Monthly Archives: August 2014

The Abu Dhabi inflation rate in consumer prices for the first seven months of 2014 was 2.8%, compared with the same period of 2013,...

If you are planning a trip to Dubai, you will need to be prepared for a heavy spending – the sunny emirate is known...

The eagerly awaited Burj Daman apartments in DIFC are finally ready to be rented out and occupied. One of Dubai’s most sophisticated developments is...

Hilton Hotels & Resorts, Hilton Worldwide's flagship brand with more than 550 properties across six continents, has launched a new phase in its "Our...

If you are still not convinced that Dubai is a must-visit destination, then the city’s latest online project will easily change your mind. This...

Dubai-based humanitarian Maria Conceicao was recently awarded a double Guinness World Record for her conquest of this year’s 777 Ultramarathon Challenge, a seven full-distance...

Nations from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) gathered at an urgent meeting on Wednesday to discuss joint measures for prevention and control of the...

Great news! The key to happiness has just been found and it is not what you’d expect. Researchers have discovered that lower expectations play...

Only 1.3 billion people, or one in four adults, globally worked full time for an employer in 2013, according to an international survey. The...

Earlier this week, a number of websites experienced major outages. Users from various countries and regions were not able to access them for an...

One of the world’s leading real estate consultancies reported that hotel property market and retail sector maintained positive trends in the second quarter 2014....

Despite ethical questions, the World Health Organization approved untested Ebola drugs for use against the deadly virus in West Africa. The epidemic, which was...

Dubai saw an impressive increase in the number of tourists who came to the emirate during the Eid holidays. Earlier this week, the General...

Amazon, the biggest online retailer, just introduced a credit card reader and a mobile payment app, which targets small and medium-sized brick-and-mortar stores. Competing...

The Bride Show, known as one of the Middle East’s top wedding and lifestyle events, will make its comeback in 2015. The dates for...

Europe Bears Brunt of Falling Sentiment but Emerging Markets Thrive Rising geo-political temperatures combined with the threat of rising U.S. interest rates have led global...

Samsung, Google and Emirates top the mid-year brand rankings in UAE, recently released by research firm YouGov. During the first half of 2014, Facebook...

This month, the world marks the 20th anniversary of online shopping. Twenty years ago, in 1994, the very first online purchase or secure retail...