December was the busiest month of the year, with 7.1 million passengers Dubai International (DXB) airport received over 66 million passengers in 2022, eclipsing earlier forecasts of 64.3 million. Passenger numbers, which totalled 66,069,981, grew 127 per cent year-on-year, driven...

The beachfront property has been officially rebranded, and includes the region’s first vegan rooms Emirates Palace Hotel, an opulent hospitality offering nestled in Abu Dhabi, has been officially rebranded. The hotel will now be called Emirates Palace Mandarin Oriental, Abu Dhabi,...

The Museum of the Future has welcomed more than a million visitors since it opened last February Dubai’s Museum of the Future has seen more than a million visitors, from 163 countries, visit the iconic destination a year since it opened. The museum, standing at 77 metres high and...

The financial centre registered the highest number of new firms – totalling 1,084 – last year Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) has registered its highest ever revenue, totalling Dhs1.06bn, in 2022. Combined revenue grew 18 per cent year-on-year from Dhs897m in 2021. It...

Dubai Can has installed water fountains in strategic places across the city, including public parks, beaches, and tourist destinations, to help people refill bottles A year since its inception, Dubai Can, the citywide sustainability movement, has successfully cut the use of an...

The entities will jointly drive UAE national work placements and offer finance training, SME financing platforms, a fintech sandbox and corporate innovation programmes Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) and Zand Bank, the UAE’s first all-digital bank licenced by the UAE Central Bank, have...

Gradeone, which has partnerships within the defence, rescue, and security sectors, will join Edge’s Trading and Mission Support cluster Abu Dhabi-based Edge Group has obtained a 70 per cent stake in Abu Dhabi-based Gradeone, a company that specialises in manufacturing non-lethal...

Residents can visit any of the listed Customer Happiness Centres to receive their Emirates ID in 24 hours UAE residents can now get their Emirates ID within 24 hours thanks to an urgent service provided by the Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs and Ports Security...

As Ramadan is set to begin in March, non-Muslim residents and tourists must follow these rules and etiquettes in the UAE Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, and is an revered time for all in the UAE. Known as the Holy Month of the year, the Islamic community comes...

The top three transactions were all land sales in Business Bay Dubai real estate transactions worth AED 10.4 billion were conducted during the week ending February 17, 2023, with a total of 2,702 deals taking place, Emirates News Agency (WAM) reported. Of these, 1,866 apartments...