In a yet another outstanding achievement, Dubai is crowned as the second-largest in the list of worlds’ most important retail hubs. This is the fifth time that city has achieved this honor. Dubai has 57 percent of international retailers, while the topper in the list London has 57.9 percent of international retailers. Dubai may soon acquire the top position if it continues with this global expansion. Presently, The Emirate has around 62.6 percent of brands from Europe and 60.6 percent of brands from United States. In the year 2013, it witnessed 19 new retail entrants and in the present tim
SOS Children’s Villages is an independent, non-governmental, social development organization which is internationally recognized. They provide safe and secure homes to the homeless and orphaned children across the nations. The organization functions in 133 countries across the world. It has been 50 years that this organization started working in India and since then it has pays a great attention towards the issues related to children who are in need of care and protection. Today it has around 32 SOS Children’s Villages and over 25, 000 beneficiaries across the country. Established in 1949
In 2011, African Innovation Foundation (AIF) started an initiative known as Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) to honor and encourage people who work towards the development of new and innovative products that will become a breakthrough in various fields such as manufacturing & service industry, health & well-being, agriculture & agribusiness, environment, energy & water and ICTs.IPA awards an amount of USD 150,000 to the winners and helps them in getting a global platform to share their innovative ideas. This year, the Innovation Prize for Africa marked its fifth anniversary
All living things eat to survive. Some people like to savour what they eat and in the process satisfy their appetite and senses both. Yet there is a different genre of people, who consider food as art and fashion. For them, eating something is not enough, until it was also presented in a fashionable way. Food fashion is common in the hospitality industry. If you have paid about a thousand bucks for two pieces of potato, some cucumber, and two types of leaves soaked in some thick sauce presented on a white plate in a fashionable Italian restaurant, and have yet felt satisfied, you are a lover
Do you want to achieve more than your current success? Do you feel your life is ordinary? Have a relook at your life and things around. Maybe you are not steering your life yourself. Maybe your life is on auto-pilot like the majority of people in this world. Life on auto-pilot means you have already set a routine for yourself, and you are following it strictly, or the circumstances of your life have taken hold of your needs, desires and dreams. If you have most of the material objects to make your professional as well as personal life easy, yet you live with a hollowness and unhappiness insid
These are competitive times and the way shopping centres are mushrooming, the future looks fierce! So, what’s there round the corner for shopping centres? A perpetual war of prices, prime spaces and footfall? Maybe; however, diversification may help. First of all, let’s get some things straight. No shopping centre can focus on all types of customers; they must specialize and diversify. Big cities hold more promise for diversification as there is more space. Diversification can at least eliminate competition in terms of footfall to some extent. If advanced markets are studied, a trend towa
Dubai’s esteemed Jumeirah Group, the Global luxury hospitality brand is celebrating the most serene destinations that encourage the guests to indulge in the magnificient surroundings and gorgeously adorned interiors While the guests enchant their wanderlust, a lavish accomodation plays an important role. Following the tradition of Dubai to amuse its travellers with panache, the Jumeirah Group has come up with the best-in-class luxury hotels like Burj Al Arab Jumeirah, Jumeirah Al Qasr, Jumeirah Beach Hotel, Jumeirah Creekside Hotel, Jumeirah Dar AL Masyaf, Jumeirah Emirates Towers, Jumeirah
With an increase in per capita income and growing aspirations, people are eventually taking shine to beautiful homes and better living. Nowadays consumers prefer customized furniture and recliners are becoming their favourite pick. Any room filled with recliners automatically attracts eye-balls as they are a perfect amalgamation of class and comfort. As more and more people are looking for relaxation and a stress free living, they are turning to comfortable recliners as an easy solution for either home or office use. These beauties not only add splendor to your house, but also serve as a solut
It’s an established fact that it’s a big bad world you are living in and at almost every step you face, and would continue to face, obstacles. They may come from your enemies, or your friends or families or strangers, or even from inanimate objects or the circumstances, but they will be there. If you accept it, there is only one person who can overcome your difficulties, and that’s you. So, when you take charge and take 100% responsibility for choosing your reaction towards all that comes your way, you are bound to move towards success. Continued happiness, exciting career options, nurt
Is your work killing you? Or, do your wife and kids eat away your energy? Experts say you can simply smile through your stress and be healthy in the long-term. Minor stresses attack every person throughout the day; however, some people fail to maintain cheerfulness or calmness and live in a state of elevated levels of inflammation. Inflammation means an immune-compromised state of a body part, i.e. it fails to protect itself via the immune system of the body. Long-term or chronic inflammation leads to life-threatening ailments such as obesity, heart disease and cancer. Inflammation According