Dubai-based strategic corporate communications consultancy, In2 Consulting has welcomed Louise Oakley to the role of Director of PR. A journalist for over a decade working on titles such as Hotelier Middle East and Caterer Middle East at ITP Publishing, Louise was most recently Director of Marketing and Sales for the Jumeirah Group, where she was More Info »
The Dubai Lynx International Festival of Creativity has formed a joint partnership with Twitter, which will see the launch of the first Twitter Live Young Lynx Competition. Building on the young talent opportunities available at Dubai Lynx, the competition celebrates the best real-time campaign by a brand or its agency, leveraging the speed of social More Info »
Republique will be handling all communications for the launch of new nightlife concept INDIE. The kitchen and lounge venue is located in DIFC and operated by hospitality group AddMind. It will feature an eclectic mix of music, cocktails and food and Republique will be operating a 360 communications campaign to increase brand awareness as well as footfall More Info »
The Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) has forged a number of partnerships in order to draw attention to the cultural enrichment of Sharjah. Through these partnerships, SCCI will collaborate with Twitter, Forbes Middle East, Brag Events and Careem in order to raise awareness of the Emirate as a destination for entrepreneurs as well More Info »
Kassab Media has welcomed Mehdi Mabrouk to the role of Online Editor. Formerly a Journalist at Mediaquest, where he was in charge of Aficionado and Dubai Calendar as well as contributing luxury-related articles to other publications, Mehdi will now be working at CMM, a subsidiary of Kassab media as Online Editor of Virtuozity and Saat More Info »
Driving Growth has secured the PR account for health retailer Holland and Barrett. Part of Al Khayyat Investments in Dubai, Holland and Barrett will open its 20th UAE store in March with hopes for further expansion before the end of the year. Driving Growth will handle all day-to-day PR activities for the retailer, including press More Info »
Chris Gregory has launched new food and lifestyle blog, Chris Will Eat – chriswilleat.wordpress.com. The blog aims to provide an honest and open account of the F&B scene in the UAE, helping people to make their way through the host of dining options available with impartial reviews as well as home recipes. Chris currently works More Info »
Motivate Val Morgan, a joint venture between Motivate Publishing and Val Morgan Cinema Advertising, has now become the advertising sales partner for all 38 Reel Cinemas screens across Dubai. The company will now exclusively handle all on and off screen advertising interests for the cinemas, owned and operated by Emaar Entertainment.“We are delighted to partner More Info »
Lotus Communications has secured the PR and marketing account for Bioscience Clinic. The clinic, located in Dubai Healthcare City, specialises in regenerative medicine and Lotus will be working on all PR, marketing, social media and brand management in order to raise awareness for the centre across the region. “We are very pleased to be chosen to More Info »
The 10th annual Dubai Lynx Festival, taking place between March 6 and March 9, 2016, will see the launch of Lynx Live – a new initiative that will bring live festival content to the world through TV.AE. A regional online content platform launching on March 1, 2016, TV.AE will broadcast one live seminar from each More Info »