Tumodo, a business travel platform in the UAE, is expanding into Germany as part of its European growth strategy. After launches in Saudi Arabia, India, and Kazakhstan in 2024–2025, the company aims to capture up to 3% of Germany’s SME and mid-market corporate travel segment by 2029, positioning Germany as a gateway to the wider DACH region.
Germany's Hapag-Lloyd has announced plans to buy Israel's ZIM Integrated Shipping Services for $4.2 billion in cash in a move that will help the company secure its position as the world's fifth-largest shipping group with a modern fleet of over 400 vessels, said a Reuters report.
E-world energy & water 2026 opened at Messe Essen with over 1,100 exhibitors from Germany and abroad, showcasing solutions across the energy sector, including generation, trading, grids, metering, AI, digital platforms, hydrogen, storage, electromobility, energy efficiency, and climate protection.
Scientists in Germany have, for the first time, produced the most comprehensive digital representation of the world’s built environment by compiling a high-resolution, three-dimensional dataset containing 2.75 billion buildings.
Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) has announced a significant expansion of EGA Leichtmetall in Germany. The new facility, located near Hannover, will help boost EGA Leichtmetall’s recycling capacity more than six-fold, adding 110,000 tonnes per year of scrap sorting capacity.
Garbe Industrial, a leading developer of logistics and light industrial real estate in Germany, has joined hands with Saudi group ARTAR to set up a landmark venture that will focus on delivering premium-grade warehouses and distribution centres across the kingdom.
The German National Tourist Board (GNTB) highlighted the Gulf region as Germany’s third-largest overseas tourist source, with €2.3 billion ($2.6 billion) spent in 2024, during a Dubai press conference marking 20 years in the GCC.
Department of Culture and Tourism - Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) recently hosted a series of workshops in Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, and Berlin, designed to connect directly with the German travel trade and provide in-depth updates on the emirate’s tourism offerings.
Eurowings, part of Lufthansa Group, introduces affordable comfort on medium-haul routes with its new Premium BIZ seat, debuting in November 2025 on the Dubai-Berlin route. The airline will also expand services to Germany, adding weekly connections from Dubai to Düsseldorf and a new Abu Dhabi-Berlin route.
Lhyfe, a leader in green hydrogen production, has launched its first commercial site in Germany, located in Schwäbisch Gmünd. This facility, Lhyfe's fourth overall and first outside France, occupies one hectare and can produce up to 4 tonnes of renewable hydrogen daily via water electrolysis.
