DUBAI: The iconic Burj Khalifa is offering creative artists the unprecedented opportunity to showcase their work on its brand-new LED façade, which has been the centre of attraction of the ‘Light Up 2018’ Downtown Dubai spectacle. Emerging designers and artists can compete by presenting their proposals and have their work displayed on the iconic structure’s façade. Submissions can be made individually or as groups by those in the UAE or from across the world. From the entries received, 10 creative works by 10 artists will be selected, which will be displayed on Burj Khalifa’s LED façade. The creative works will…
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DUBAI: Princeton Identity, simplest, fastest & most secure biometric security system on the market, has announced the deployment of its Access500e identity management kiosk module within the Dubai International Airport (DXB). The Princeton Identity solution identifies DXB travelers within one to two seconds, reducing time spent in security lines and enhancing the overall travel experience. Dubai saw nearly 14.9 million international visitors in 2016, and is expected to surpass 20 million visitors by 2020. There are currently about 100 Access500e products in operation across DXB’s Emirates Airlines terminals, with plans to deploy about 40 more in the near future in…
The oldest and best known Hospitality and Tourism Group of Institutes of India, International Institute Of Hotel Management (IIHM) with campuses at Kolkata, Bangalore, Delhi, Pune, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Hyderabad and Bangkok, and IAM with campuses at Goa, Kolkata and Guwahati has decided to form the India’s first-ever Tourism University named IIHM University in West Bengal under the WB Pvt University Act. IIHM is the only institute in India having over 40 MoUs and academic collaboration with the world’s top institutions. The institution is planning to organize the biggest Culinary Olympiad for Young Chefs of the world, where over 50 nations…
PARIS: France drops decades-old plan to build Notre-Dame-Des-Landes Airport. The French government last week abandoned a decades-old plan to build a €580 million ($708.53 million) airport in western France. “The Notre-Dame-Des-Landes project will be dropped,” Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said in a televised statement. The project does not have broad popular support, according to the government. President Emmanuel Macron, who took office in May, promised a quick decision after years of indecision over the development. The issue has spawned an eco-protest movement that threatened widespread disruption over the issue. The contract to build the new airport had been won by…
ISLAMABAD: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has prepared a draft strategic roadmap for the development of Islamic tourism among the OIC member states. The project provides a methodological framework for enhancing cooperation among member states in the field of tourism in order to develop and identify the necessary resources, in addition to defining main themes of the future of tourism in member countries through Islamic tourism standards and quality control project, a press release Sunday said. Commenting on the development, Assistant Secretary General for Economic Affairs Ambassador Hamid Opeloyeru noted that the Strategic Roadmap for Islamic Tourism, developed by…
According to latest research our ocean floors are sinking under rising water levels across the globe. A team of scientists says the impact of warming seas has been underestimated and melting glaciers are putting severe pressure on ocean beds. Redistribution of water, once stored in ice sheets, is causing sea levels to rise. Researchers have now found the change is also having another affect, the ocean floor is subsiding under the increasing weight of the added water, according to a new study, published in the Geophysical Research Letters. Led by Thomas Frederikse, of the Delft University of Technology in the…
DUBAI: Airbus said on Thursday, 18 January that it is committed to producing its A380 aircraft for “at least another 10 years” after it signed a $16-billion (Dh58.7 billion) programme-saving deal with Emirates airline. John Leahy, Chief operating officer at Airbus commercial aircraft, said in a statement that he believed the A380 model will continue to be produced beyond 2030. The deal was an order from Emirates for 36 new Airbus A380s, set to be delivered from 2020 onwards. The order follows months of negotiations, including talks during the Dubai Air Show in November during which both sides failed to…
LAHORE: As many as six new private airlines have applied for regular public transport (RPT) licence to Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and are likely to start their flight operations during the first half of this year. These airlines are Askari Air Pakistan, Army Welfare Trust (AWT), Liberty Air owned by Ch. Munir and Mian Amir, Go Green Airways, Elahi Group, Danish Elahi and Arshad Jalil, United Airways Pakistan Limited by Adnan Tabbani, Air Sial, combined owner, Sialkot Chamber of Commerce, and Afeef Zara Airways owned by Rashid Siddiqui. They entrants would not meet pure domestic traffic requirements as in the…
LONDON: UK Supermarket chain becomes first in the world to remove plastic packaging from ALL its own-label products. Iceland’s landmark move puts pressure on its rivals to follow suit amid public demands to turn back the tide of plastic pollution. The company, which has more than 900 stores, has a five-year plan to ditch plastic from all of its own-brand products. Packaging on 1,400 products will be replaced, and the changes involve more than 250 suppliers. First to go will be plastic ready meal trays in favour of wood-pulp alternatives made in Britain. Plastic bags used for frozen vegetables and…
NEW DELHI: India will break up its debt-burdened flag carrier into four separate companies and offer to sell at least 51 per cent in each of them as part of a disinvestment proposed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The core airline business comprising Air India and Air India Express, the low-cost overseas arm will be offered as one company, and the process will be completed by the end of 2018, Junior Aviation Minister Jayant Sinha said in an interview. Its regional arm, ground handling, and engineering operations will also be sold separately in the same process. A successful sale of…