The live concert will take place on 31st December 2019 at Bollywood Parks Dubai - tickets available on BookMyShow UAE and DubaiParksandResorts

Dubai, United Arab Emirates-Thursday 19 December 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

UAE residents can look forward to the ultimate New Year’s bash this year as popular Punjabi rapper, music producer and actor Yo Yo Honey Singh gears up to perform at one of the city’s most iconic venues!

Organised by Percept Live and Media Agency Middle East in partnership with Dubai Parks and Resorts and BookMyShow, the live concert will take place on 31st December 2019 at Bollywood Parks Dubai and promises to be the biggest party of the year with audiences grooving to the pop artists famous tracks including Lungi Dance, Blue Eyes, Makhna & Dheere Dheere among others!  

Bollyboom is owned by Percept Live – the live entertainment division of India-based Percept Limited and is essentially an amalgamation of music and ... Read more »

• World Bank report ranks Saudi Arabia as world’s top ease of doing business improver

• The Saudi Logistics Hub initiative to make import and export logistics more convenient and business-friendly

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia-Thursday 19 December 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

Saudi Arabia has been ranked as the world’s top ease of doing business improver by the World Bank Group’s Doing Business 2020 report. The report indicates Saudi Arabia to have jumped 72 global positions in “Trading Across Borders”, an indicator which compares the time and cost of exporting and importing goods.

These improvements follow a raft of legislative reforms implemented by Saudi Logistics Hub —a government initiative established to drive growth in Saudi Arabia’s logistics sector. Reforms include the reduction of Customs clearance from seven to ten days to 24 hours, the reduction of the manual inspection rate at Customs from 89 percent to 4 ... Read more »

 Led by the Zayed Sustainability Prize

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates-Thursday 19 December 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

    Advancing global progress towards the UN SDGs, a range of technologies and solutions will be deployed to empower vulnerable communities in 20 countries, by the end of 2020
    Aiming to widen the global reach and accessibility of impactful sustainability solutions and innovations, the collaborative initiative builds on the UAE’s leading global role in humanitarianism and sustainability, and champions the values of inclusiveness and compassion outlined in the UAE’s Year of Tolerance  
    Solutions and technologies being donated, were developed by Zayed Sustainability Prize winners and finalists across its Health, Food, Energy and Water categories

In support of its ongoing encouragement for sustainable development around the world, the Zayed Sustainability Prize has an ... Read more »

 • ‘Arab Digital Capital’ initiative inaugurated at the 23rd session of the Council of Arab Ministers of Communications and Information Technology

• Riyadh leads the region in the promotion of technology as a catalyst for increased economic and social well-being

RIYADH, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia-Thursday 19 December 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

Riyadh is set to become the Arab world’s first ever digital capital city. The announcement was revealed at the 23rd session of the Council of Arab Ministers of Communications and Information Technology, which took place on December 18 at The Ritz-Carlton hotel in Saudi Arabia’s capital.

The decision to name Riyadh the Arab Digital Capital follows the city’s prominent role in adopting and promoting the use of digital technologies to enhance socio-economic development, advance healthcare, improve education, and to ultimately increase community welfare, which helped to elevate the ... Read more »

 A Journey Through Time Spans Centuries of Heritage at Winter at Tantora from 19 December

AlUla, Saudi Arabia-Thursday 19 December 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

The second Winter at Tantora Festival in AlUla in North West Saudi Arabia starts today – a three-month celebration that will showcase the very best in international music, art and culture connecting East and West as the AlUla county has done for thousands of years.

It comes just months after Saudi Arabia introduced tourist visas to citizens from 49 countries making the Kingdom more accessible than ever with the UNESCO World Heritage site at Hegra in AlUla among those featured in a global marketing campaign.

The festival is part of the Cultural Manifesto that was launched by the festival organisers, the Royal Commission for AlUla, in Paris in October as part of a long-term strategy to transform the region and open the region as a global living museum and place of culture, herita ... Read more »