Month: October 2021

Facebook today announced that five news organizations from Lebanon, and the United Arab Emirates have been selected to join a nine-month Reader Revenue Facebook Accelerator Program beginning in October.  A robust training program built specifically to equip newsroom staff with the skills, tools, and resources they need to build sustainable businesses, the Facebook Accelerator Program has trained

The Global Business Travel Association’s BTI Outlook forecasts that global business travel spend will only recover to 2019 levels by 2025. Felled by the coronavirus pandemic, the post-COVID business travel slump is worse than any in recent memory. But the Middle East’s business travel will inevitably resume, and sustainability is already redefining how we’ll get around in

Livspace, India and South East Asia’s largest omni-channel home interior and renovation platform today announced expansion into the Middle East in a strategic JV with the AlsulaimanGroup(ASG), Ikea’s operating partner in the region. With its maiden joint venture built on top of the home improvement industry’s only technology platform, digital supply chain and most trusted

Aramco and TotalEnergies have launched the first two service stations of their joint retail network in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia’s capital, and Saihat, in the country’s Eastern Province. It follows the signing of a 50:50 Joint Venture (JV) Agreement between Aramco and TotalEnergies in 2019, with plans to  significantly upgrade a network of 270 service stations

Air Seychelles will operate a special return flight from Dubai to the Seychelles during the upcoming public holiday marking Commemoration and National Day in the UAE. Following the success of the seasonal flight routes launched earlier this year, the national airline of the Republic of Seychelles has introduced a seven day return trip for UAE

Despite the headwinds to global economic growth as a result of the pandemic, the real estate market in Saudi Arabia has remained resilient, with all sectors growing rapidly over the course of the last 18 months. The industrial sector however stands out due to its exceptional expansion, according to the H1 Saudi Arabia Industrial Market

With telehealth usage surging as consumers and healthcare providers are seeking ways to safely access and deliver healthcare in the pandemic, Middle East’s leading teeth straightening startup, Smileneo launches MENA’s first teledentistry platform license. To address the flood of unlicensed companies operating regionally under different rules, Smileneo is the first startup to cooperate with health