Hill+Knowlton Strategies welcomes Mona Gauvreau to the role of General Manager for the Dubai office. Gauvreau transferred to the Middle East from Calgary, Alberta, Canada, where she was Vice President with Hill+Knowlton. She will report to Sconaid McGeachin, President and CEO India, Middle East, Africa & Turkey.

Advanced Interactive Media Solutions (AIMS), the GCC market leader in digital signage solutions, today announced that it has deployed digital signage network at Amwaj Rotana, part of the Rotana chain of hotels, located in Jumeirah Beach Residence (JBR), Dubai. In the multi-phased project, the hotel implemented cutting-edge digital signage throughout the premises.

This week Cyber Gear has completed 17 years in the internet business. According to Cyber Gear’s CEO, Sharad Agarwal, “In many ways we are as old as the Internet. In February 1996, just 1 month after Etisalat started providing internet connectivity in the UAE, we set-up Cyber Gear to provide web development and internet marketing services to enable local organisations, ‘Go Global’. In the last 17 years, we have serviced over 300 leading multinational, government and local organisations. Today our services include design of portal sites, intranets, e-CRM, e-business, CMS, e-commerce applications, e-marketing and internet strategy formulation.”

Delphine Edde and Hervé Cuviliez, two of the four founders of the Lebanese company Diwanee Media Group were selected in December to join Endeavor's worldwide mentor network. They were selected with 40 others, following a selection process led by business leaders globally and locally.

'Sign and Graphics Imaging Middle East' (SGI 2013), Middle East's largest sign and graphic imaging show was officially inaugurated by H.E. Muna Almarri, Director General of the Media Office of Dubai Government, Mr. Abdul Rahman Falaknaz; Chairman of IEC and Mr.Sharif Rahman, CEO, IEC were present among other senior industry officials and delegates during the inauguration of the 16th edition of the show. This is an official 'Dubai Shopping Festival 2013' event. IEC is also the Dubai EXPO2020 bid supporter.