Gulftainer, the world’s largest privately owned independent port operator, based in the UAE, today unveiled the latest addition to its portfolio in the UAE – Sharjah Port of Trade (S.P.O.T) services, a new strategic sea cargo clearance offering.
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Agility, a leading global logistics provider, opened a 28,000 square meter facility in Hidd to expand its warehousing, freight, transport and specialty capabilities and serve as a regional logistics and distribution hub. The new facility supports contract logistics with ambient, chilled and frozen storage, as well as solutions for high-value cargo. It will offer secure records management and storage and turnkey logistics for Bahrain-based manufacturers in the fast-moving consumer goods industry. Essa Al-Saleh, CEO of Agility Global Integrated Logistics, said: “Bahrain is one of our key operational markets in the Middle East, offering high-quality infrastructure and a diverse community of…
While several schools, malls and hotels in Dubai are way ahead in achieving high levels of energy and water use efficiency, others need to pace up their sustainability commitment to ensure they are aligned with the sustainable development vision of the nation. This was revealed in the results of the Building Efficiency Accelerator (BEA) Project Report, prepared by Emirates Green Building Council (EmiratesGBC), an independent forum aimed at conserving the environment by strengthening and promoting green building practices. The BEA project is led by the World Resources Institute (WRI) under the UN programme, Sustainable Energy for All (SEforAll), which aims…
With another 30,000 new rooms set to create a supply glut in Dubai and large pipelines in Abu Dhabi, Muscat and Saudi Arabia, hotel owners who embrace change and take advantage of opportunities specific to the market conditions will be the best equipped to deliver long-term growth, says Simon Allison, CEO of hotel owners’ alliance, HOFTEL, and organiser of GIOHIS. Potential approaches, which can avoid a “race to the bottom” on prices, will be among the key talking points at the Gulf and Indian Ocean Hotel Investors’ Summit 2019 (GIOHIS) in Abu Dhabi on 4-5 February. Where affordable, for example,…
The World Future Energy Summit (WFES), a key enabler of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW) 2019, will shape the sustainable development agenda by outlining key challenges and the promise of emerging, innovative and disruptive technologies as solutions to effect paradigm changes across industries, lives and the environment. Held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, ADSW 2019 will cover the subject of ‘Industry Convergence: Accelerating Sustainable Development’ to examine how industries are responding to the global economy’s digital transformation, which in…
The 45-storey skyscraper, which is located at the upmarket JLT cluster L has now been renamed Preatoni Tower. It boasts some 554 units covering a total of 600,000 sq/ft of prime residential and commercial space.
UAE-headquartered upscale residential, hospitality and commercial property developer Seven Tides has broken ground on SE7EN City JLT, its first mixed-used development in Jumeirah Lake Towers (JLT), in Dubai. The project, valued at over AED1 billion and due for completion during Q2 2021, completely sold out phase one in less than a week following its launch in May 2018 – selling 661 apartments, valued at AED 301,863,775 million, sales now total over 800 units. “To sell out phase one of our project in less than one week is remarkable, particularly given the tough trading conditions many developers are facing,” said Abdulla…
Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has scooped two reputed international awards amid high local, regional and global competitors. The first was the Global Benchmarking Award presented by the Global Benchmarking Network (GBN) in collaboration with the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) and Asia Pacific Quality Organisation. The second was the International Innovation Award organised by Enterprise Asia and is considered one of the coveted Asian awards in this field.
Although the foundation stones of the present-day Azizi Group were laid in 1989, it was in the last decade when the towering presence of Azizi Developments first began to take shape. Azizi Developments reflects the aspirations of a wide spectrum of lifestyle seekers. This means a permanent dedication to understanding and meeting clients’ aspirations, developing distinctive homes that set the standard in contemporary building design and offering an unparalleled level of customer service. It’s about unlocking a new lifestyle for the curious and ambitious, setting the ideal platform to live, work and play – and building communities that bring people…
EDGE has been appointed as lead consultant and design architect for three new hotels: Reveir Hotel (the first in the Middle East), Hilton Garden Inn and Holiday Inn Hotel and Residences all situated in Business Bay, Dubai. The Revier Hotels continue to grow: after the successful opening of the ‘Revier Mountain Lodge’ in Lenzerheide in December 2017 and the start of construction of the second hotel in the well-known Swiss resort of Adelboden, the Revier Hospitality Group is now expanding its portfolio outside Switzerland. Their third hotel, due to open in 2020, will be located in the business district of Dubai – Business Bay and…