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Urbanologie launches Dubai edition

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Global destination guide, Urbanologie has launched a new Dubai platform and app. The members-only guide features insider news and exclusive content on new restaurants, bars, pop-ups, clubs and hotels opening, as well as access to events from the world of fashion, the arts, music and sport.

The new, ‘live’ destination guide to Dubai is available to members by registering via Urbanologie’s dedicated website, www.urbanologie.com, or as part of the Urbanologie app – available for iOS and Android. Urbanologie also features guides to other cities including London, New York, Los Angeles and Ibiza. The Dubai edition has been added as part of a global expansion programme to include the world’s principal and most exciting cities and holiday destinations, inspired by members’ preferences.

“Our promise is to establish and maintain an exclusive, curated service dedicated and committed to our members, delivered across unique digital platforms,” says Hugo Campbell-Davys, Founder, Urbanologie. “Dubai has become an important destination for our global members; both as a leisure destination but now also as an international business hub and we are looking to provide an insightful curated guide to those visiting as well as providing a unique and useful lifestyle resource for locals.”

 

Brndstr launches Innbx

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Dubai-based tech start-up Brndstr has launched Innbx, a new mobile application, developed for creative agencies to manage and monitor several Instagram accounts and hash tags as part of social media campaigns. Innbx is a free application developed to enhance the way brands engage with users on Instagram, allowing people to manage multiple accounts, to categorise followers in to groups and to save social content directly to mobile phones. Innbx was unveiled at TechCrunch Disrupt in New York City.

“With the launch of Innbx, companies will now have an opportunity to take their marketing campaigns to the next level,” says Simon Hudson, CEO and Founder, Brndstr. “As posted content continues to grow, we believe users will find the ability to group content extremely useful.”

 

ShortList UAE now live

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ShortList UAE officially launched its online platforms today, shortlistdubai.com and shortlistabudhabi.com, with its print publication to follow in September. Falling under the umbrella of Arab Publishing Partners (APP), part of ITP Publishing Group, the websites are headed up by Shortlist UAE Editor-in-Chief Eddie Taylor and Digital Editor Sarah Garden.

The websites include features on restaurants and cafes, bars and clubs, film and TV, events and attractions, as well as shopping and style – all relevant to their respective cities. Differing from Shortlist’s UK website, the UAE counterparts will be aimed at both women and men. Both websites will be updated regularly and will include searchable entertainment listings for each city.

 

Digital Ink launches in Dubai

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Content services agency Digital Ink have launched in Dubai. Covering a network of freelance journalists, editors, photographers and producers based in the region, Digital Ink supply social media content, features, interviews, copy-editing, translation and video services to media outlets and brands.

Headed up by Managing Director Rachel McArthur, Digital Ink is currently responsible for editing T Emirates – the UAE version of T: The New York Times Style Magazine, and Executive Series – a lifestyle print publication that is a supplement to Bloomberg Businessweek ME. Rachel brings a wealth of knowledge to her new role having worked across various publications for the past decade including Emirates Business 24/7, Explorer and Yahoo! Middle East.

“When it comes to UAE media, we’ve found that more and more publishers and digital companies are looking for freelancers to cover full-time staff on holiday, as well as perhaps cover events they cannot attend or work one-off projects,” says Rachel. “Approaching us saves editors the time of having to look for contributors, and they trust that we will pair them with the right people. We also work with brands – providing everything from web content to more creative campaigns.”

Flip Flop Media launches Future Cities ME

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Flip Flop Media, has announced the launch of Future Cities Middle East (ME) today. The magazine is an incisive yet all-inclusive look at issues relevant to designing, building, sustaining and living in the cities of tomorrow.

Future Cities ME will cover developments and issues on a number of subjects ranging from green construction, infrastructure, urban transport, sustainability and technology, to lifestyle, healthcare, education and eco-awareness. Future Cities me brings news, features, interviews and opinions to its readers in an urbane, interesting and unique format. The magazine will be published with a circulation of 27, 500 copies in print monthly for a retail price of AED50.

“Future Cities ME fulfils the present day need for a unique platform that fosters public-private partnerships in building successful and sustainable cities of the future,” says Liam Williams, Publisher and CEO, Flip Flop Media. “It discusses the entire range of issues that will affect the way we live and do business in the cities of our collective future.”

Friday magazine to be relaunched

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Friday magazine has been redesigned and relaunched. The glossy magazine launched in 1997, is published by GN Publishing every Friday alongside Gulf News. It printed an average of 115,000 copies weekly in 2014, and according to the Target Group Index UAE, the magazine has been read by 360,000 consumers in the last seven days. The relaunch is a culmination of six months market research by Friday magazine, resulting in a complete redesign lead by Editor Karen Pasquali Jones, with Art Editor Mark Setchfield.

“Friday has always been the market leader in the UAE, and I’m thrilled that it now looks world-class,” says Karen. “We have done six months of research all over the country to find out exactly what our readers want and give them a magazine to look forward to receiving every week. We have always carried thought-provoking stories, features on people making a difference, and campaigned on national and international issues and now it is wrapped up in a completely new, modern design.”

Buzzeff launches mobile video ad format

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Digital communications solutions company Buzzeff has exclusively launched two mobile video advertisement formats in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) as part of a strategic partnership with video ad distributor Teads. The formats – inRead Mobile and inFlow Mobile – will allow publishers to smoothly integrate video formats with their content easily, and allow for a number of audience targeting options.

“Through our strategic partnership with Teads, we continuously provide advertisers and brands with more efficient and innovative advertising communication solutions,” says Jérôme Mouthon, Founder and Chairman of Buzzeff MEA. “The release of mobile video is an important milestone in the world of advertising.”

 

 

Bloomberg Businessweek launches Arabic edition

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Bloomberg Businessweek Middle East, in partnership with United Media Services International (UMS), has officially launched its Arabic edition for the Middle East market.

Published monthly and with a targeted circulation of 30,000, the Arabic version will focus on an audience of business leaders based predominantly in Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Qatar. The new edition will carry fresh content and articles written especially for an Arabic audience, as well as selected articles from the Bloomberg Businessweek Middle East title. This will provide readers with detailed analysis and access to CEOs, dealmakers and industrial decision makers as well as global content drawn from Bloomberg’s 2,400 journalists worldwide, in addition to financial content from UMS’s regional network of bureaus and editors.

Arabian Business introduces press release function

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ITP Publishing’s Arabian Business has officially launched its new online ‘Company News’ section. The free service – with a premium service option also available – allows companies and PR agencies to upload press releases directly onto the website, a significant addition to the Arabian Business offering as it creates more interaction and direct communication between businesses and readers.

In the announcement made by Arabian Business, Executive Editor Shane McGinley says, “This new facility is an excellent way for both companies and PR agencies to get across, in a very short space of time, any news announcements. This is available not just for GCC based firms but for news coming from around the globe.”

Construction Business News ME to officially launch

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Construction Business News ME (CBNME) is officially being launched this week by BNC Publishing. A B2B publication dedicated to the construction industry in the MENA region, CBNME concentrates on the latest developments in the building, mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP), facilities management, construction machinery, architecture and real estate sector.

With a circulation of 7,300 to be distributed throughout the GCC – concentrating on the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar – the monthly magazine will be dedicated to sector-specifics in the content streams of news, products, technological advancements and equipment, as well as interviews with relevant figures from the industry.

“Construction Business News ME will focus on giving the readers quality insights into the industry with the help of  reliable experts across the region,” says Diarmuid O’Malley, Group Publishing Director, BNC Publishing. “I look forward to working with trusted partners across the construction sector.”