January 2020 — Topical news of the United Arab Emirates

January 23, 2020 630
Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Tapping into the Dh10.4 billion budget set aside for education in UAE’s 2020 budget, and with a view to contribute to UAE’s Education 2020 Strategy - part of Vision 2021 - EdComs, a full-service creative communications agency with a focus on education, launches its...

January 22, 2020 454
Seven new attractions to be added in 2020 including roof walk and 400m zipline Visitors to Ferrari World Abu Dhabi will soon be able to walk across its iconic red roof and take a 400m zipline through the award-winning theme park. The new attractions to be added this year were...

January 22, 2020 536
Green shoots in Dubai's real estate sector are increasingly becoming evident as residential market recorded double-digit sale growth last ye... Green shoots in Dubai's real estate sector are increasingly becoming evident as residential market recorded double-digit sale growth last year...

January 22, 2020 568
Xiaomi's Mi Home app allows users to instantly manage their personal smart home ecosystem Dubai-based developer Emaar Properties has partnered with Chinese giant Xiaomi to launch ‘Emaar Smart Home’, described as a next-generation product offering the latest smart home technology...

January 22, 2020 421
Dubai has one of the fastest-growing economies – targeting a GDP growth of 3.8 per cent during 2020 UAE-based residential, hospitality and commercial property developer Seven Tides has indicated Dubai’s property market will start to recover in 2020, driven by Expo 2020, new government...

January 22, 2020 465
Tourism sector contributed 11.5 per cent to the emirate's GDP Dubai received record 16.73 million overnight visitors in 2019 - an all-time high, growing by 5.1 per cent and surpassing growth forecast of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation by over one per cent, official data...

January 21, 2020 666
The real estate industry ended 2019 strong, as property sales transactions in Dubai hit an 11-year high The UAE’s new five-year tourist visa policy will add stability to the real estate market in the UAE, said Saleh Abdullah Lootah, CEO of Lootah Real Estate Development, one of the...

January 21, 2020 682
The findings showed that demand for accounting professionals is growing in the UAE Accountants, risk managers, and artificial intelligence (AI) experts are among the most sought after roles in the UAE in 2020, new research by Robert Half has shown. As businesses prepare for the...

January 20, 2020 477
The UAE is one of AGFUND’s founding countries Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), the leading national entity for economic development aid, has signed an agreement to provide $20 million (AED 73 million) to the Arab Gulf Programme for Development (AGFUND), a regional organisation...

January 20, 2020 437
Amendment to Amnesty Law encouraging firms to go public to bring more transparency, generate more wealth The UAE Cabinet's decision to approve a draft law amending the Agency Law to allow and encourage family businesses to go public will bring in more transparency, improve productivity...

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