Families from the UAE are seeking destinations that offer educational value alongside traditional holiday experiences
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Pope Francis
Pope Francis shows ‘slight improvement’ amid ongoing medical treatment
The Vatican reassured the public that Pope Francis’ condition remains stable
Pope Francis
Pope Francis remains ‘critical’; UAE leaders wish him ‘speedy recovery’
Despite his condition, the Pope Francis participated in Mass on Sunday morning in his tenth-floor hospital apartment alongside his care-giving team
abu dhabi airport
Etihad Airways announces new Abu Dhabi to Rome flights
Etihad Airways will fly from Abu Dhabi to Rome 14 times per week
Aviation
Saudi Arabia announces new flights to Italy from Riyadh and Jeddah in 2024
Saudi Arabia will welcome Italy’s ITA Airways to Riyadh and Jeddah airports this year
Bureau International des Expositions
Saudi Arabia presents $7.8bn plan for Expo 2030
Saudi Arabia unveil more details on Expo 2030 bid alongside South Korean and Italian competition
Abu Dhabi
Etihad increases Abu Dhabi to Rome flights
Etihad Airways announces plans to fly from Rome to Abu Dhabi 11 times per week
Pope Francis
Pope Francis hospitalised with respiratory infection
The pope is at the Policlinico A. Gemelli in Rome, currently undergoing treatments for a respiratory infection
India
Pope Francis planning India, Mongolia trips after Lisbon, Marseille
Pope Francis said he thought he would visit India in 2024, after plans for a trip in 2017 fell apart
Bahrain Investcorp
Bahrain’s Investcorp seals first Italian real estate deals as European focus intensifies
Investment firm announces Milan and Rome acquisitions as European real estate business tops €1.1bn
Abu Dhabi
Pope Francis impressed by UAE’s ‘modernity, cleanliness, openness’
Pope Francis was speaking to journalists onboard his return flight from the UAE yesterday
Abu Dhabi
Pope hails ‘step forward’ in Islam dialogue after UAE visit
Pope Francis hailed the signing of a document on ‘human fraternity for world peace’ with Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, the imam of Cairo’s Al-Azhar, Sunni Islam’s prestigious seat of learning
airport lounges
Emirates invests $4.5m in new airport lounge in Rome
Rome opening takes Emirates’ investment in airport lounges around the world to more than $350m
Alitalia
Soaring passenger numbers put Alitalia ‘on the right track’, says CEO
Alitalia has been the subject of three offers, from German airline giant Lufthansa, another from US private equity group Cerberus, and a joint EasyJet-Air France bid
Abu Dhabi International Airport
UAE’s Etihad plans to double flights to Rome
New service will take the total number of Etihad flights on the route to 14 a week
Picasso
Video: Picasso exhibition in Rome celebrates centenary of artist’s visit to Italy
An exhibition to celebrate the hundredth anniversary of Pablo Picasso’s trip to Italy has opened in Rome.
