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September 8, 2025

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Dubai Ranks Best Among World’s Top 10 Cities for Business Travel
(SOURCE: GULF NEWS)

For UAE business owners, travel is more than just flights and hotel stays. Face-to-face meetings still seal deals and build trust. A new study has found that Dubai ranks among the top 10 cities worldwide for combining productivity, convenience, and lifestyle.

Credit card provider Capital on Tap analysed 77 global cities on key business travel factors: Wi-Fi speed, hotel availability, dining costs, cultural experiences, and flight times from London.

 
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[Podcast] Is the Air Traffic Control System Broken? (FREAKONOMICS)

3,000+ Flights Gone: Spirit Airlines Ditches 54% of Its Las Vegas Flights This Winter (SIMPLE FLYING)

Icelandair and Alaska Airlines Sign Codeshare Deal (BTN EUROPE)

Tropical Storm Tapah Hits Southern China: 60,000 Evacuated, 100 Flights Cancelled (INDIAN EXPRESS)

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Hospitality Tech Platforms DigitalGuest and Chicostay Merge (PHOCUSWIRE)

Concur Integrates Gekko’s Hotel Distribution Technology (BTN EUROPE)

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OTA's High Hopes for Social, AI Channels as Q2 Marketing Spend Hits $5B (PHOCUSWIRE)

SA Business Travel Set for Rebound Amid Growing Confidence (BIZ COMMUNITY)

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Crisis24 Intelligence Brief

China - Typhoon Tapah tracking north-northwestward across western Guangdong Province, China, early Sept. 8. Severe weather likely through Sept. 9.

France - Labor unions plan rail and airport strikes nationwide in France on Sept. 10. Transport disruptions, protests likely.

Hungary, Poland and Slovakia - Severe weather forecast across Hungary, Slovakia, and southern Poland through Sept. 8. Transport, business, utility disruptions possible.

Kazakhstan - Flight disruptions possible at Astana's Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport, Kazakhstan, Sept. 8-Oct. 31, due to runway maintenance.  

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