VPorts, the global leader in the design, construction, and operation of Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) infrastructure, has announced an initial set of agreements with crucial AAM players as part of its development plan to build and operate the AAM World Integrator World Centre in Dubai. Electra.aero, Falcon Aviation and SkyDrive have joined the centre to be part of VPorts’ strategy to develop the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) market and deploy its expertise and innovation in the region. “With these milestone agreements, Dubai has demonstrated its leadership in the advanced air mobility sector,” said Dr Fethi Chebil, CEO and Founder…
Author: Vibha Mehta
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Just incase you have missed it, we bring forward the video highlights for the LNME Forum 2023, held on March 20, 2023, at Sofitel The Palm. This forum had four panel discussions, including Transformation with Adaptation of Automation, Disruption in Aviation Industry, Logistics and Supply Chain in F&B, and Mile Delivery. Speakers: David Dronfield | Majda Rochdi | Alain Kaddoum | Andrei Diminescu | Rajesh Menon | Robin Vermaat | Tarek ALMUHANNA | Marwan KHALIFE | Sooraj Mathew | Shailen Shukla | Juan S. Garza | Bassant Zein Al-Din. Moderators: Marwa Kaabour | Vibha Mehta | Seymone Leigh Moodley |…
HE Khalifa Al Zaffin, Executive Chairman of Dubai Aviation City Corporation and Dubai South; HE Helal Saeed Al Marri, Director General of the Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism (DET); HE Ahmed Mahboob Musabih, Director General of Dubai Customs; and Mohsen Ahmad, CEO of the Logistics District – Dubai South and Mohamed Shael Alsaadi, CEO of Dubai Corporation for Consumer Protection and Fair Trade today witnessed the inauguration of Amazon’s latest Fulfillment Center in the UAE. Following the inauguration, the dignitaries were given a tour of the facility by Ronaldo Mouchawar, Vice President of Amazon Middle East and North Africa (MENA),…
Yesterday, March 20, 2023, we hosted our LNME Forum 2023, at Sofitel the Palm. The LNME Forum 2023 is an unique platform designed to spark logistics and supply chain conversations, insights, trends, and networking. The forum featured industry professionals who had shared their insights on important topics and trends, incuding Mile Delivery, Automation, Logistics and Supply Chain in F&B, and Disruption in the Aviation Industry. We would like to thank all the speakers, moderates, industry professionals, and of course our sponsors: UD Trucks MEENA, Al Futtaim Logistics, Swisslog Middle East and Lyve. The event started with an opening speech by…
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is capitalising on every industry it can while preparing to implement the Saudi Vision 2030. The oil and gas sectors are seeing several giga projects emerge, but the F&B sector has much more unrealized potential. The local food supply technology market is new and expanding swiftly. Business owners are now looking for the same ease in their internal operations that they have enjoyed at home since COVID drove the adoption of consumer apps. As economies begin to expand, the number of tiny cafés, restaurants, and mom-and-pop supermarkets tends to rise quickly. “We see this part…
We are pleased to announce that Andrei Diminescu, Founder and Chief Executive Officer at AirAI Network, will be joining our ‘Disruption in the Aviation Industry’ panel. The focus of this panel discussion will be those disruptions, despite the common aphorism that broader the growth, wider the interruptions. The elements driving varied disruptions, automation, air traffic control, and consumer feedback for the air cargo industry.
We are pleased to announce that Juan S. Garza, Business Director at RouteMagic Logistics, will be joining our ‘Mile Delivery’ panel. The three essential delivery types, including first mile, middle mile, and last mile deliveries, would be broadly discussed in this panel in order to ensure the secure and efficient conveyance of products from point of origin to point of destination – pointing towards the significance of logistics management.
We are pleased to announce that Shailen Shukla, Chief Logistics Officer at PicTruc LLC, will be joining our ‘Mile Delivery’ panel. The three essential delivery types, including first mile, middle mile, and last mile deliveries, would be broadly discussed in this panel in order to ensure the secure and efficient conveyance of products from point of origin to point of destination – pointing towards the significance of logistics management.
As part of their mission to highlight developments in the food industry and support local restaurants, Deliveroo and Deliverect hosted a panel discussion featuring Seham AlHusaini, General Manager of Deliveroo, Naji Haddad, MENA General Manager at Deliverect, and Abdulrahman Al Omar, Managing Partner at Thinnies. During the event, the speakers discussed technology’s critical role in helping local restaurants optimise their delivery operations, maximise profitability in the delivery-only model, and keep customers loyal in the digital food space and the food trends in 2023. Naji Haddad, MENA General Manager at Deliverect, said, “Now more than ever, restaurants are realising technology’s integral…