Month: January 2017

Sharjah, Jun 07th, 2009 His Highness Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, UAE Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, opened the Maritime Museum, here today, in presence of HH Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Crown Prince and Deputy Ruler of Sharjah and HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Salem bin Sultan Al […]

Dubai Summer Surprises, the Dubai’s biggest summer shopping and entertainment extravaganza, revealed its calendar of events for its twelfth edition in an exclusive press conference held at The Sheraton Towers, Kuwait, on Monday, June 1, 2009. The conference was attended by Ibrahim Saleh, Coordinator General of the DSF Office, and senior officials from Emirates airline […]

Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) has held a meeting with the representatives of hotels, hotel apartments and major tour operators at the One and Only Royal Mirage to review DSS The Dubai Summer Surprise promotional campaign to boost the number of visitors and hotel occupancy in Dubai. The meeting was attended among […]

Sharjah, 22nd May 2009 (WAM) In a move to preserve Arab children’s culture during a time of globalization and digital cultural revolution, the Arab Children’s Book Publishers Forum has announced the launch of the Etisalat Prize for the most distinguished Arabic children’s literature. With one million dirhams in prize money, this award will become the […]

WAM ABU DHABI, May 14th, 2009: Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority (ADTA) is to mount, along with 10 industry stakeholders, a strong destination business tourism proposition at the global meetings event IMEX, to be held in Frankfurt from May 26- 28. Tour operators, Travel Agents, hotels and the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC), will join […]

WAM Dubai, May 15th, 2009 (WAM)–The Dubai Road and Transports Authority (RTA) has completed construction of 40 -50 per cent of the road projects in the emirate, revealed HE Matter Al , Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of Roads ‘&’ Transport Authority (RTA). “With current achievements, the RTA has reduced the emirate’s losses […]

Leisurecorp and sporting legend Greg Norman today announced that tickets to one of the hottest events on golf’s calendar The Dubai World Championship (to be held from 19th November 2009) will be free to all. The move ensures that golf fans and those new to the game alike will now be able to see the […]

The InterContinental Dubai is launching one of the largest ever giveaways over Twitter, From Thursday 7th May, it will begin a summer of amazing prize giveaways, launching the first treasure hunt in Dubai to be directed by Twitter alerts. Every second Thursday until the 13th August 2009, the hotel will place a series of ‘Keast […]

Apr 28, 2009 – The award was received by Mrs. Amani El Torgoman, general manager and director of tourism operations, Travco Travel.For the fourth consecutive year, Travco Travel, the DMC under the Travco Group umbrella, has been recognized by the Hilton Family, one of the most recognized names in the global hospitality industry. Travco Travel […]

Dubai: Jamal Al Turki, technical director, preventive medicines, Ministry of Health (MoH), has said on Sunday thet “Currently there is no actual threat of swine flu to the UAE. We are monitoring the situation,”. Al Turki said: “This particular type of flu can be transmitted by being close to pigs; so in this regard there […]