Daily Archives: March 23, 2026

Sports & Recreations

Your Complete Guide to the Dubai World Cup 2026

Marking its 30th running, the Dubai World Cup returns to Meydan Racecourse on Saturday, 28 March 2026. First staged in 1996, the race day has established itself as the pinnacle of the global horseracing calendar.

Credit: Dubai Racing Club

With $30.5 million in prizemoney across nine elite races, the Dubai World Cup will once again attract the finest horses, trainers and jockeys for an unforgettable showcase of world-class racing. The 2026 running follows a memorable 2025 victory by the American-trained Hit Show, who returns to contest the title once again in the $12 million Dubai World Cup sponsored by Emirates Airline, highlighting the race’s continued ability to attract and crown world-class international contenders.

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Business & Investments

Hotpack honors outstanding talent and innovation at ‘CEO Excellence Awards 2026’

Dubai, UAE – March 23, 2025: Hotpack, the UAE-based leader in sustainable packaging solutions, hosted its annual ‘CEO Excellence Awards 2026’ recently in Dubai, in recognition of the outstanding contribution of individual employees, teams and projects across the operations of the company.

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Education

Arada awards AED183 million contract to build Reigate Grammar School Masaar, a new 2,700-capacity campus for Sharjah

  • Reigate Grammar School Masaar will be the first branch campus of a UK school in Sharjah
  • School set to open doors in 2027, following completion of the 16-month construction contract

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates: 23 March 2026 – Arada has awarded the AED183 million main construction contract for a new K-12 school in Masaar, its AED9.5 billion forested megaproject in Sharjah. Developed in partnership with UAE-based education provider Bright Capital Investment, Reigate Grammar School Masaar is the first branch campus of a UK school to be established in Sharjah.

The contract to build the school was awarded to Al Rehab Al Arabi Building Contracting Co. LLC. Construction has begun, with work scheduled to take 16 months to complete.

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Featured

Malabar Charitable Trust with Pratham Education Foundation to Strengthen Micro Learning Centres for Underprivileged Children

Malabar Charitable Trust, the CSR wing of Malabar Group, has partnered with the Pratham Education Foundation to further strengthen its Micro Learning Centres (MLCs) initiative aimed at rehabilitating and supporting the education of underprivileged children across India.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Malabar Charitable Trust, social welfare organisation Thanal, and Pratham Education Foundation at the Malabar Group headquarters in Kozhikode.

The signing ceremony was attended by Mr. M. P. Ahammad, Chairman of Malabar Group Mr. Asher O, Managing Director – India Operations, Malabar Gold & Diamonds;  Ms. Preeti Pandey, Program Manager at Pratham Education Foundation; Dr. V. Idrees, Chairman of Thanal, Mr. Nishad A. K., Executive Director of Malabar Group; and Mr. U. V. Jose, Head – Public Affairs at Malabar Group.

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Hotels & Hosppitality

Coral Beach Resort Sharjah sets UAE hospitality benchmark as first signatory of Glasgow Declaration on Climate Action

• The Declaration is a global initiative that aims to unite the tourism sector in reducing carbon emissions by half by 2030.

Sharjah, UAE (March 22, 2026): — Coral Beach Resort Sharjah is proud to announce its recent acknowledgment and listing as a signatory of the Glasgow Declaration Initiative on Climate Action in Tourism. This recognition cements Coral Beach Resort Sharjah’s status as the only hotel in the UAE to receive this honour, further enhancing our commitment to sustainable tourism.

The Glasgow Declaration on Climate Action in Tourism is a global initiative launched during the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in 2021 aimed at bringing together the tourism sector to cut carbon emissions by half by 2030 and reach net zero as early as possible before 2050, in line with science-based targets.

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