DLD Stresses Importance of Dealing with Accredited Real Estate Brokers
Dubai Land Department (DLD) stresses the importance of dealing with accredited and licensed real estate brokers who hold a real estate broker card issued...
VAT in UAE Will Curb Unhealthy Consumption
The price of fizzy drinks and tobacco is about to go up. The Federal National Council last week approved a draft law setting up...
Amazon Makes It Free for Developers to Build Alexa Skills
New program offers AWS promotional credits for developers to put toward their Alexa skill
Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) announced a new program that will make it free...
Another step closer to VAT implementation in GCC
The Ministry of Finance in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has recently launched a series of Value Added Tax (VAT) and excise awareness sessions...
DXB Wows Passengers with the World’s Fastest Free Airport Wi-Fi
Dubai Airports has unleashed the world’s fastest free wi-fi connection at an airport to millions of passengers that travel through DXB each month. Aptly...
2017 Technology, Media and Telecommunication Predictions for Middle East
In its 5th year of releasing TMT predictions with specific relevance to the MENA region, Deloitte continues to supply industry insights based on deep...
Dubai – Best City for Expats in MENA, 74th Globally
Dubai ranks 74th globally in overall quality of living, making it the number one city in the Middle East and Africa region for...
World’s Busiest Passenger Airport: Dubai International Retains Third Place
More than 104 million passengers flew through Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in 2016, making it the world's busiest airport in the world for the...
Dubai Real Estate Assets Returns Topped 120% Over a Decade
Nearly 10 years have passed since the World Financial Crisis, which commenced with a collapse in the sub-prime mortgage market in the USA. It...
Jumeirah Central makes international debut at world’s leading property show
Jumeirah Central, Dubai’s new urban mixed-use district, will make its international debut at MIPIM 2017, the annual gathering of the world’s most influential international...
Sales of Alexa enabled devices to exceed 60 million in 2020
Amazon's voice assistant Alexa could bring the e-commerce giant $10 billion of revenues by 2020. The digital assistant installed in Echo smart speakers is...
A Completely Transformed Four Seasons Hotel New York
Over the last two decades, Four Seasons Hotel New York has consistently set the bar for quintessential Manhattan residential living. Now the magnificent collection...
151 Million People Used Public Busses in Dubai in 2016
The Public Transport Agency, Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) in Dubai revealed that its public buses had lifted 151.1 million riders last year. The...
Dubai closes down 8,894 social network accounts for peddling counterfeits
Accounts displaying counterfeits were found to have over 94.5 million followers
Round-the-clock vigil to eliminate counterfeiting and ensure electronic compliance
Part of safeguarding...
100,000 Open Hotel Rooms in EMEA and Counting
Ahead of this year’s International Hotel Investment Forum in Berlin, Hilton (NYSE: HLT) has announced that it has passed the milestone of 100,000 hotel...
Is a Second OPEC Cut on The Cards?
OPEC's coordinated effort to curtail global supply has so far managed to put a floor under oil prices, which have been sitting modestly above...
Gate Village 11 development named ‘The Exchange’
Following the appointment of Khansaheb as the main contractor for the project in July 2016, concrete works of the substructure have been completed, with...
Confidence Returning to Oil and Gas Recruitment as Oil Price Stabilises
A review of the employment environment in the energy sector by Petroplan has found that, despite a major contraction in the value of the...