Business Club

Ayla Oasis Development Company renewed its commitment to supporting entrepreneurship within the business sector, by providing spaces within its retail services area at the Marina Village.

Renting services at the Marina Village will soon become available to a group of businesses that include restaurants from Akkawi Group, Eight Group, Heros and Melange Coffee House, and other pioneering Jordanian brands.

This move comes as part of Ayla’s efforts to provide integrated support services to a diverse range of businesses.

Ayla also provides youth-led companies and entrepreneurs with a platform to expand their businesses and develop their activities, with support services, outstanding infrastructure and access to its established urban multiuse project developed creatively with an open-minded work team.

Ayla Oasis Development Company Managing Director Engineer Sahl Dudin said, "As part of our commitment to our master plan, we have expanded our support services to meet the needs of Ayla’s residents and visitors.

We recently welcomed to the Marina Village a diverse group of Jordanian businesses, who will join an already impressive roster of establishments.

We believe in the strength of local brands, and we support their expansion at the Aqaba Special Economic Zone."

The degree will allow students to study for three years at MEU before spending the last two years on Strathclyde University’s campus in UK.

During the launch ceremony, MEU said it was holding talks to launch several joint programmes, in addition to its flagship degree in Pharmacology.

Britain’s ambassador to Jordan, Edward Oakden, extolled the virtues of internationalisation in advancing UK-Jordanian ties, adding that future links between the two countries will be firmly rooted in educational exchange. 

As part of its commitment towards corporate social responsibility, BCI has organised a blood donation campaign, in collaboration with the Jordan Blood Bank.

The Campaign aims to encourage employees to participate in programmes that serve the local community, and this cooperation is seeks to help save the lives of those in need of blood in private and public hospitals.

Moreover, this campaign raises awareness on the health benefits of donating blood for the donors themselves.

The initiative, held at BCI Head Office, was attended by most BCI staff in Jordan. The blood donation campaign embodies the cooperation spirit among the company’s staff and their commitment to contribute to humanitarian activities.

Fadi Baransi, CEO of BCI Mobile Group said: “This initiative is vital to BCI family, as it demonstrates our commitment to our local community... Our staff on Tuesday, showed their great spirits to serve our community, in addition to their generosity.”

Royal Jordanian (RJ) is running a new, global, super saver sales promo starting on Tuesday (September 17) until October 1, under the theme:"BuyBye”. The promo offers customers competitive fares to travel on RJ’s route network between October 17 this year and March 25, 2020, with a maximum stay of 45 days at the destination.

A blackout period includes Christmas and New Year. The starting economy class fares for the round-trip flights departing from Amman, including taxes, are as follows: To: North America: JD559, The Far East: JD369, Europe: JD359, North Africa: JD259, Arabian Gulf & Iraq: JD199, Levant: JD169 and Aqaba: JD59.

Interested travelers can book their tickets across all RJ sales channels, including through its official website and mobile app, its global sales offices and travel agents, and the call center (+962 5100000).

During the Jordan Business Magazine Awards ceremony, Citibank Jordan has been announced as the winner of the “CSR Programme of the Year” Award. The ceremony was attended by more than 250 guests, including prominent businessmen, entrepreneurs, and leading political figures.

Jordan Business Magazine holds this annual event to recognise change makers in Jordan on a variety of fronts and to highlight what the Kingdom has to offer in terms of excellence and innovation. Citi Foundation is Citi’s social investment arm and handles Citi’s CSR work through annual grants that are given to NGOs across the globe.

In Jordan, Citi Foundation works with the Jordan River Foundation and the International Rescue Committee to promote economic progress and improve the lives of people in low-income communities. In comment, Nour Jarrar, CEO of Citibank Jordan said: “This award recognises Citi’s CSR activities and we are truly honoured to receive it for the first time.

I must share this success with our partners, Jordan River Foundation and the International Rescue Committee. It is these two NGOs’ programmes, volunteers, employees and resources that contributed to us, making a positive impact on young entrepreneurs and improving people’s living standards across Jordan.” 

Fairmont Amman managed by AccorHotels, has announced the appointment of Toufic Ismail as an executive pastry chef.

“We are excited to welcome Toufic Ismail to Fairmont Amman, where he will dedicate his renowned innovative pastry techniques and passion to dazzle our guests with his unique creations,” Fairmont Amman General Manager Fadeel Wehbe said.

Ismail has extensive experience in perfecting the art of baking, sugar art design, and chocolate carving, starting his career at the InterContinental Hotels Group-Lebanon, before moving into leading positions in several prestigious hotels and resorts in Algeria, UAE, Maldives and Qatar, allowing him to learn and modify recipes.

With his appointment, in addition to the latest promotions witnessed recently at Fairmont Amman, the hotel reinforces its strategy to recruit exceptional talents, aiming at offering extraordinary experiences for its guests.

EY announces the launch of GigNow in the MENA region, an online platform that connects people seeking short-term contracts (gigs) with opportunities at EY. Advancements in workplace technology enable freelancers to access job opportunities that allow them to work remotely, giving them more flexibility and freedom in their professional careers as they support on-demand work.

As an online talent marketplace, GigNow will offer freelancers from across the MENA region the opportunity to engage with EY on a per project basis, giving contract workers the chance to combine flexibility and diverse gigs with exceptional experiences.

The platform also aims to provide further supply to increasing workforce demands across a wide range of skill sets, including business consulting, transaction assistance, insurance, tax advisory and IT, as well as other business-related areas.

GigNow has been launched in Australia, India, New Zealand, the United States and the United Kingdom prior to being launched in the MENA region. In this region GigNow is currently live and receiving applicants from Bahrain, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates at https://www.gignow.com/

The 2019 Aga Khan Award for Architecture Master Jury has announced its selection of the Palestinian Museum as winner of the prestigious annual prize. The museum shares this honour and prize of one million dollars with five other projects that were also on the award shortlist, which included 20 entries from 16 different countries.

The prize will be presented in a ceremony in Kazan, Russia in the fall of 2019. The Palestinian Museum was designed by Irish architecture firm HeneghanPeng while its gardens were designed by Jordanian landscape architect Lara Zureikat.

According to the Master Jury decision, the museum was selected for its role as a setting that fosters creative endeavours and educational programmes as well as democratic dialogue and a culture of openness and tolerance.

The jury also cited the Museum’s distinct design which blends harmoniously with its natural, rural surroundings among the hillside terraces that characterise the Palestinian landscape. 

Run Jordan has announced at a press conference its preparations to launch Samsung Amman Marathon on October 11th, 2019, marking His Majesty King Abdullah’s 20th anniversary of his Accession to the Throne.

The conference was chaired by Yousef Al Shawarbeh, mayor of the Greater Amman Municipality; Run Jordan’s strategic partner, Lina El Kurd, Run Jordan general manager and Mohannad Al Nabulsi, director of Corporate Relations at Samsung Electronics Levant; the official sponsor of Samsung Amman Marathon.

At the press conference, Al Shawarbeh stressed the importance of Samsung Amman Marathon as a unique sport event that gathers the biggest number of runners to run in the heart of the capital, in addition to its promoting tourism, through the marathon’s distinctive path which ends in the Roman Amphitheater as one of the prominent tourist attractions in Amman.

The press conference highlighted Run Jordan’s extended partnership with Samsung Electronics Levant as main sponsor.

Sowt Podcasts in cooperation with the embassy of the Kingdom of The Netherlands have launched a new project aimed at supporting the production and publishing of podcasts. Under the slogan, “Exploring Equality and Human Rights in Jordan with Podcasts”, the three-year project will support the production of three podcasts.

Two of the shows are continued productions of Sowt’s podcasts, Eib and Mal 3amal, which discuss taboo societal issues, and the experience and rights of immigrant labour in Jordan, respectively. The third show will be an entirely new show exploring journalistic freedom and the journalism scene in Jordan.

The project aims to strengthen community connections and advancing podcasts as a form of media, by hosting podcast listening parties. The project will also provide several journalists with audio production skills training workshops. Sowt Podcasts is a digital audio organisation based in Amman, Jordan that produces high-quality, narrative-driven audio content for Arabic-speaking audiences.