MANAMA: Bahrain took part in the World Travel Market (WTM) which began in London yesterday. The participation of Bahrain came as part of efforts to attract tourists through this grand international event which brings together 5,000 tourism and airline companies and travel services suppliers. Information Ministry tourism promotion and marketing project chief executive Mohammed Nass …
MUSCAT — His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said will preside over the annual meeting of the Council of Oman at the council hall in Al Khuwair today. His Majesty the Sultan will deliver a speech in which he will review the progress of the development projects being implemented, their features and horizons in realising a …
Lire la suite His Majesty to preside over Council of Oman meet today
KUWAIT: Most Gulf share markets dropped for the second straight day yesterday as a strong rebound in Asian stocks failed to offset anxieties about the regional economy. Only the Omani market was up slightly, while the other five bourses dipped as investors appeared to take the view that the global crisis may have a deeper …
Fujairah: The UAE faces a slowdown in loan growth and real estate activity as it grapples with the fallout of the global financial crisis, policymakers said. States in the world’s biggest oil-exporting region are expecting the global problems to put the brakes on a regional econ-omic boom supported by six years of high oil prices. …
Qatar Airways (QA) said yesterday it has secured a $500 million (Dh1,836m) 12-year finance lease from BNP Paribas, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Deutsche Bank, Standard Chartered Bank and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Europe for the purchase of three Boeing 777 aircraft. The aircraft are scheduled for delivery by the year-end, the Doha-based carrier said in a …
Lire la suite Qatar Airways gets $500m loan for three Boeing planes
It’s big in every sense of the word – a vast retail temple of glass and marble stretching over the equivalent of 50 football fields. Complete with one of the world’s biggest indoor aquariums, an Olympic-sized ice rink and one of the largest cinemas in the Middle East, The Dubai Mall is a landmark like …
UAE jewellers are planning an aggressive expansion into China which they believe will continue to boom despite the worldwide economic turmoil. China is an emerging retail market for diamonds and jewellery with growth fuelled by the economic growth along the coastal belt and demand from the prosperous young generation. And jewellers in China say they …
High fuel costs sent Emirates’ net profits for the first six months ending September 30, 2008, down 88 per cent to Dh284 million ($77.3 million) from Dh2.36 billion for the same period in 2007. The airline said its fuel spending in the first half of this year more than doubled to Dh9.2bn from last year’s …
Regular flights to internal destinations in Abu Dhabi are to be offered for the first time by executive jet and helicopter operator Falcon Aviation Services. The company will also consolidate service between Abu Dhabi’s Emirates Palace and Dubai’s Burj Al Arab. « Without doubt this new launch and expansion in the private aviation sector reflects the …
Lire la suite Falcon to offer regular flights to destinations in Abu Dhabi
Stock markets in the oil-rich Gulf states continued to bleed on Tuesday, led by the Dubai bourse, as investors remained jittery over the pessimistic global economic outlook. Investors are becoming increasingly concerned over the future of Gulf economies as the price of oil, the main source of income, has dropped sharply coupled with reports of …
