A dazzling opening night for Sofitel El Gezirah
CAIRO: Literally glittering with lights, the Sofitel El Gezirah was officially inaugurated on Oct. 24. Accor CEO Gilles Pelisson along with the CEO of Sofitel Worldwide Yann Caillere, Chairman of…
What makes a hotel 'hip'?
It s not just the feeling of wow, because you can get wow from anything. You can get wow from a 100-foot-atrium in a corporate hotel, Herbert Ypma, author of…
Desert mounts and monuments
It is 7 am in Giza and you can smell the dawn. For a short while the Cairene pollution is bathed the color of peaches. Beyond the garish papyrus emporia…
Fitness, plus body and soul equals wellness
Safe, known as the fitness convention of the Middle East, was launched at a press conference in Cairo on Thursday evening, promising to be bigger and better than ever.Under the…
Intel celebrates training 100,000 teachers in Egypt
CAIRO: Intel held a special event on Thursday to celebrate the training of 100,000 teachers in Egypt through its "Teach program, which was launched in Egypt three years ago with…
New cement companies encouraged to increase domestic component use
CAIRO: All new cement companies who will receive licenses after Sunday's tender will be encouraged to increase the domestic component used to establish their cement factories, the Ministry of Trade…
SMEs get a boost with opening of stock exchange 'Nile X'
CAIRO: In a major step towards developing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), Minister of Investment Mahmoud Mohieldin inaugurated Thursday Egypt's highly anticipated SME bourse named the Nile Stock Exchange (Nile…
It's business as usual, says head of the Real Estate Tax Office
CAIRO: "Everything is running as normal, chairman of the Real Estate Tax Office Ismail Abdel Rasoul told Daily News Egypt on Thursday, emphasizing that the strikes by tax collectors have…
Hanafy's romantic creation brings art to life
After an arduous journey, myself and my trusted driver Ayad finally reached our destination. Having driven through a maze of dusty narrow streets, hemmed in on both sides by rows…
A cloudy spring at the Cairo Opera House
It wouldn't make sense traveling to, say, Moscow for a belly dance show; hence my apprehension about attending The Cairo Opera Ballet. Still, I was curious. What's more, the performance…