Lebanese designer Rami Kadi set to hold debut show at couture week

Middle East airlines expecting more turbulence in 2019 remain optimistic on strong travel demand

Arabian Gulf airlines say they expect to face further headwinds in the next 12 months but are optimistic about growth in 2019 as demand for travel remains strong.

Airlines in the region foresee oil price volatility, currency fluctuations, escalating trade tensions and increasingly fierce competition clouding the industry outlook next"...

Lebanon set for major internet improvements in 2019: Itani

BEIRUT: Lebanon can expect to see a big improvement in internet speeds once the installation of fiber optics is completed in 2019, according to Hisham Itani, chairman and CEO of Resource Solutions. Itani, whose company is involved in the installation of fiber optics and other major projects in the country, says speeds and connectivity are set to pick up.

“Fiber"...

Lebanese designer Rabih Kayrouz granted access to elite fashion club

He recently marked the 10-year anniversary of his eponymous label, but that isn't the only milestone Rabih Kayrouz has to celebrate. The Lebanese designer, who founded womenswear label Maison Rabih Kayrouz in Paris in 2008, has this week joined an esteemed group of fashion houses granted haute couture status, which is a legal term.

The"...

Bassil from Davos: Achieving stability in Syria is in Lebanon's interest

NNA - Caretaker Foreign Minister, Gebran Bassil, said on Tuesday that achieving stability in Syria and non-sectarianism were in Lebanon's interest.


Speaking at a panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Minister Bassil pointed out that if, during the war, 'lebanonization' meant division, it was now 'synonymous with the export of the Lebanese model of coexistence and plurality.'...

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India seeks $11 bn from state asset sales in 2019-20 fiscal year

North Lebanon Merchants Association honors participants in Second Turkish Arab Economic Forum

Lebanese default risk prompts Moody's downgrade deeper into junk