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Burj Rafal Hotel Kempinski appoints Christian Ruge as its new general manager
CHRISTIAN Ruge has been appointed as the new general manager at Burj Rafal Hotel Kempinski in Riyadh. Ruge brings 26 years of experience in the hospitality industry with him into his new position.Ruge began his career with InterContinental Frankfurt in Germany, followed by various leadership positions in revenue, front office and executive office operations in New York and Germany.He continued his career path with French luxury hotel brand Sofitel from 2004 to 2012 in Germany, Poland and Egypt, where he held several general manager positions. He joined Kempinski in 2012 as a hotel manager for Kempinski Hotel Airport in Munich, Germany, in 2014 as general manager at Kempinski Hotel Taiyuan, China and most recently held the general manager position at Kempinski Hotel Ajman, UAE.In February...
March 17, 2018

Burj Rafal Hotel Kempinski appoints Christian Ruge as its new general manager

Group picture of Samsung officials at the Galaxy S9 and S9  press briefing. — Courtesy photo
Samsung’s all-new Galaxy S9 & S9+: Reimagining the way people communicate
THE world as we know it today is moving apace towards a digital era led by technological advancements. Consumers have undoubtedly gained access to a myriad of options that enable them to enhance their digital experience when equipped with the latest technologies at the palm of their hands. Following this drive and imminent change, Samsung Electronics introduced its latest smartphones in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the all-new Galaxy S9 & S9+ now available for users to capture every moment in its most vivid picturesque details.The Galaxy S9 & S9+ are designed to enhance the user’s communication experience to express themselves in the most digitally-savvy manner. Samsung highlighted both smartphones’ main features at a press briefing held at Assila Hotel in Jeddah in presence of the...
March 17, 2018

Samsung’s all-new Galaxy S9 & S9+: Reimagining the way people communicate

Member of Indian Parliament and former Minister Prof. K.V. Thomas launching the Middle East Travel Mart stalls in Kochi. — Courtesy photo
Optimizing tourism potential
Saudi GazetteAS many as 100 senior executives and business leaders from the travel and tourism industry, representing the Gulf and other Middle Eastern countries, will gather in the southern Indian state of Kerala in early May to get to know closely about the vast potential and the real immense opportunities in the state’s vibrant tourism sector. The first edition of the Middle East Travel Mart (MTM 2018), which will be held at the Event Center of Bolgatty Palace in Kochi from May 3 to 6, is expected to bring about a dramatic change in the tourism landscape of Kerala, one of the major tourism destinations in the Indian subcontinent, according to Nazar P Muhammed Veliyankode, chairman of the organizing committee.The four-day event will see a plethora of activities such as B2B meetings,...
March 16, 2018

Optimizing tourism potential

A group photo at the GPCA Plastic Excellence Awards 2018. — Courtesy photo
GPCA announces winners of 2018 Plastics Excellence Awards
THE Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association (GPCA), the voice of the chemical industry in the Arabian Gulf region, on Wednesday announced the winners of the 8th GPCA Plastics Excellence Awards sponsored by SABIC.The award ceremony took place at the Oberoi Hotel, Dubai, on the sidelines of the 9th GPCA PlastiCon and opened with a speech by Abdulrahman Al Faqeeh, EVP Petrochemicals, SABIC.SABIC and United Accredited Company won in the ‘Joint development or improvements of a new product or application — resin producer and plastic converter’ category for their PET FIBC production start-up in Saudi Arabia.UAC will be the first producer of PET FIBCs in the world. This initiative illustrates how technology partnerships between resin producers, machine companies and converters create...
March 16, 2018

GPCA announces winners of 2018 Plastics Excellence Awards

Ashwin Bhat ... head of cargo at Swiss WorldCargo
IATA innovates dangerous goods handling
THE International Air Transport Association (IATA) has launched an innovative new solution for the air cargo industry: Dangerous Goods AutoCheck that will enhance safety and improve efficiency in the transport of dangerous goods by air and support the industry’s goal of a fully digitized supply chain.“The air transport industry handles in excess of 1.25 million dangerous goods shipments transported per year. With the air cargo growth forecast at 4.9% per year over the next five years this number will rise significantly. To ensure that air cargo is ready to benefit from this growth the industry needs to adopt modern and harmonized standards that facilitate safe, secure and efficient operations, particularly in relation to carriage of dangerous goods. DG AutoCheck is a significant step...
March 16, 2018

IATA innovates dangerous goods handling

Palawan
Manila for cooperation with ASEAN in creating barrier-free tourism
AS the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) gears up to develop more infrastructures to provide barrier-free tourism to persons with disabilities (PWDs) in the region, the Philippines expressed its full support to the bloc's initiative. "The Philippines has always been very supportive and now more than ever vigilant in its promotion of the principles of ‘Tourism for All,’ promoting universal accessibility,” said the Department of Tourism (DOT) Undersecretary for Tourism Development Planning Benito Bengzon Jr. in a statement in a press release.Creating a barrier-free travel experience for PWDs in the Philippines was the focal point of the ASEAN-Japan Accessible Tourism Seminar hosted by the DOT, together with the ASEAN-Japan Center and the National Council on...
March 16, 2018

Manila for cooperation with ASEAN in creating barrier-free tourism

DIGAE plans activities and knowledge seminars
A series of interactive events and seminars will be held at the Dubai International Government Achievements Exhibition (DIGAE), organized by the Dubai Government Excellence Program (DGEP), part of the General Secretariat of the Dubai Executive Council. The three-day event and exhibition will be held under the aegis of Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, vice-president and prime minister of the UAE and ruler of Dubai, from April 9-11 at the Dubai World Trade Centre.The exhibition, which will be held under the theme of ‘Government Practices: Global Achievements’, will host a number of international speakers from prominent research and academic institutions and will witness local, Arab and international participation from various government agencies concerned with achieving excellence...
March 16, 2018

DIGAE plans activities and knowledge seminars

German airline Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr speaks during the company's annual news conference in Frankfurt, Germany on Thursday. — Reuters
Lufthansa soars to record profits in 2017
FRANKFURT AM MAIN — German airline giant Lufthansa reported record profits for 2017 Thursday, celebrating a year that saw it bury a smoldering dispute with pilots and gobble up parts of defunct rival Air Berlin. Net profits at the group — which includes Lufthansa, Eurowings, Swiss, Brussels Airlines and Austrian Airlines — rose 33.1 percent to hit 2.36 billion euros ($2.92 billion), higher than the 2.28 billion predicted by analysts. It was the "best result in the history of our company," chief executive Carsten Spohr told a Frankfurt press conference, adding that he would press on with cutting costs and modernizing the carrier. The 51-year-old recently agreed a five-year extension of his contract at the head of the firm, to the end of 2023. Settling a pay and pensions...
March 15, 2018

Lufthansa soars to record profits in 2017

Ministry of Health and GE delivering digital solutions. — Courtesy photo
MOH, GE delivering digital solutions
THE Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health and GE have delivered the first phase of a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) focused on digital transformation in healthcare, signed in May 2017 in the presence of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman. In the MOU, the Ministry of Health and GE committed to driving positive change in the Kingdom’s healthcare sector through digital solutions, directly supporting the National Transformation Plan and the aims of Saudi Vision 2030.The key solution deployed as part of the MOU is the cloud-based Electronic Medical Record (EMR), a digital record of a patient’s entire healthcare journey, which replaces the manual, handwritten paper charts previously used. The solution will be on Predix, GE’s platform for Industrial Internet of Things...
March 15, 2018

MOH, GE delivering digital solutions

Rio Tinto CEO Jean-Sebastien Jacques poses for a photograph prior to the company releasing its 2017 results in London on Feb. 7, 2018.  — Reuters
As copper booms, miners take hunt to Mongolian dunes
WHEN temperatures rise and winds drop in the coming weeks, a band of explorers will hunt for copper riches in Mongolia's Gobi Desert. For years Rio Tinto has been the sole international copper mine operator in Mongolia, bound closely to a country where it has bet billions of dollars on the giant Oyu Tolgoi project. Others have steered clear due to the risks of operating in a nation with an unpredictable and young democracy and judiciary, a frail economy and extreme weather.Now rising global demand for a metal used in electric cars and renewable energy, at a time of increased costs and depleted deposits in the world's biggest copper producer Chile, is driving miners to riskier locations. Some are looking to Mongolia.Geologists say deposits like Oyu Tolgoi — meaning Turquoise Hill...
March 15, 2018

As copper booms, miners take hunt to Mongolian dunes

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