Business & Money | Wednesday 30 December, 2015 6:03 am

MICHAEL B. JORDAN VISITS THE PIAGET MANUFACTURE

Following his attendance at the Dubai Film Festival and the premiere of his new film ‘Creed,’ world-renowned actor and longtime friend of Piaget, Michael B. Jordan, joined by celebrity stylist, Jeff Kim, traveled to Switzerland to visit the Maison’s watch...

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Business & Money | Wednesday 30 December, 2015 5:37 am

As 2015 comes to a close, Chris Sunbaigong, VP of honor looks to 2016 to unveil the top three hottest trends for 2016

  Living Online    2016 is the year when consumers in the Middle East will turn to digital more and more as they choose to live their everyday lives online – and why is that? The UAE and KSA come out as one of the highest internet usage penetration rates in the...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Wednesday 30 December, 2015 3:53 am

Major Win For Oman Air North India Travel Awards

Oman Air’s outstanding products and services have been acknowledged at the North India Travel Awards. At a glittering ceremony held on 8th December at the Hotel Crowne Plaza, Jaipur, the national carrier of the Sultanate of Oman was presented with the Best International Airline Award...

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Business & Money | Wednesday 30 December, 2015 3:40 am

Regional fabricators urged to take benefit of sliding Euro

The upcoming SteelFab 2016 will offer the regional steel fabrication and metal working industry an unprecedented opportunity to source machinery from Europe at an economical rate, thanks to the depreciating Euro against the US dollar.   Another key factor that will help the regional...

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Business & Money | Wednesday 30 December, 2015 3:01 am

‘KHC concludes 2015 with substantial achievements’

Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Alsaud, Chairman of Kingdom Holding Company (KHC), held a board meeting at the company’s HQ in Riyadh to oversee KHC’s performance in 2015, approve 2016 budget and operation strategy. Furthermore, the meeting outlined and fortified KHC’s diversified...

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Business & Money | Wednesday 30 December, 2015 2:58 am

Kingdom committed to social welfare schemes

Social Affairs Minister Majed Al-Qassabi has briefed the Shoura Council members on his ministry’s plans and programs aimed to boost services provided to different categories in the community. Addressing the 6th session of the Shoura Council here on Tuesday, the minister said he wanted to...

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Business & Money | Wednesday 30 December, 2015 2:57 am

Budget 2016: Business leaders laud vision for sustainable development

A wide cross-section of Saudi society including ministers, businesspeople, academics and government officials have welcomed the country’s realistic and developmental budget for the new year in the face of tough regional and global challenges. Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman...

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Business & Money | Wednesday 30 December, 2015 2:12 am

Deloitte: Beyond “Big Data”, it is time to think about “iData”

The rapid pace of digitization means that the world today is markedly different to 20 years ago when only 1% of the global population had an internet connection. Forty percent of people around the world had access to the internet in 2015, and in the majority of the Middle East countries, internet...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Wednesday 30 December, 2015 1:44 am

Turkish Airlines inaugurates its first flight to Zaporizhzhia (Ukraine)

With existing services to Kiev, Odessa, Dneprepetrovsk, Lvov and Kherson, Turkish Airlines now adds Zaporizhzhia, one of the largest cities in Ukraine to its expanding network.    Beginning from today, Zaporizhzhia flights will be operated 4 times...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 29 December, 2015 5:42 pm

Consumers Hopeful Despite Challenges, Increasingly Driven To Make The World A Better Place, Ford Trend Report Shows

In a world of constant and dramatic change, new insights from Ford’s Looking Further with Ford 2016 trend report reveal a renewed sense of inspiration and ingenuity among consumers striving for a better quality of life in the New Year – motivated more than ever to make the world a...

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