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Connecting in Qatar
Life as an expatriate comes with multiple compressions. You leave behind family and friends in the quest to find a new home in a completely foreign environment. It consequently means days of isolation until you form a new circle of friends, which is often a difficult or long process. This often results in anxiety, homesickness
July 18, 2016
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New Dubai hotel to feature rooftop VOX cinema
Majid Al Futtaim and Starwood Hotels & Resorts has signed a deal to open an Aloft hotel directly connected to City Centre Deira, Scheduled to open in 2018, the standout feature will be an outdoor rooftop VOX Cinema and a cinematic themed floor of rooms and suites. Aloft Dubai City Centre Deira will feature 304
Damac launches Beach at Navitas Hotel & Residences
DAMAC Properties has launched ‘The Beach at Navitas Hotel & Residences,’ a collection of golf and beach-style living apartments. The residences are set within the AKOYA Oxygen master development in Dubai. A collection of five towers, Phase 1 will see the release of three-bedroom apartments with prices starting at AED1.25 mn ($340,000) and with a
Why India will feel greatest impact of oil prices
India is set to feel the greatest impact of the continuing oil price scenario, as remittances slump to below the 2008 financial crisis. The huge labour force working on Qatar’s mega infrastructure projects, readying the country to host the 2022 World Cup tournament as well as building the infrastructure due to be in place to
What does Brexit mean for UAE expats?
Dubai: The world is still coming to terms with the news that Britain has historically voted to leave the EU after 43 years of membership. There is outrage, there is rejoice; but through all the emotion we need to look at the hard facts and determine, what does this actually mean for UAE expats? The
Dubai a suitable place for raising family: Dubai Pulse 2015 report
Dubai: Almost all or 93.7 per cent of the residents surveyed for the Dubai Pulse 2015 report consider Dubai a suitable place for raising a family due to the city’s infrastructure, peace and order and basic government services. The General Secretariat of the Dubai Executive Council released the survey results on Monday that covered a
Thyssenkrupp bags Riyadh Metro contract
Firm will design, manufacture, supply, install and maintain 641 elevators and escalators Thyssenkrupp has been awarded a contract to design, manufacture, supply, install and maintain 641 elevators and escalators for Lines 1 and 2 of the Riyadh Metro. Riyadh Metro is part of the Riyadh Public Transit System project, one of the largest of its
Dubai Opera House work to complete in August
The project is showing ‘good progress’ with the concrete and steel structure works completed. The construction of Dubai Opera House is scheduled to finish in just a few weeks. The developer of the much-awaited project, Emaar, said that the building work would come to an end in August 2016. The project is showing ‘good progress’
Kuwait’s Agility forms new South African joint venture
Kuwait-based global logistics provider Agility has announced that it has formed a joint venture in South Africa with Super Group, a Johannesburg-based supply chain management and transportation specialist, after acquiring a minority stake in Super Group’s freight forwarding unit. SG Agility Proprietary Ltd will be led by Henk Theron, formerly CEO of Micor, Super Group’s
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