Month: October 2020

Marriott Bonvoy, the Official Hotel Loyalty Partner of Manchester United, is rewarding fans with the chance to ‘appear’ pitchside at the Theatre of Dreams. For the remainder of the 2020/21 season, the names of loyal fans from across the globe can [...] 

Colombia has joined the World Logistics Passport, a major Dubai initiative to link trading hubs around the world and boost South-South trade. The framework agreement was signed by His Excellency José Manuel Restrepo Abondano, Minister of Commerce [...] 

Jordan’s Ministry of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship (MODEE) has signed an MoU with SITA, the global IT provider for the air transport industry, to support the employment of new graduates in Jordan.

The agreement aligns with MODEE’s training [...] 

MENA PPP Virtual Think Tank, a one-day virtual summit hosted by MEED-GlobalData, will bring together industry experts to discuss Public Private Partnership (PPP) frameworks and their growing importance in the region. The live event will give audiences [...] 

Häagen-Dazs is supporting the Breast Cancer Awareness drive throughout October with initiatives to help raise funds for the movement.

If you love strawberry ice-cream, then this your chance to support the cause. Every time you purchase anything [...] 

More than 36.93 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 1,067,766​ have died, according to a Reuters tally.

Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases [...] 

Hong Kong has led the way in introducing anti-virus measures since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak, with citizens and businesses working together to adopt some of the world’s most stringent hygiene measures. Businesses in the tourism sector [...] 

By Tom De Waele, Managing Partner of Bain & Company Middle East, Joost Spits, Partner, Bain & Company Boston and Dan Schwartz, Partner, Bain & Company Washington

Work has never changed this much, this fast. The severity and speed of Covid-19 [...] 

Head teachers of schools selected for a global conference and best practise showcase have called on their governments to prioritise resilience over efficiency in their schools and to heed the lessons of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The schools gathered together [...] 

There are now over 800,000 active podcasts with over 54 million podcast episodes currently available worldwide. Because of a low cost of entry, in the first ten months of 2019, a record 192,000 new podcasts have been launched. According to the Internet [...] 

After years of testing and developing hyperloop technology at their full-scale test site, DP World-backed Virgin Hyperloop unveiled today that the Hyperloop Certification Center (HCC) will be located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. 

“Establishing [...] 

From chatbots in Singapore to drones in Oman; from robotic medical assistants in Indonesia to virtual doctors in Brazil; while the COVID-19 pandemic is wreaking havoc across the world, governments have been working hard to implement digital solutions [...]