Abu Dhabi’s national health insurance company Daman has launched an electronic portal free to all its corporate clients that allows organisations to create their own health campaigns. HealthGuardian supports human resource managers with communicating health news and allows the customisation of…
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Abu Dhabi wins world travel market award
Abu Dhabi has won the city destination of the year award for the second consecutive year at the UK’s Travel Agents Choice Awards during London’s World Travel Market this week. Nearly 1,000 UK travel agents voted in the awards, which…
Higher UAE gasoline prices prompt filling station plan
Adnoc Distribution, the retail gasoline division of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), plans to open 125 new service stations across the UAE. The state news agency Wam reported Adnoc Distribution chief executive Abdulla al-Dhaheri as saying that it…
Fitch affirms IPIC of Abu Dhabi’s rating
Fitch Ratings has affirmed Abu Dhabi-based International Petroleum Investment Company PJSC’s (IPIC) long-term local and foreign currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) at AA and short-term foreign currency IDR at F1+. The ratings are aligned with those of Abu Dhabi, IPIC’s…
Fitch Affirms Abu Dhabi at AA
Fitch Ratings has affirmed Abu Dhabi’s Long-term foreign and local currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) at AA. The issue ratings on Abu Dhabi’s senior unsecured foreign and local currency bonds have also been affirmed at AA. The Outlooks on the…
Etihad launches daily flights to Edinburgh
Etihad Airways, the national carrier of the United Arab Emirates, this week starts daily flights between Abu Dhabi and Edinburgh. Edinburgh is Etihad Airways’ first Scottish destination, and its third point in the UK, alongside a triple-daily operation to London Heathrow…
NBAD sells $750 million perpetual bonds
National Bank of Abu Dhabi’s (NBAD’s) inaugural dollar-denominated Tier 1 offering – a $750 million perpetual bond — was priced on 10 June. The bonds mature in five-years. They are rated at Baa3/BBB- by Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s respectively.…
Oil and power to top EIC Middle East conference agenda
Abu Dhabi, 27 May 2015: Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), BP, Shell, MASDAR, Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) and ACWA Power will join leading contractors Fluor, Petrofac, and McDermott at the Energy Industries Council’s (EIC) biennial event initiative for…
Abu Dhabi reports 25 per cent increase in hotel guests in 2014
Almost 3.5 million people checked into hotels in Abu Dhabi in 2014 — a rise of 25 per cent on the previous year’s figure, the Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority (ADTCA) says is a statement. This compares with the…
Chinese visitors to Abu Dhabi rose 166 per cent in 2014
The number of visitors from China recorded in Abu Dhabi rose by 166 per cent in 2014 to 120,350 and the emirate is stepping up its campaign to attract more. Twenty hotels, two attractions and a luxury shopping mall across…