This advanced checkout setup allows users on mobile devices to be redirected seamlessly to their digital wallet application to authorize flight payments. Once approved, they return to the airline’s app to receive their e-tickets. Desktop users choosing the digital payment method at checkout scan a QR code displayed on their screen using their mobile device and approve the transaction within the wallet app. After the transaction is verified across the payment network, automated systems promptly confirm bookings and issue flight itineraries along with electronic travel documents.
Exterior view of the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi entrance plaza on Saadiyat Island. (Credit – WAM) The museum’s architectural design includes 30 interior galleries offering 11,600 square metres of exhibition space, complemented by 23,000 square metres of outdoor display zones. Central to the building is a spacious atrium, with ten sculptural cones defining the skyline—nine clad in stainless steel mesh and one finished in onyx and glass. These cones, reaching heights of up to 88 metres, do more than serve an aesthetic purpose; they harness natural breezes and offer shade, employing passive cooling methods suited to the desert environment to help minimize energy use. The complex also features a dedicated arts and technology centre, specialized areas for children’s education, archives, a research library, and a high-tech conservation lab. Since 2009, the museum has been systematically expanding its extensive permanent collection, which bridges local, regional, and international artistic movements. Instead of strict chronological displays, curators focus on thematic narratives that explore cross-regional stories across geography, generations, and mediums from the mid-twentieth century to today. The collection underscores the historical role of Emirates at the crossroads of global trade and cultural interchange involving Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas. By forging connections between diverse artistic voices, the museum aims to offer visitors fresh insights into contemporary global art history. Connecting Global Narratives Through Curatorial Vision Guggenheim Abu Dhabi is part of an expanding network of
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According to new findings published by the EU agency Eurofound, the European Union is on track to miss its Digital Decade goal of employing 20 million information and communications technology specialists by 2030. Official statements from Emirates News Agency confirmed that the EU is expected to fall short of the 2030 ICT target by 5 million workers, despite ongoing efforts to expand hiring across the region’s technology industry. The study, titled IT Sector in Focus: Evolution of the EU Digital Workforce, pointed out that the current primary and vocational education systems in most member states cannot meet the rising corporate demand for advanced digital expertise. This gap has led many European firms to increasingly depend on skilled migrant workers from outside the EU to address severe staffing shortages.
