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Tourism Authority of Thailand highlights how travellers can support local businesses amidst travel restrictions
With a nationwide lockdown and global travel ban in effect during the COVID-19 pandemic, small and medium-sized enterprises are struggling to keep afloat. Dependent on tourism to generate sales revenue, many businesses have turned to e-commerce to reach customers, both domestically and internationally. “More than 21% of Thailand’s GDP comes from tourism revenue, meaning that […]
Majid Al Futtaim Reskills and Redeploys More Than 1,000 Employees
Dubai, 24 March 2020 – Majid Al Futtaim, the leading shopping mall, communities, retail and leisure pioneer across the Middle East, Africa and Asia, has activated an employee redeployment programme across the region, which sees more than one thousand leisure, entertainment and cinema employees being reskilled to join the company’s Carrefour business on a temporary […]
100% Recycled Plastic Bottles Face Masks
DGrade has announced the launch of the new Greenspun® Face Mask made from 100% recycled plastic bottles. The Dubai based company known for recycling plastic bottles into clothing and accessories developed the reusable fabric face mask to help reduce PPE waste and divert plastic from landfill. The fabric face masks are made with DGrade’s […]
Voices of Future Generations – Tell us your Story!
Isobel Abulhoul is the CEO of the Emirates Literature Foundation and the founder of the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature, the Arab World’s largest celebration of the written and spoken word. Isobel has received a great number of awards and accolades over the years for her work She also co-founded the beloved Magrudy’s bookshop back […]
Clothing Items’ Stories Get RETOLD
Over the last 10 years, Dubai has established itself as a globally recognised destination for retail tourism, claiming the role of number one shopping destination in the world, according to CBRE. For Dubai, tourism will remain a key revenue driver for the economy, especially with Expo2020 on the horizon, the ‘World’s Greatest Show’ is expected […]
The Rise of Sustainable Design in times of COVID ’19
By Najia Qazi, Founder and Creative Professional at Sustainable Narrative Sustainable movement is on the rise in MENA, with growing awareness and the advancement of sustainable practices in the region. Initiatives and road maps have been introduced and continue to be supported in order to understand the current dynamics of sustainability. The “new normal” […]
Five Reasons to Use Mobile Payments
Can you imagine life without your phone? Smartphones today pack in everything you need and yes, we do end up needing them for everything – from emails, texts and entertainment, to ordering lunch and Instagramming it too. Just when you thought smartphones couldn’t get any more indispensable, enters mobile payment. This digital mode of payments […]
The New Age of Garbage
Samer Kamal, Environmental Entrepreneur and Chief Strategy Officer at Minus Global, shares with The Sustainabilist his vision of the waste of the future. As cities worldwide started transitioning to smart cities, what role does waste management play in this change? I think the waste management sector is interesting from a smart city perspective because […]
Veolia is Fully Mobilised
Given the unprecedented health crisis the world is currently facing, Veolia is fully mobilised to safeguard the continuity of essential services, while also protecting the health of its employees, the Group’s two absolute priorities. Since the beginning of the crisis, Veolia has put in place business continuity plans that focus primarily on producing and supplying […]
Tariq Al Ghussein, Taqeef Chairman and CEO discusses the iMatter Initiative with The Sustainabilist
Why was iMatter established? Today’s youth is growing up in a generation full of innovation and possibilities – where technology is revolutionising the job market. Research[1] shows us that 65% of children will work in a job that doesn’t currently exist. And, that careers in STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) are where the newest […]
