Kia Middle East and Africa, the regional division of the Korean auto company, has won a contract to supply 60 units of the Kia Quoris luxury sedan to the Kuwait National Assembly. Read More »

Citi Bahrain, the Gulf nation’s extension of the international Citibank banking group, won awards for the Best Consumer Internet Bank and the Best Corporate/Institutional Internet Bank at Global Finance’s 2015 awards for the Middle East and Africa. Read More »

National Bank of Oman, one of the Gulf nation’s largest banks, has implemented CRMnext in all its branches and offices to help create a single tech system that manages the customer experience. CRMnext software will be used in all of the bank’s service areas. Read More »

Al Habtoor City, a resort in Dubai, United Arab Emirates slated to open in the last quarter of the year, will feature three hotels with a variety of upscale banquet facilities that will be available for weddings, conferences and other functions. Read More »

Smartworld has earned Cisco Gold Certification, meaning it has met stringent standards in networking competency, service, support and customer satisfaction. Rabih Dabboussi, managing director of Cisco United Arab Emirates, lauded Smartworld and its efforts. Read More »

Qatar Airways announced its cargo division will be able to fly to Djibouti beginning Friday, providing an opportunity for growth for the airline that considers Africa an important market. Qatar Airways also has freight service to six other African nations. Read More »

Operated by Abu Dhabi Terminals, the port set a new productivity record by handling more than 2,600 containers in just under 13 hours when the CMA CGM Thames, a tanker with the capacity to carry 9,365 containers, called into Khalifa Port on July 21. Read More »

The new boutique features a VIP room for special visitors to peruse the selection privately. There is also a resident master watchmaker who offers exclusive services and can customize pieces to give customers the precise services they may require. Read More »

Mindware, a Dubai-based distributor, recently improved its enterprise resource planning solutions on its Cloud-based application using ORION 11j from 3i Infotech. This is the first time 3i Infotech has used ERP applications on a Cloud-based platform. Read More »

A large apartment in the Dancing Fountain View complex is available in 29 Boulevard, one of Dubai's hottest neighborhoods. Gulf Sotheby’s International Realty has listed the 1,231-square-foot apartment, which has two bedrooms and two-and-a-half baths.  Read More »

The company has improved 70 percent of its network throughout Oman as part of its three-year efforts to modernize. As part of the upgrades, it also plans to implement additional 2G, 3G+, and 4G sites for the upcoming Khareef Festival in Salalah. Read More »

With a predicted tourism boom on the horizon, theme parks are expected to bring more than $1.3 billion into Dubai’s economy by 2020, which is good news for amusement operators as they gear up to take the region’s theme park industry to the next level. Read More »

The Dubai Smart View was designed to get electronic government services to the targeted segment of consumers who most need them. Smart View was part of a capstone project undertaken by the university’s Information Technology undergraduate students. Read More »

Construction has started on the university’s new $9.5 million residential facilities. The 60 residences under construction will add to ADU’s current 103 on-campus faculty and staff accommodation units, and 101 off-campus units in Abu Dhabi and Al Ain. Read More »

The rising water table under Doha poses a threat to drinking water, fish stocks and public health as pollution enters the area’s groundwater and makes its way out to sea. The groundwater also is a difficulty for Doha’s major infrastructure projects. Read More »

Property Trader, a leading property and real estate company based in the United Arab Emirates, recently launched a new website at www.propertytrader.ae. Read More »

Qatar Airways issued a statement denying recent reports that the airline is interested in obtaining a stake in the low-cost Indian airline SpiceJet. This is not the first time that rumors of Qatar Airways interest in SpiceJet have come up. Read More »

Etihad Airways President and CEO James Hogan addressed an audience of around 4,000 at the 2015 Global Business Travel Association Convention in Orlando, Florida, emphasizing consumer choice and innovation as drivers of competition in the industry. Read More »

The honor was given at the recent ITP Technology .Gov Awards, a yearly event in the Gulf Cooperation Council that showcases smart government achievements intended to leverage information technology to drive progress and improve the lives of citizens. Read More »

National Bank of Fujairah (NBF) has launched “NBF GenNext,” a leadership program designed to help the sons and daughters of the bank’s corporate and institutional banking clients develop business leadership skills. Read More »