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Around 2,700 medical and paramedical staff from The Royal Hospital, health institutions in the sultanate, the private sectors, civil associations, as well as from the GCC countries attended the second Royal Hospital International Conference at the Oman Convention & Exhibition Centre.

With an objective to promote tourism in Sri Lanka among people in Oman, more than 20 tour operators attended a one-day VIP Roadshow organised by the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau at Sheraton Oman Hotel on Sunday.

Oman Air has cancelled 478 flights between March 28 and April 30, as a result of Public Authority for Civil Aviation’s (PACA) directives on suspending operations of Boeing 737 Max. Some of the affected destinations are Salalah, Bahrain, Dubai, Riyadh, Doha, Kuwait, Kenya, Karachi, Amman, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Calicut and Goa.

Pakistan-based financial comparison platform Smartchoice has raised US$100,000 from Oman Technology Fund’s Wadi Accelerator programme. The startup received the investment after graduating from Wadi’s 10-week accelerator programme that took place in Muscat and London.

Golden Group Holding (GGH) an Oman-based business group has announced the launch of a new hotel project in Muscat as part of its strategy on distributing its investment portfolios across various governorates in Oman.

Hussain Mohammed Ali, Oman’s former ambassador to the UK, hosted a reception in honour of a visiting delegation of members of the International Council of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, and world-renowned art collectors, at his residence in Madinat as Sultan Qaboos, on Sunday.

The sultanate will be affected by a trough of low pressure starting from Wednesday until Thursday with isolated rains over the governorates of Musandam, Buraimi, Dhahirah and North Batinah, the Met department stated.

To mark Italian Design Day, the embassy in Muscat organised a lecture at the Scientific College of Design on Wednesday.

Dubai welcomed 15.92mn international overnight visitors in 2018 over 15.79mn in 2017, marking a new high according to the latest data released by Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (Dubai Tourism).

Arrivals from Europe to the GCC will increase 29 per cent between 2018 and 2023. According to the latest data released ahead of Arabian Travel Market (ATM) 2019, which takes place at Dubai World Trade Centre from April 28 to May 1, this will be driven by new and direct flight routes, a growing number of millennial and middle-class travellers and competitive air fares.