by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Nov 13, 2012 | Business
With the Lebanese Cabinet finally agreeing on the members of the Petroleum Administration committee, interest from oil and gas companies should start picking up and the UAE’s Crescent Petroleum isn’t wasting anytime: United Arab Emirates-based Crescent...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Aug 30, 2012 | Business, Environment
I am happy to see CMA-CGM take the initiative in Lebanon to go green by constructing a sustainable office building at the Beirut port: The company made the choice to build an office with a high level of sustainability as a way of reducing costs and increasing comfort,...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Jun 14, 2012 | Business
Less than a year since the launch of 3G networks in Lebanon, mobile telcom operator, Alfa is preparing for an upgrade: Lebanese mobile operator Alfa has selected Astellia, a provider of monitoring solutions for optimizing mobile network QoS, to deliver a...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Apr 12, 2012 | Business
So what do Northern Ireland, Ukraine, Algeria and Lebanon have in common? Thomson Cruises, Europe’s biggest travel company, plans to add these so called once-troubled destinations to its 2013 cruise destinations: Forget sunny Barcelona and the Amalfi coast, the...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Mar 14, 2012 | Business
French luxury hotel chain Sofitel is planning to expand its ‘So by Sofitel’ branded boutique hotels over the next decade with at leasy three locations in the Middle East, including Beirut: “Eventually we’ll have somewhere between 15 and 18 Sos...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Mar 4, 2012 | Business
In line with its Eastern Mediterranean promotion in spring, the UK retailer, Marks & Spencer plans to add Lebanese wine to its shelves after 18 months of discussions with Lebanese producers: The wines – from Chateau Ka, Chateau Ksara and Domaine des Tourelles–...