For travel companies, growth has traditionally been tied closely to booking volume. When demand becomes harder to predict, and competition puts pressure on margins, businesses also need to manage their existing payments and costs as efficiently as possible. Qashio, the MENA region’s leading spend management solution, will address this challenge at Arabian Travel Market 2026, […]
Read Full Story →ClearTax, a global tax compliance and e-invoicing technology company, has announced a partnership with Odoo, one of the world’s leading open-source business management platforms, to make tax compliance and e-invoicing simpler and more accessible for businesses across the Gulf region. As part of the partnership, Odoo will develop a native integration with ClearTax for customers […]
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Walk into almost any independent salon, spa, or clinic across the Gulf and you’ll see the same setup: a booking app on a tablet by the door, a card machine from one bank, a WhatsApp thread full of appointment confirmations, and a notebook sometimes still paper, sometimes a spreadsheet holding years of client history. Every […]
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Airwallex, a leading global AI-native financial platform, has announced it is investing $43 million US dollars (158,000,000 AED*) in the UAE over the next five years, as part of its wider expansion across the UK and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA region). The investment will fund new financial and agentic products and grow Airwallex’s […]
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It usually starts with one resignation. Not because the business is failing. In fact, it often happens when the company is growing faster than ever. A key employee hands in their notice. Recruitment suddenly becomes urgent. Managers are overwhelmed. New hires arrive with little onboarding. Performance begins to slip, communication breaks down, and founders find […]
Read Full Story →Cities have always been engines of economic activity. Ancient trading cities grew around ports and marketplaces that connected merchants, goods and buyers. Industrial cities connected factories with labor, transportation, energy and capital. Today’s global cities bring together businesses, institutions, investors and talent. The ability to create connections has always been a major economic advantage. But […]
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Beyond the Mall, the UAE-based online marketplace dedicated to independent brands and makers, is championing the region’s growing community of artisans, designers and small businesses by bringing their products together in one carefully curated destination. From handcrafted jewellery and homeware to personalised gifts, beauty and lifestyle products, the platform gives consumers a single place to […]
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Tax Star, the UAE’s first AI-powered corporate tax software platform, announced it has closed a $1.75 million seed funding round. The raise comes as Tax Star positions itself around one of its most significant regulatory milestones to date, its status as a pre-approved Accredited Service Provider (ASP) for UAE e-invoicing. The round was backed primarily […]
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The Space 14 Estate has announced the launch of a new warehousing and commercial development in Dubai Investments Park 2 (DIP 2). The project adds to a growing supply of modern industrial space in one of Dubai’s established logistics districts, at a time when demand for well-specified, adaptable facilities continues to rise across the sector. […]
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Walk into a busy salon in Dubai or a clinic in Amman and you will often find the same quiet chaos behind the front desk: appointments booked in one app, client records scattered across a notebook and a phone, payments run through a separate machine, and follow-up messages typed out by hand. For years, the […]
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