DUBAI: Emirates and Dubai Future Accelerators an initiative of Dubai Future Foundation have launched the sixth cohort of the Accelerators programme with an opening ceremony to welcome the seven participant teams at Emirates Towers. The opening event was attended by Adel Al Redha, Emirates’ Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer, Khalfan Belhoul, CEO, Dubai Future Foundation, along with senior …

DUBAI: It is history in the making for Gulf Craft as work on its first mega yacht progresses swiftly. The shipyard revealed the on-going work of art to the journalists during a tour of its state-of-the-art facility. Impressed by the masterpiece and choice of materials used onboard, the journalists got a chance to meet the design team involved in this …

DUBAI: Millennium Hotels and Resorts, Middle East and Africa (MEA), one of the fastest growing hotel management companies in the region and Deyaar Development PJSC, one of the UAE’s leading property development and real estate services companies, yesterday opened the Millennium Atria Business Bay that will serve a growing hospitality and tourism sector, especially the Expo 2020 visitor traffic. Saeed …

DUBAI: dnata Travel has been named “Favourite Travel Agent” at the annual Condé Nast Traveller Middle East Readers’ Choice Awards. The awards were presented at a gala dinner in Dubai, in front of the region’s leading travel and hospitality operators. “We are proud to be voted the most preferred travel agent by the readers of Condé Nast Traveller Middle East,” said Antonio Fellino, Vice President …

DUBAI: Dubai International (DXB) is gearing up to extend a special welcome to the thousands of athletes, family members and support staff who will be arriving into the city this week for the upcoming Special Olympics World Games Abu Dhabi 2019. Dubai Airports is working with its service partners such as airlines including home carriers Emirates airline and flydubai, dnata, …

Sports Desk ABU DHABI: Etihad Airways, official airline partner of Special Olympics World Games Abu Dhabi 2019, has delivered the World Games Flame of Hope to the UAE capital. The flame was carried in a specially designed cradle yesterday on a Boeing 787-9 aircraft sporting the airline’s new Special Olympics livery, which proudly displays the images of four UAE Special …

DUBAI: Recognised for innovation, growth and commitment to passenger experience, CEO Paul Griffiths and the Dubai International (DXB) team were honoured with an Outstanding Achievement award at the recent Conde Nast Traveller Middle East Readers’ Choice Awards. Editor in Chief of the prolific consumer travel magazine, Rhea Saran, presented the award after personally commending the airport’s five-year success as World’s …

DUBAI: Mr. Munir Jamil Khoury will be driving away a brand new car after his ticket number 0202 in Series no.1712 was picked as lucky winner of an Audi Q8 3.0 (Dragon Orange Metallic) in the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Surprise Draw after the awarding ceremony of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships Men’s final yesterday evening. The winning ticket …

BANGKOK: Thai Airways International Public Company Limited (THAI) arranged additional special flights to and from Frankfurt today and operated flights to London with larger aircraft on 3 March, 2019, in order to transport more stranded passengers speedily. Mr. Sumeth Damrongchaitham, THAI President, said that passengers were stranded at Suvarnabhumi Airport after a sudden closure of Pakistani airspace on 27 February …

By Rafiq Vayani DUBAI: Emirates, the Official Airline of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, offered tennis fans a once in a lifetime experience to meet their tennis hero and legend, Roger Federer. The “Emirates ball flight”, a fan favorite, offered tennis enthusiasts the chance to win two final match tickets and to meet the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships …