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Sheikh Mohammed launches Food Tech Valley in Dubai

It seeks to triple the UAE’s food production and will include a smart food logistics hub, R&D facilities as well as agricultural technology and engineering labs

St Regis Downtown Dubai

Marriott to rebrand Renaissance Downtown Hotel to St. Regis Downtown Dubai

The newly rebranded property is expected to be ready by December 2021

Hamdan Bin Rashid Cancer Charity Hospital Dubai

New cancer hospital in Dubai to provide free treatment for low-income patients

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid announced plans for the Hamdan Bin Rashid Cancer Charity Hospital which is expected to open in 2023

Dubai SME Ztartup

Dubai SME launches digital health business incubator Ztartup

The incubator provides two specialised programmes – one for business incubation and the other for business accelerators

Dubai’s Drake & Scull International bags contracts of over Dhs376m

DSI is also bidding for a Dhs260m project in Kuwait and for projects valued at Dhs1.49bn in Iraq

Kim Thompson, co-owner and managing director, RAW Coffee Company

The SME Story: Kim Thompson, co-owner and managing director of RAW Coffee Company

Raw Coffee Company imports specialty-grade green beans, roasts and supplies them to cafés, restaurants, offices and home connoisseurs

VFS Global Turkey Visa Application Centre Dubai

New Turkey visa application centre opens in Dubai

A Platinum Lounge service includes a personal chauffeur service to and from the visa application centre

Dubai registers 670 drunk driving cases in 2020

The Dubai Traffic Prosecution recorded a 41 per cent year-on-year decline in the number of traffic cases in 2020

Emirates NBD

Emirates NBD Capital records strongest ever quarter in debt capital market

Emirates NBD Capital led 24 transactions in Q1 2021 raising over $18bn

Video: Inside Heriot Watt University Dubai’s new campus

Located at Dubai Knowledge Park, the 218,000 square feet campus offers blended education to its roughly 4,000 students

Dubai’s Emirates reveals special fares ahead of Eid holidays

The offer is valid on bookings made from April 26 until May 1, 2021, for travel until September 30, 2021, subject to terms and conditions

Emirates, Dubai Health Authority implement digital verification of Covid-19 records for UAE-based travellers

Emirates will only process relevant information related to the Covid-19 entry requirements of the customer’s destination

Dubai charity art auction

Dubai charity art auction raises Dhs36.6m for Sheikh Mohammed’s 100 Million Meals campaign

The amount generated will provide an equal number of meals to beneficiaries in 30 countries during the month of Ramadan

Dubai Multi Commodities Centre

DMCC to launch cacao centre in Dubai

DMCC will initially incubate a select range of cacao services within its DMCC Coffee Centre in Jebel Ali starting from mid-2021

First bitcoin ETF in Dubai aims to raise more than $200m

The Canadian fund is also looking to work closely with lenders in the region

DP World

Dubai’s DP World reports 10% volume growth in Q1 2021

DP World Limited handled 18.9 million TEU across its global portfolio of container terminals in the first quarter of this year

Emirates could tap Dubai for support amid delayed recovery

Tim Clark said other options for state-owned Emirates include taking on more debt

Dubai Islamic Bank Nasdaq Dubai sukuk

Dubai Islamic Bank lists $500m sukuk on Nasdaq Dubai

DIB is the leading UAE-based sukuk issuer by value on Nasdaq Dubai with a total value of $6.3bn listed on the exchange

Gulf News Dubai

Dubai-based Gulf News launches paywall for content starting from Dhs1 per week

There are two digital subscription plans being rolled out – Standard Access and Prime Access

Flydubai initiates seasonal flights to Batumi, Georgia

Flights will operate thrice a week from May 12 until September 1

Boeing’s Max gets fresh boost with order from leasing firm

The order for the Max 8 variant is worth about $1.8bn at list prices

Dubai food trade

Dubai’s external food trade totalled Dhs52bn in 2020

In terms of volume, the overall trade weighed 17 million tonnes

India to Dubai Covid-19 Testing rules

Pre-departure Covid-19 testing rules changed for passengers travelling to Dubai from India

Effective April 22, the validity of the Covid-19 PCR test for passengers travelling from India to Dubai has been reduced to 48 hours from the time of collecting the sample

Sacha Jafri Dubai The Journey of Humanity

Video: How Sacha Jafri created the $62m world’s largest canvas painting in Dubai

Here’s what it took to create one of the biggest artistic, social and philanthropic projects of its kind to date

E-commerce freezone Dubai CommerCity opens new facilities as part of first phase launch

The new facilities include office spaces as well as e-commerce logistics units and multi-client warehouses

Dubai restaurant

Dubai closes 53 food outlets in Q1 2021 due to Covid-19 infractions

The municipality conducted 13,775 inspections during the first quarter of 2021, and issued warnings to 1,133 establishments

Flydubai to initiate two new seasonal routes to Turkey

The carrier’s network will grow to 78 destinations across 46 countries

Heriot-Watt University Dubai opens new campus at Knowledge Park

The campus will serve nearly 4,000 students from around the world

Al Khawaneej Roads Improvement Project

Video: New Dubai-Sharjah road cuts travel time between the two emirates

The Al Khawaneej Roads Improvement Project cuts travel time between the Emirates Road and the Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Road from 25 minutes to 9 minutes

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Sheikh Mohammed launches National Behavioural Reward Programme

It aims to incentivise positive behaviour through a point-based system that can be used in payments for government services