Tag: Coronavirus Impact
Dubai’s Higher Education Sector Optimistic About 2021
Dubai International Academic City, Dubai Knowledge Park expect the UAE to enhance its position as a leading hub for higher education in the future
Dubai...
The Return of the Middle East Investor in 2021
A combination of the coronavirus and plunging oil prices has resulted in a fall in outbound Middle East global commercial real estate investment in...
Overcoming ‘Work from Home’ Security Challenges: Security Beyond the VPN
With the remote working trend on the rise due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many IT managers and corporate leaders have naturally been concerned about...
5 Big Questions Real Estate Is Asking in 2021
At the start of 2021, the real estate industry has a lot to mull over.
Companies are grappling with work-from-home policies and the role of...
21 Years of Airline Passenger Traffic Growth Wiped out in 2020
Global passenger traffic was down an estimated 67% this year versus 2019 and was reduced to 1999 levels
Travel restrictions to curb COVID-19 forced airlines...
2021’s Major Investment Risks, Opportunities
Investment headwinds will “still exceed the tailwinds” in 2021 – but there could be more “major opportunities now than in perhaps the last 10 years”...
Emirates SkyCargo Transports 1st Batch of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccines
In recognition of the invaluable contribution by the healthcare ecosystem, Emirates SkyCargo transports the vaccine free of charge
Vaccine doses flown, offloaded and cleared on...
UAE Hospitality Sector Requires Vital Support to Navigate Post-Covid-19 Economy
A new report from a high-level hospitality industry think tank has recommended 15 actions needed to help the UAE’s hotel industry survive the impact...
GCC Real Estate: Cyclical or Structural Conundrum
Industrial vs. retail antithesis to continue; newer models to drive future office space demand
The Covid-19 crisis has accelerated several emerging trends for GCC’s real...
Emirates Restarts Flights to Istanbul
Emirates has announced it will resume daily flights to Istanbul from 21 December*.
In tandem with the gradual return of travel confidence and demand, Emirates...
Arab Petroleum Investments Corporation Highlights Economic Opportunities, Challenges for MENA Countries...
Arab Petroleum Investments Corporation (APICORP) highlights the economic opportunities and challenges for MENA countries under COVID-19These opportunities include bringing production closer to consuming markets...
Abu Dhabi to Resume All Activities within Two Weeks
The Abu Dhabi Emergency, Crisis and Disasters Committee for the COVID-19 Pandemic has announced that it has started working with all concerned and relevant...
Boom in Global Vaccine Investment to Benefit Real Estate Investors in...
Significant level of Research & Development investment into the global pharmaceutical and biotechnology sector
Since the outbreak of Covid-19, Investors are looking to diversify their...
Here’s How Many People COVID-19 Could Push into Poverty
COVID-19 is likely to push between 88 and 115 million people into extreme poverty, according to the Poverty and Shared Prosperity Report 2020.
South Asia...
World’s 10 Richest Fortune Soars by 56% to $1.1 Trillion Since...
As the rest of the world continues to recover from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic some of the global billionaires have benefitted from...
90% of UAE Flyers Will Change Travel Habits Post Covid
The largest global passenger survey since the health crisis, from Inmarsat, reveals the attitudes of almost 10,000 airline passengers globally
Three in five UAE flyers...
Tourism Industry to Lose Over $1 Trillion; Can Reduce Global GDP...
Tourism, which is the third largest export sector in the global economy, is among the worst impacted sectors by the global pandemic. According to...
Average Dubai Office Rents Down 6.5% in Q3
With the average office rents in Dubai falling by 6.5 per cent and prime office rents down by 4.7% in the year to the...