Dubai to award $3bn Expo 2020 site contractsNearly 47 contracts worth more than Dh11 billion ($3 billion) will be awarded this year for projects at the Dubai Expo 2020 site alone in preparations for a first-of-its-kind event in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia region, said a top gov More… |
Huge tourism investments 'will draw more visitors to Dubai'Large investments in travel, tourism, leisure and hospitality sectors in Dubai will continue to attract more visitors to the emirate, in line with its strategy to welcome 20 million visitors by 2020, a senior official has said. Sheikh A More… |
Dubai economy will continue to expand: Sheikh AhmedDubai’s economy is expected to expand further over the next two years after having outperformed global economic growth and defying downward trends that prevailed worldwide in 2016, said Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Second Deputy Chai More… |
UPS joins with Expo 2020 Dubai as logistics partnerExpo 2020 Dubai has chosen leading global logistics firm UPS to handle the logistics operations for the event, which is expected to attract millions of visitors over its six-month duration. With more than 180 countries expected to More… |
Dubai forecasts 3.1pc economic growth this yearDubai is forecasting a higher economic growth of 3.1 per cent during 2017 and plans to provide an economic outlook twice every year in a bid to promote transparency. The emirate’s economy grew by 2.7per cent in 2016 despite More… |
Emirates passenger numbers to soar above 55mDubai-based Emirates airline is expected to carry about 55 million passengers this year, an increase from 51 million passengers last year, the airline's chairman Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al-Maktoum said. The airline's load f More… |
Dubai officially declared Expo 2020 venueDubai was officially declared as the venue for the World Expo 2020 at the 158th General Assembly of the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) in Paris on Wednesday. The meeting of the 168-member governing body ratified the Ex More… |
Local economy ‘key to Expo 2020 readiness’Implementing a strong legacy strategy that will benefit both participants and the local economy is a key component of Dubai’s Expo 2020 preparations, the chairman of the event’s Preparatory Higher Committee said. Sheikh Ahme More… |
Dubai airport show ready for take-offMore than 250 leading aviation groups from 39 countries will be showcasing their innovative products and solutions at the Airport Show-2014 which opens in Dubai on Sunday (May 11). The event is co-located with the Global Airport L More… |
Dubai to be N0 1 airport next yearThe ongoing expasion at the Dubai International Airport will help make the hub the word’s busiest airport by next year, the Emirates airline chairman was quoted as saying by a Bloomberg report. Shei More… |