all the cutting edge equipment found at regular gyms and […]

To celebrate the UAE Codes Day and in honour of the UAE’s numerous achievements in the fields of technology and innovation, Dubai Holding – a diversified global investment company with operations in 13 countries – organised a groupwide interactive virtual event in line with its ongoing employee engagement initiatives that aim to raise awareness about […]