Healthcare sector growth to create more jobs
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May 202012
Increased demand and opportunities for recruits at UAE hospitals
The healthcare sector in the MENA region is gearing for a vigorous expansion of 14% per year in job opportunities. This forecast is amplified by the fact that support occupations worldwide will expand by 34.5% until 2020.
This robust growth is very positive news on several fronts: for the UAE economy, the healthcare sector, the individual hospitals and supporting institutions. The news will also be warmly applauded by graduates, Read more [...]
Tourism?Gets a Thumbs Up
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May 202012
Ranch resort
An evening of the Nigerian Tourism Investment dinner provided another platform for industry stakeholders to rub minds. Adewole Ajao attended the event, which also witnessed the launch of a novel publication on West African luxury resorts
There were enough reasons to be upbeat about the travel and tourism sector. One of the numerous signs was the WTTC’s (World Travel and Tourism) positive forecast on Nigeria. With the expected rise in tourism’s contribution to GDP, employment Read more [...]
Single GCC visa for cruise tourists soon
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May 202012
A plan for a single visa system for cruise passengers across the GCC countries has been discussed for nearly four years. According to a senior Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing official, it may finally materialize by September this year.
A single visa for all the GCC countries is what many industry insiders are hoping for. The visa process will be eased for cruise passengers, making the cruise tourism more appealing to a wider spectrum of international travellers. Therefore, region’s Read more [...]
May 202012
A brave petrol station salesman and his colleague overpowered a gang of thieves who tried to rob an Eppco petrol station in the Al Qusais area of Dubai on Friday morning.
The Dubai Police have launched a manhunt for the gang members who fled the crime scene, after the attempted robbery was sabotaged by the timely action of the two employees.
The robbery attempt took place at 2.45 am on Friday and has shocked petrol station and convenient store staff, especially those doing night shifts.
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May 192012
Sat May 19, 2012 10:27am EDT
* Bahrain, Qatar, UAE issue travel warnings for Lebanon
* Fighting in north prompted by Syria sectarian tensions* Tourists from Gulf important for Lebanon's economy
(Adds Bahrain issues travel warning for Lebanon)DUBAI, May 19 (Reuters) - Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab
Emirates urged their citizens to stay away from Lebanon, citing
security concerns in a country where fighting prompted by
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May 192012
By A Staff Reporter — MUSCAT — During the recently held Arab Travel Market (ATM) in Dubai, Taameer Investment (SAOC), in the presence of elite international and Omani travel and tourism senior executives headed by Maitha al Mahrouqia, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Tourism, and some top executives from Oman Air, signed a ‘Hospitality Management Contract’ with Shaza Hotels.
The contract was signed by Suleiman bin Masoud al Harthi, CEO of Taameer Investment and Simon Coombs, CEO of Shaza Read more [...]
May 192012
The forum held atthe Zayed University Campus in Dubaiwas aimed at raising awareness of environmentally-friendly practices at the individual and organizational level besides highlighting green initiatives and best business practices in the field. "EnviroCare" was the third edition in Ayaadi's CSR Talk series, aimed at generating public dialogue on issues of interest to the entire community. Held in a panel discussion format, the conclusions from the forum are used for campaigns supporting the Read more [...]
May 192012
A three-year agreement to extend The Race to Dubai through to the end of 2014 was announced in December with the season-ending event now known as the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai. The new logo reflects the new name and title sponsor while emphasising the tournament's position as the climax of The European Tour's Race to Dubai.The next three editions of the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai, will return to the Jumeirah Golf Estates, host venue since the inaugural Race to Dubai finale in Read more [...]
US businessman jailed since 2008 in Dubai corruption probe goes on hunger strike
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May 192012
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates
- An American businessman jailed for more than four years in Dubai under suspicion of corruption has started a hunger strike to push for a trial and seek greater U.S. diplomatic pressure in his case.
Zack Shahin, a former CEO of Dubai-based Deyaar Realty, is among dozens of prominent business figures and investors who have been placed under investigation for alleged financial irregularities in the United Arab Emirates, whose decade of astonishing growth was Read more [...]
May 192012
Media Release
Dubai, May 19: ICICI Bank, India's largest private sector bank sponsored “India Property Expo 2012” is underway in Dubai. The Abu Dhabi show will be held from May 22-23, 2012.
These exhibitions will showcase properties from all top cities of India and will provide Non Resident Indians (NRIs) with a wide range of options to interact and invest in these properties. Pankaj Ganjoo, Regional Head for Middle East and Africa, ICICI Bank, said, “Non-Resident Indians Read more [...]
Six human trafficking cases registered this year
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May 192012
Dubai: Six human trafficking cases involving 22 suspects and nine victims were registered this year, Dubai Police's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) said.
According to Colonel Abdul Rahim Mohammad Bin Shafe'ei, director of the Organised Crime Section, most of the victims had been recruited from their countries and conned into believing they were coming to take up legitimate jobs in the UAE, only to find themselves forced into prostitution Read more [...]
UAE seeks to increase energy exports to India
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May 192012
New Delhi: The UAE has expressed its keenness to increase its energy exports as well as downstream investments in India, Foreign Minister Shaikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan said.
"We would like to see more UAE energy exports to India especially when it comes to crude oil....There are talks between our officials looking at these avenues and even further. We would like to see UAE presence in downstream investments in India, including petrochemicals," Read more [...]
May 192012
There’s a ray of hope for job seekers in the UAE, with recruitment agencies marking an optimistic forecast for 2012, based on a positive recording for the first quarter of the year.
And it’s the medical and financial sectors that are much in demand. “There’s still some way to go, but the first quarter of 2012 has seen the Dubai market pick up quite a lot, while Abu Dhabi has slowed down,” elaborated James Curtis, Director Charterhouse Partnership, a leading recruitment firm in Read more [...]
Saleswoman forges identity card
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May 192012
Dubai: A saleswoman in a tourist bus presented a bogus tourist guide identity card to an inspector from the tourism department, a court heard on Thursday.YC, 23, a Chinese, was referred to the Dubai Criminal Court over allegations that she, along with a fugitive accomplice, forged a tourist guide’s ID card.“She replaced the card holder’s name with her own,” said prosecutors. The card was attributed to the Department Read more [...]
Green efforts pay off slowly
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May 192012
Dubai: The UAE has a lot of world records to its name. This, unfortunately, includes being consistently the world's number one ecologically wasteful country.
For the past 14 years, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has produced the Living Planet Report, a biennial study detailing the global ecological footprint chart, which the UAE has dominated each time. This year, however, is the exception.
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