Dubai leads the world on recovery from Coronavirus, Metro opens with Guidlines
Dubai Metro Restarts With New Stickers Giving Safety Advices To Contain The Spread of COVID-19 As Dubai Metro resumes operations from Sunday, 26 April, Dubai Government has installed new safety and etiquette signage across public transport to raise awareness of…
Friday, 24th April 2020 1st of Ramadan in UAE
ABU DHABI, 23rd April, 2020 — The moon-sighting committee has announced that Friday 24th April, 2020 will be the first day of the Holy Month of Ramadan in the UAE. Sultan bin Saeed Al Badi, Minister of Justice and Chairman…
How Expo 2020 Dubai will bring the world together again
As the executive committee of the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) that oversees the world fairs has agreed to a proposal to postpone Expo 2020 Dubai we can now start working on making what would have been the greatest show…
Why Coronavirus Cannot Kill Aviation
Not long ago, the biggest concern facing commercial aviation was whether Airbus and Boeing could produce enough aircraft to keep up with demand. Industry leaders fretted about how quickly they could ramp up production and whether the supply chain could…
Emirates Suspends 70 Per Cent Of Routes
Emirates has announced it is suspending flights to more destinations in light of ongoing COVID-19 outbreak and restrictions on air travel. The total number of destinations affected now stands at 111, which means Emirates has temporarily suspended more than 70% of…
UAE to suspend all visa on arrival from March 19
Dubai: The UAE will temporarily suspend issuing all visas on arrival from March 19, Gulf News learnt. The UAE Embassy in London said on Twitter on Wednesday that from March 19, there will be no visas on arrival for travelers…
UAE cancels all pre-approved visas including workpermits
Dubai: Amid Coronavirus UAE Government has cancelled all types of new visas issued prior to March 17, visitors workers entering UAE on the visis issued prior to March 17 2020 will not be allowed to enter the country. According to…
Dubai to benefit from 1 million hotel room nights amid major business event wins
DUBAI, 5th February, 2020 — Dubai Business Events, DBE, recorded a total of 301 successful bids for meetings, conferences and incentives in 2019, set to attract an expected 150,095 delegates to Dubai over the coming years. This will deliver approximately…
Dubai Airport busiest for international traffic for 6th year running
DUBAI, 5th February, 2020 — Dubai International, DXB, has retained its position as the world’s number one hub for international passengers for the sixth consecutive year with annual traffic for 2019 reaching 86.4 million – 6 million more than the…
Dubai’s Burj Al Arab crowned best hotel in world for second year in row
DUBAI, 28th January, 2020 — Burj Al Arab has been recognised as the ‘Best Hotel in the World’ as well as the ‘Best Hotel in the Middle East’ at the prestigious ‘Ultimate Luxury Travel Related Awards’, ULTRAs, for the second…
Abu Dhabi Airports welcome ‘climate-friendly’ Etihad Boeing 787 Greenliner
ABU DHABI, 29th January, 2020 — Abu Dhabi Airports has welcomed the arrival of Etihad Airways’ Greenliner at Abu Dhabi International Airport, AUH, where it touched down following its journey from Boeing’s manufacturing and delivery center located in Charleston, South…
Global Village measures up to top entertainment destinations in the world
DUBAI, 22nd January 2020 – Latest global data reveals that Global Village, the leading multi-cultural festival park and the region’s first family destination for culture, shopping and entertainment, measures up to the world’s top entertainment destinations for average daily visitation….
UAE invests AED1 trillion in airport infrastructure: GCAA Director-General
DUBAI, 8th January, 2020 — The UAE has so far invested AED1 trillion (US$270 billion) in airport infrastructure development projects highlighted the General Civil Aviation Authority’s Director-General. In a statement released by the UAE aviation authority, Saif Mohammed Al Suwaidi…
Op-Ed: New visa to transform tourism sector in UAE
ABU DHABI, 8th January, 2020 — The International Media followed with great interest the Resolution of the UAE Cabinet that approved the multi-entry tourist visa for the UAE for a period of five years for all nationalities, which can be…
Dubai to host Middle East’s new transport and logistics exhibition in Dubai South
DUBAI, 6th January, 2020 — Reed Exhibitions will organised SiTL Middle East, a brand-new trade show focused on showcasing the latest developments in the transport and logistics sector, at Dubai South from 16th to 18th November, 2020, to allow government…
