03 September, 2014

KALOTI PRECIOUS METALS CONFIRMED AS FULLY COMPLIANT WITH DMCC RESPONSIBLE SOURCING GUIDELINES IN AUGUST 2014 AUDIT REPORT BY GRANT THORNTON





Kaloti Precious Metals, one of the world’s largest gold and precious metals refiners and trading houses, today announces the successful completion of a voluntary reasonable assurance audit of the company’s precious metals supply chain.

Conducted by the forensic audit team at leading accountancy firm Grant Thornton, the audit results confirm Kaloti’s full compliance with DMCC Guidelines, which are based on the OECD’s, and are in line with international standards for responsible sourcing of precious metals.

Kaloti’s Board of Directors voluntarily decided to undertake the audit, with the engagement aimed at reviewing the company’s compliance in relation to the responsible sourcing of gold for the period 01 October 2013 to 31 March 2014.

Grant Thornton’s Audit Report is Kaloti’s most recent demonstration of its commitment to undertaking voluntary audits as a method of publicly reaffirming the company’s supply chain is fully compliant with international requirements. As such, Kaloti also continues to refute previous false and misleading media allegations made against the company.

Commenting, Tarek El Mdaka, Co-CEO of Kaloti Precious Metals said: “Kaloti is pleased to once again provide evidence of the full compliance of Kaloti Jewellery International DMCC and Kaloti Gold Factory LLC with responsible sourcing of precious metals from all its local and international sources.

“As an organisation, we are dedicated to providing the highest standards of due diligence for the good of the industry and the sustainability of our own business. We remain committed to continually improving our risk management and reporting processes, and we are regularly educating our staff as well as suppliers to ensure the highest possible responsible supply chain standards are maintained.”

To ensue transparency, and as required by DMCC Guidelines, Kaloti Precious Metals has published the Refiner’s Compliance Report and Auditor’s Assurance Statement on its website.

02 September, 2014

Cinnamon Air Appoints AVIAREPS as its Representative in the UAE and Qatar

Dubai, 27 August 2014) AVIAREPS, the global leader in tourism, aviation and hospitality representation with 52 offices in 42 countries around the world, has been appointed by Cinnamon Air, Sri Lanka’s premier domestic airline as its representative in the United Arab Emirates and Qatar with immediate effect. The appointment was made as the airline seeks to firmly establish and strengthen its brand and sales outreach among travellers and travel industry leaders from the Middle East. As part of the representation, AVIAREPS will be responsible for the airline’s sales promotions and marketing in the region.
“Our aim is to expand our clientele base further in the Middle East and attract more travellers to visit Sri Lanka. We are confident that AVIAREPS is the best partner for us to achieve our ambitious goals and professionally serve our passengers from the Middle East market,” said Mr. Romesh David, Director, Cinnamon Air.
Cinnamon Air provides domestic Air Taxi services that operate daily scheduled flights from its base at the Bandaranaike International Airport to key destinations across the country including Kandy, Sigiriya, Trincomalee, Batticaloa, Dickwella and Koggala. Cinnamon Air also offers short scenic flights and charter flights to any part of the island for groups, cruise passengers and corporate travellers. These scheduled services are retailed through all tour operators and travel agents and directly to customers via the Cinnamon Air website (www.cinnamonair.com). Since commencing operations in July 2013, Cinnamon Air has uplifted over 4000 people (as of July 2014) on its scheduled, charter and scenic flights.
Mr. David added: “The journey times to Sri Lanka’s many scenic cities and attractions throughout the country can be time-consuming. This is something that hinders people from visiting Sri Lanka’s many treasures outside Colombo during a short-break. At Cinnamon Air, we provide speedy scheduled air taxi services and scenic charter flights that not only allow you to be in any part of the country in less than 60 minutes but also offer picturesque views of the verdant country below. Cinnamon Air allows travellers to explore the island like never before whilst maximising a visitor’s time.”
Cinnamon Air’s fleet consists of two 8-seater Cessna 208 Amphibian Caravans and a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan wheeled aircraft, both amphibian aircraft have the capability of landing on land and water, and all three aircrafts are amongst the most reliable planes in the world. All passengers travel in exclusive speed and comfort while taking in breath-taking views of the island.
For further information regarding Cinnamon Air contact:
Tel:         +971 4 375 3298
For reservations contact:


سينامون السريلانكية للطيران المحلي تعيّن آفياريبس ممثلاً لها في دولتي الإمارات وقطر

دبي،27 أغسطس 2014:  أعلنت سينامون السريلانكية للطيران المحلي عن تعيين شركة آفياريبس الرائدة عالمياً في مجال السياحة والخطوط الجوية والتمثيل التجاري والتي لديها 52 مكتباً منتشرين في 42 بلداً حول العالم ممثلاً لها في دولتي الإمارات العربية المتحدة وقطر،حيث تسعى سينامون لترسيخ وتعزيزمبيعاتها وعلامتها التجارية في منطقة الشرق الأوسط،وبموجب هذا التمثيل ستكون "آفياريبس " مسؤولة عن ترقية عمليات المبيعات والتسويق على صعيد منطقة .
وأكد روميش ديفيد المدير العام لسينامون السيريلانكية للطيران المحلي،بقوله أن هدفنا توسيع قاعدة عملائنا بشكل أكبر  في منطقة الشرق الأوسط وجذب المزيد من المسافرين والسياح إلى سريلانكا،وأضاف نحن على ثقة بأن آفياريبس هي أفضل شريك لتحقيق أهدافنا الطموحة وتعريف مسافرينا في أرجاء المنطقة بخدمتنا الشاملة والمتكاملة في مجال السفر والسياحة.
وتوفر سينامون للطيران المحلي خدمات التكسي الجوي التي تقوم بتسير رحلات من قاعدتها بمطار باندارانايكا الدولي،إلى وجهات رئيسية ومتنوعة في أنحاء سريلانكا، بمافي ذلك مناطق كاندي و سيجيريا وترينكومالي وباتيكالوا و ديكويلا وكوغولا،كما وستقدم سينامون رحلات قصيرة إلى أماكن طبيعة ساحرة تلبي أذواق ورغبات المسافرين، وتتيح أيضاً خدمات التأجير لطرائراتها الصغيرة في أي مكان من الجزيرة مع جولة بحرية تشمل السياح ورجال الأعمال،ويتم بيع تذاكر الرحلات بالتجزئة من خلال المنظمين ووكلاء السفر وبطريقة مباشرة عبر الانترنت،و منذ بدء عملياتها التشغيلية عام 2013 وحتى يونيو 2014 وفرت أرقى الخدمات لـ 3800 زائر.
وأضاف السيد ديفيد : إن أوقات العديد من الرحلات كانت تستغرق زمناً طويلاً،وهذا الشيء أعاق الناس من زيارة  كنوز سريلانكا السياحية ،لكن مع بدء عمليات تشغيل سينامون للطيران الداخلي أصبح باستطاعت أي شخص الوصول إلى أي مكان في الجزيرة خلال 60 دقيقية، ومن الآن فصاعداً عبر سينامون سيتمكن السياح من اكتشاف معالم الجزيرة بالكامل بما تملكه من مواقع سياحية وطبيعية خلابة .
208غراند كارافان البرمائيات   B ويتكون أسطول سينامون من طائرتين من طراز سيسنا 208 و سيسنا
وتحتوي كل طائرة ثمان مقاعد،وتمتع الطائرتين بالقدرة على الهبوط على الأرض والمياه، وهما من أكثر الطائرات أماناًو موثوقية في العالم،إضافة التجهيزات المتكاملة التي تتناسب مع طبيعة الركاب و الوجهات السياحية في الجزيرة.
لمزيد من المعلومات حول سينامون السريلانكية للطيران المحلي بمكنك الاتصال ب:
Tel:         +971 4 375 3298
Email:    cinnamonairgcc@aviareps.com
للحجز يرجى الاتصال ب:
reservations@cinnamonair.com
www.cinnamonair.com
-انتهى-
طائرة سينامون
 
طاقم الطائرة 
للسادة المحريين :
نبذة حول سينامون السريلانكية للطيران المحلي:
تدار سينامون السريلانكية للطيران المحلي بواسطة سافرون للخطوط الجوية المحدودة،وهي مشروع مشترك بين أكبل تكتل اقتصادي سريلانكي  المتضمن شركة جون كيلز القابضة بالإضافة إم إم بي إل للترفية (جزء من مجموعة البنوك التجارية "نايمكس" ) و فيفيق فينتشر (الشركة الأم لمجموعة برانكيس)
208غراند كارافان البرمائيات مع الخدمات  B وتملك سينامون طائرتين من طراز سيسنا 208 و سيسنا
في جميع الأماكن السريلانكية ، كما إنها توفر خدمات الاستئجار في جميع المطارات ولديها مركز تحكم داخل مطار باندارنايكا الدولي في العاصمة كولومبو لادارة عملياتها وفرق صيانة خاصة بها مجهزة بكافة التقنيات والتسيهلات الضرورية لتبقى دائماً في حالة جاهزة وآمانة لتسحر ركابها ومسافريها بوجهات سياحية استثنائية في جزيرة سريلانكا .
www.cinnamonair.com
نبذة حول آفياريبس :
تأسست آفياريبس في ألمانيا عام 1994 مع شبكة واسعة تغطي جميع مكاتب القارات مع 52 مكتباً في 42 بلداًحول العالم، كما إنها مجموعة رائدة عالمياً في تقديم الخدمات لقطاع السياحة والخطوط الجوية لأكثر من 90 شركة من شركات الطيران وما يزيد على 90 عميلاً في محفظتها، بالإضافة إلى تزود المسافرين بأرقى الخدمات في مجال وكالات المبيعات العامة، كما  تقوم بدور ممثل التسويق السياحي لزبائنها، وتزود آفياريبس عملائها أيضاً بالخبرات والخدمات في مجال العلاقات العامة والإعلان وحلول تكنولوجيا المعلومات والاستشارات والخدمات المالية والتسويق للمطارات وتعزيز الدور الحيوي لتجارة التجزئة.
www.aviareps.com

Bentley’s Enhanced AssetWise APM V7.2 Features Immersive Environment Providing Visual and Engineering Context




Visual Workflow Supports Greenfield and Brownfield Operations, Enabling
Sustainable Business Strategy for Operational Excellence and Safety


Solutions 2.0 Innovations in Asset Information Management Conference – July 28, 2014 – Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for sustaining infrastructure, recently announced the release of AssetWise APM V7.2. This enhanced version of Bentley’s asset performance management (APM) software enables users to take advantage of immersive APM, a visual environment in which hypermodeling is used to spatially enable operations and maintenance for the interactive inspection of critical assets. AssetWise APM V7.2 users can also view infrastructure assets in the context of engineering information conveyed by Bentley’s i-models, and can initiate actions directly from the 2D or 3D representations of the asset. Additionally, AssetWise APM V7.2 users now benefit from advancements in asset strategy development and integrity management.

In related news, Bentley further announced:
  • a new version of Bentley’s APM Supervisor Dashboard app for Windows 8.1,
  • the alignment of its APM Process Maturity Model directly to ISO 55000.

Alan Kiraly, Bentley senior vice president, server products, said, “What differentiates Bentley’s AssetWise APM V7.2 is the unique capability to interact with the virtual plant and connect asset health data to 2D and 3D models of the plant. Bentley users can walk an inspection prior to going to the asset and make better decisions faster.”

Immersive Asset Performance Management
AssetWise APM V7.2’s immersive approach to visual operations helps converge the engineer’s mental model of the plant, network, or other asset with its performance and representation in IT systems. The hypermodels in this visual environment can directly link to asset condition indicators, enabling inspection indicator readings to be associated with the visual model. In addition, the ability to view assets via i-models (conveyors of architectural, engineering, construction, and operations deliverables) provides expanded engineering context in a variety of formats – from design files to specification sheets to corrosion loops, and more. Inspection photographs can also be included with assets, indicators, indicator readings, and checksheets. The visual workflow supports both greenfield and brownfield operations, bridging the gap between CAPEX and OPEX and enabling a sustainable business strategy for operational excellence and safety.

Advancements in Asset Strategy Development and Integrity Management
Also new in AssetWise APM V7.2 are analysis techniques used in Risk-based Inspections (RBI) and Reliability-centered Maintenance (RCM). Capabilities include demand scenario risk analysis based on the consequences of economic, health and safety, environmental, and company reputation effects; risk matrices support for failure mode criticality evaluation; and degradation rates updated from failure modes, analysis based on economic feasibility of maintenance strategies, and probability based on time between failures.

Bentley uniquely delivers a single platform to support both RCM and RBI asset strategy development methods, as well as a comprehensive inspection data management system. This drives an enterprise-wide approach to managing risk, increasing uptime, and ensuring process safety and predictable production at the lowest lifecycle cost.

With the unique capability of addressing reliability and integrity across the lifecycle on a single platform, Bentley users are able to push reliability-based processes and practices earlier into the design phase of the asset lifecycle. Bentley delivers an information management platform to ensure operational readiness and sustainable asset performance. AssetWise APM has tested and certified integrations to leading EAM systems, including SAP, IBM Maximo and Oracle eAM.

APM Supervisor Dashboard App for Windows 8.1
Bentley’s APM Supervisor Dashboard app, which was originally released for Android-based devices, gives reliability and maintenance managers an at-a-glance, actionable, 24x7 view of asset health and key performance indicators (KPIs). Bentley’s new APM Supervisor Dashboard app gives managers the added flexibility of responding to alarms and approving work from home or elsewhere offsite on Windows 8.1 devices.

Process Maturity Model Aligned with ISO 55000
New in Bentley’s Reliability Business Improvement Assessment is the alignment of its APM Process Maturity Model directly to ISO 55000. This standard enables users to identify the qualitative and quantitative evidence of their existing capabilities, to assess the stage at which their organizations currently operate, and to know what is possible with a given business case and plan.

Kiraly said, “Bentley’s approach to asset performance management was the first to combine process, practices, technology, and methodologies that are tightly coupled and automated to provide sustainable results. This approach, which has a 15-year proven track record at Bentley and Ivara, has, in 2014, evolved into the ISO 55000 standard for asset management. As a result, Bentley’s AssetWise APM offering naturally aligns to ISO 55000 to deliver increased value to our users.”

For additional information:

About Bentley Systems
Bentley Systems is the global leader dedicated to providing architects, engineers, geospatial professionals, constructors, and owner-operators with comprehensive software solutions for advancing the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure. Bentley users leverage information mobility across disciplines and throughout the infrastructure lifecycle to deliver better-performing projects and assets. Bentley solutions encompass MicroStation applications for information modeling, ProjectWise collaboration services to deliver integrated projects, and AssetWise operations services to achieve intelligent infrastructure complemented by worldwide professional services and comprehensive managed services.

Founded in 1984, Bentley has more than 3,000 colleagues in over 50 countries, more than $600 million in annual revenues, and since 2006 has invested more than $1 billion in research, development, and acquisitions.

Additional information about Bentley is available at www.bentley.com and in Bentley’s annual report. For Bentley news as it happens, subscribe to an RSS feed of Bentley press releases and news alerts. Visit The Year in Infrastructure 2014 Conference for highlights of Bentley’s premier thought-leadership event. To view a searchable collection of innovative infrastructure projects from the annual Be Inspired Awards, access Bentley’s Infrastructure Yearbooks. To access a professional networking site that enables members of the infrastructure community to connect, communicate, and learn from each other, visit Be Communities.

To download the Bentley Infrastructure 500 Top Owners ranking, a unique global compendium of the top public- and private-sector owners of infrastructure based on the value of their cumulative infrastructure investments, visit www.bentley.com/500.


EBERHARD & CO. PRESENTS A SPECIAL LIMITED SERIES DEDICATED TO THE AMBRÌ PIOTTA HOCKEY CLUB



Eberhard & Co., the historical brand of Swiss watch making, after having renewed sponsorship of the Ambrì Piotta Hockey Club for the 2014/2015 season, one of the most loved Swiss hockey teams, presents a special limited series of its Traversetolo "time-only" model dedicated to the Club: 77 specimens, as many as the HCAP years – founded in 1937 - ready to “personalise" the wrists of sportspeople and supporters.
Refined and with an essential look, Traversetolo has a case of large proportions (ø 43 mm) coupled with a mechanical hand-wound movement inspired by a mechanism of the ‘50s and perfected over time. The white dial with black Arabic numerals, luminous points and a small seconds counter at the 6 o’clock position, is personalised with the HCAP logo in the traditional blue colour. Also in blue the stitching adorning the honey-coloured leather strap which makes Traversetolo even sportier.
Eberhard & Co., bolstered by a prestigious position in the history of luxury watches achieved with 127 years of uninterrupted activity, saw in the HCAP a symbol of initiative, willpower and great ability, essential values common to the two companies and which form the basis of this partnership that finds expression in this limited edition.
Fans and supporters, but also lovers of Swiss watch making and ice hockey will get the chance to buy one of the 77 prestigious specimens through the dedicated section present on the HCAP website www.hcap.ch. A special model which revives passion and tradition, typical of Eberhard & Co. and of Ambrì-Piotta, to which it will be difficult to say no...!
Eberhard & Co., Swiss watchmaker specialized in the production of highly technical watches, was founded in 1887 in La Chaux-de-Fonds in the Swiss Jura. In 2012 Eberhard & Co. celebrated its 125th anniversary, thus confirming its natural orientation to evolution and growth by simultaneously maintaining its own personality intact and a strong spirit of entrepreneurship without giving up its strong link with its origins and traditions.
Eberhard & Co produces around 15,000 timepieces per year with a progressive and well thought out growth strategy and is present in 25 countries from Europe to the United States and from the Far to the Middle East. Eberhard & Co.’s history is punctuated with unforgettable creations from Chrono 4 to 8 Jours, from the Tazio Nuvolari collection to the Extra-fort model. Contograf has been added this year to these timeless models, a new edition of a great 1960s watchmaking success which is destined to write a new chapter in the Brand’s history.
TRAVERSETOLO LIMITED EDITION FOR HCAP
Technical Features
Reference : 21016. Limited edition of 77 pieces.
Case : steel
Movement : calibre UNITAS/ETA 6498 16 ½ “, mechanical watch with hand-winding, continuous small second at 6 o’clock
Case diameter : 43,00 mm.
Case thickness : 10,70 mm.
Case-back : minted, with the marks in relief, fixed by 8 screws.
Strap-attachment : 21,00 mm.
Water-resistance : 50 m.
Crown : water-resistant, personalised “E”
Bezel : polished
Glass : sapphire, curved
Dials : glossy white, black Arabic numerals, 12 luminescent dots and HCAP logo in blue colour; luminescent leaf-shaped hands
Strap : brown with blue stitching. Steel buckle personalised E&C

إبرهارد آند كو السويسرية تطلق ساعة "ترافيرستولو": إصدار محدود من 77 قطعة
بعد تجديد رعايتها لنادي "أمبري بيوتا" للهوكي، أحد أشهر فرق الهوكي وأكثر جماهيرية في سويسرا، لموسم 2014/ 2015، تقدم إبرهارد آند كو العلامة التاريخية لتصنيع الساعات السويسرية سلسلة خاصة في إصدار محدود من موديل "ترافيرستولو" "الوقت فقط" المخصصة للنادي، إصدار محدود من 77 قطعة هي عمر النادي الذي تأسس عام 1937 وتزين الساعة الخاصة معصم الرياضيين والمشجعين.
تتميز ترافيرستولو المحسنة بعلبة كبير الحجم (قطرها 43 ملم) إلى جانب آلية حركة ميكانيكية يدوية التعبئة مستوحاة من آلية فترة الخمسينيات تم إتقانها عبر الزمن. تتخصص الميناء بأرقامها العربية السوداء والنقاط المضيئة وعداد الثواني الصغيرة عند الساعة 6 تماما، تتميز بشعار HCAP باللون الأزرق التقليدي. كما يزين اللون الأزرق الغُرز على الحزام الجلدي بلونه العسلي ما يضفي على "ترافيرستولو" صبغة رياضية أكثر.
تتمتع إبرهارد آند كو بمكانة مرموقة في تاريخ الساعات الفاخرة بفضل تاريخها الذي يمتد لـ 127 عاما من النشاط غير المنقطع، وقد رأت العلامة في نادي "أمبري بيوتا" للهوكي رمزا للمبادرة وقوة الإرادة والقدرة الهائلة وهي قيم ضرورية مشتركة لدى الطرفين والتي تشكل أساس هذه الشراكة التي يعبر عنها هذا الإصدار المحدود.
وستتاح الفرصة للمشجعين والمعجبين وكذلك عشاق الساعات السويسرية وهوكي الجليد لشراء واحدة من 77 قطعة رائعة من خلال القسم الخاص المتوفر على موقع النادي الالكتروني www.hcap.ch. موديل خاص يحيي العواطف والتقاليد، مثالي لكل من إبرهارد آند كو و"أمبري بيوتا"، والذي يصعب مقاومته.
ترافيرستولو -إصدار محدود لـ HCAP
المواصفات الفنية:
المرجع: 21016، إصدار محدود من 77 قطعة
العلبة: من الصلب

الآلية:
معيار UNITAS/ETA 6498 16 ½ “– ساعة ميكانيكية بتعبئة يدوية، الثواني الصغيرة المستمرة عند الساعة 6 تماما
قطر العلبة: 43.00 ملم
سماكة العلبة: 10.70 ملم
مؤخرة العلبة: مسكوكة، بشارات لونها خفيف، مغلقة بـ 8 مسامير
ملحقات الحزام: 21.00 ملم
مقاومة تسرب المياه: 50 متر
التاج: مقاوم لتسرب المياه، مخصص بالحرف الأول "E"
الطارة: لامعة
الزجاج:بلور الزفير، مُنحنٍ
الميناء:
بيضاء لامعة، أرقام عربية سوداء، 12 نقطة مضيئة وشعار HCAP باللون الأزرق، عقارب مضيئة على شكل ورق الشجر
السوار:
بُني بغرز زرقاء، إبزيم من الصلب مخصص لماركة إبرهارد آند كو.


Mobile Money & Digital Payments Global 2014 to bring cutting-edge debate to Istanbul



Industry-leading event introduces new location and innovative features

Leading experts will gather to debate the world’s most pressing payments issues at Mobile Money & Digital Payments Global, taking place from 18 - 20 November at Wyndham Grand Istanbul Levent in Turkey.

Now in its eighth year, the event is taking place for the first time in Turkey, a country positioned at the forefront of technology innovation and the perfect backdrop to host the world’s most exciting payments event.

Visitors will be able to learn from and network with over 500 global payment leaders from banks, mobile network operators, merchants and regulators at the event’s comprehensive conference on 19 – 20 November. Comprising a series of industry panels, cutting-edge presentations and focused workshops, the pioneering conference will debate ways to launch and scale payment channels and map the route to creating a world without cash. For the first time this year, conference delegates will be able to share their views via live polls and breakout discussion forums allowing them to interact with the event and shape the discussions.

Alongside the conference is a wide-ranging exhibition featuring over 40 exhibitors including leading developers, software providers and security suppliers.

Mobile Money & Digital Payments Global also welcomes the return of the industry renowned Global Awards Ceremony, where organisations are recognised for their success and advancement within the mobile money sector. The awards celebrate achievements in categories such as: Excellence in Branchless Banking, Disruptive Digital Payments and Collaboration Commendation. 

The Payments’ Dragons Den is an innovative new feature, launched in partnership with Startupbootcamp Istanbul, allowing budding payment entrepreneurs to showcase their work to a qualified audience of senior buyers.

Taking place the day before the conference (18 November),The Digital Money Leaders Summit is an exclusive, invitation only event for senior representatives from government departments, central banks, donor agencies, retail banks and commercial banks, which aims to shape future movements in policy.

Mike Seaman, show director of Mobile Money & Digital Payments Global, explains:

“Mobile Money & Digital Payments Global is already well established as one of the world’s leading payment events, and along with the new location and new features, it is set to be an exciting, cutting-edge payments event.

“Visitors will be able to network with industry-leaders, learn from the best in the business and share their views on key topics affecting the fast-paced payments industry.”

Register to attend Mobile Money & Digital Payments Global at www.mobile-money-global.com

A two-day conference pass for delegates who are from a technology/service provider is £1,249 before 3 October 2014. Delegates from a bank or mobile network operator can attend for £500 before 3 October 2014. A two-day conference pass for delegates from the retail sector is complimentary. 
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