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Travel Daily News
an hour ago
- Business
- Travel Daily News
Gulf Air unveils exclusive amenity kit to celebrate 75th anniversary
Gulf Air celebrates its 75th anniversary with a new sustainable amenity kit, developed with Bahraini brand GAIA, enhancing premium passenger experience. MUHARRAQ, BAHRAIN – Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, announces the launch of its new amenity kit in celebration of the airline's 75th anniversary. This exclusive kit is part of Gulf Air's ongoing efforts to enhance onboard products and elevate passenger experience. Developed in collaboration with GAIA, a renowned Bahraini brand, the amenity kit reflects Gulf Air's commitment to delivering premium products that embody thoughtful design, functionality, and sustainability. The GAIA-branded bag is crafted from recycled materials, offering a contemporary and elegant look that resonates with Gulf Air's identity and sustainability efforts. The contents of the kit have been carefully curated to meet the expectations of discerning travelers and will be offered to Falcon Gold passengers with meaningful content. It includes individually packaged travel essential items coupled with skincare products from the Rituals of Jing collection. All materials used in the kit are ethically sourced, incorporating sustainable elements like wheat straw packaging to reflect Gulf Air's dedication to environmental responsibility. The partnership with GAIA represents the continuing commitment of Gulf Air to supporting local talents and industries, while fulfilling its commitment to continuous improvement in passenger experience.
The Guardian
a day ago
- Business
- The Guardian
Jess Cartner-Morley's June style essentials: from treat-yourself dresses to high-street bling
I try to be realistic about what people will spend when I do these edits. When we're shopping and see something we like, the first thing almost all of us do is look at the price. What with money not growing on trees and all that. If I see something nice in a shop, then check the tag and find it to be out of my budget (or just overpriced), I move swiftly on. By the same logic, if I spot a contender for this monthly roundup but then discover it's prohibitively expensive – which happens a lot these days, 'sticker shock' being a familiar syndrome in an era of fashion hyperinflation – I am not inclined to include it. The Guardian's journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. Learn more. But we can't be sensible all the time. I don't need to remind you that it's better to buy fewer good, long-lasting things than loads of cheap tat. Then there's the fact that, sometimes, an object is worth spending money on not because it's objectively worth a lot of money, but just because it's worth a lot to you. Plus, June is my birthday month, so you have to indulge me, OK? So, there's a couple of splurges in here, should you be in the market for a dreamy dress or two. But also: the £46.75 swimsuit that's in every chic holiday luggage, and some utterly brilliant earrings for less than £20. Because, that's real life. Cut-out strap sandals £28 at River Island I'm a huge fan of this particular shape of flat sandal, which I find to be sufficiently aesthetic to wear with a dress for a nice holiday dinner, eliminating the need to pack any heels. The key is that the upper of the shoe doesn't cover your toes, and doesn't extend too close to where your foot bends at the ankle. Straps across the front of the ankle rarely look good without a heel. Dismiss anything with a kitten heel (impractical), anything with a dividing post between the toes (blisters) and anything with metal touching your skin (hot). These are pretty perfect, in tan suede or chocolate leather. Crystal maxi skirt £155 at Odd Muse This is a two-in-one to introduce you to a useful concept (the party skirt) and a useful brand (Odd Muse). A really fancy long skirt – think pearls or fringing or feathers – looks chic for a daytime summer do (white shirt, flat sandals, sunglasses) and will be perfect with a neat sweater and kitten heels for winter parties. This maxi skirt comes in white, mint and black (now almost sold out in the latter). Odd Muse is one to keep an eye on. I hummed and hawed and missed out on the Odd Muse piece I coveted this season – the pearl-dotted Ultimate Muse Embellished Midi Dress, £165, now sold out in most sizes – but the skirt is equally fabulous. Domino earrings £15.99 at Zara These earrings hit that perfect sweet spot of being novelty enough to be interesting and a bit of a conversation-starter without ever suggesting that you're anything less than sophisticated. J'adore. Elizabeth dress £595 at Reiss£595 at Next There are two ways of looking at the £595 price tag on this Reiss dress. The first, obviously, is that almost £600 is a lot of money for a dress from a high-street store. But the second is that this dress genuinely passes for top-dollar designer fashion, and a dress with this level of detailing – the pearl and amber teardrop beads at the shoulder cut-out are divine in closeup – would cost five times that from a fancy label. A fellow fashion editor wore this dress at an extremely snazzy fashion dinner in Italy, and it not only passed as designer but was much complimented. Printed silk-trimmed mini dress £345 at the Outnet When I was in my 20s, I had a Pucci dress. God, I loved that dress. When I read that Marilyn Monroe was buried in her favourite Pucci dress, that made perfect sense to me. Anyway, that didn't happen, because I wore that dress on so many nights out – including one where I fell in a swimming pool – that eventually the jersey lost its spring and the colours faded. I still miss it and I still obsess over Pucci, so I hereby point you to the Outnet, where you can often find some summer treasures, like this mini dress with distinctive swirly epaulettes, which is snazzy-beach-lunch perfection and reduced from £690 to £345. Rhodes cup-size bikini top £52 at BodenMatching classic bikini bottoms £36 at Boden Speaking of Pucci. I'm generally a black-or-navy swimwear gal, but I've fallen hard for this structured Boden bikini top and matching classic bikini bottoms in the joyful, Amalfi-coast-lunch blues, yellows and reds of the Wildflower colourway. Also available in navy and white stripes if you're feeling sensible. Sign up to The Filter Get the best shopping advice from the Filter team straight to your inbox. The Guardian's journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. after newsletter promotion Lab-grown diamond solitaire studs From £180 at Fenton We're hardwired to love diamonds. Lab-grown diamonds – which are very much real diamonds – are disrupting the industry. Fenton is a small, female-founded British jewellery brand using pioneering solar diamonds, grown using renewable energy instead of fossil fuels. A pair of diamond studs, with solid 14-carat gold, starts at £180. Never going to go out of style. Iphi top £39 at Blacktogrey No self-respecting Jane-Birkin-in-Provence is complete without a barely-there superfine T-shirt. Blacktogrey is a sustainable label making simple pieces designed with end-of-life recycling in mind. (Send your worn-out piece back, and Blacktogrey will do the recycling for you.) The boat neck detail elevates this top. Las Flores swimsuit £46.75 at John Lewis John Lewis tells us that this one-shouldered swimsuit has been a huge hit: customers love it because the shoulder detailing and sturdy, non-transparent fabric make it perfect for wearing as a top, so it does double duty on holiday. A smart buy. Carpenter straight-leg trousers £32.50 at M&S Poor old M&S has had a time of it, hasn't it? At the time of writing, online orders are still paused. A silver lining for me has been that when I've nipped into M&S to buy things I couldn't order online, I've spotted a few nice bits that I'd missed on the website. These Carpenter straight-leg trousers have little touches of utility styling that make them feel weekendy – deep pockets at the hip, a hammer loop, robust fabric that turns up easily when needed – but a sleek outline, and belt loops if you want to smarten them up. Jacquard weave dress £37.99 at H&M Let's end on a steal. I love this H&M jacquard weave dress for two reasons. First, the fabric, which is nubbly and tactile and looks way more expensive than it is. Second, the fit, with soft gathers at the waist and a slight scrunch to the side, well-thought-out details that blur the details of your outline in a graceful way. The pale pink is sold out in most sizes, but the ivory is cute too.
Forbes
a day ago
- Business
- Forbes
A Tonic And Mixers Company Now Uses All-American-Made Packaging
Top Note Tonic receives its first shipment of product in new, 10-ounce, American sourced bottles. A switch in bottle sizes has led a Midwest tonic and mixers company to not only reduce its carbon footprint but to source nearly all of its ingredients and packaging from the United States, particularly the Midwest. Top Note Tonic just switched from 8.5 ounce bottles to 10 ounce bottles this past month, leading the brand one step closer to fulfilling their goals of becoming the 'most sustainable mixer brand in the market,' says Mary Pellettieri, co-founder. 'When COVID-19 hit, we were in a jam with finding glass bottles,' Pellettieri says. 'Originally, we purchased our bottles through our co-packer, and it was nice because we didn't have to worry about storing glass, but then COVID hit, and we recognized that it's a real risk for us not to have a little more control over the sourcing.' A lot of glass supply tends to be global, and there are more limited choices left in the United States, with most bottle production targeting brewers or very large soft drink companies. That led many craft brewers to pivot to cans, but that also leaves 'less choice in bottle sizes, which hurts small soft drink companies, she notes. A 12-ounce bottle didn't make sense for Top Note's all-natural tonics and mixers, and though Top Note explored using cans, it also was more costly on a smaller scale. Working with Excel Bottling Co., Pellettieri and her team discovered a 10-ounce glass bottle being made by Aardaugh Glass in St. Louis. Top Note Tonic's mixers and tonic waters now come in 10-ounce glass bottles. 'They came back to us with this 10-ounce, traditional mixer bottle, and it was a glass bottle with metal-wrap, resealable lid, and we said 'This could work,'' Pellettieri says. 'The bottle also is the same height as a 12-ounce can so it can fit in a cooler with 12-ounce cans, and cooler placement is important with bars and restaurants.' The 10-ounce mixer also is 'an American bar standard.' 'It also is an area that helps differentiate ourselves more,' Pellettieri says. Besides Excel and Aardaugh, Top Note also works with Silgan Closures in Illinois and Indiana, Lauterbach Labels in Wisconsin, and Greenwood Juice in Illinois. Supply chain issues that arose during COVID may have led Pellettieri to seek out all-American and all-regional packaging sourcing, but today's tariffs make her grateful for the transition. Global Package notes the concerns over tariffs in the glass industry. 'For both the glass industry and its customers, the introduction of these tariffs raises important questions regarding pricing, supply chains and the broader implications for global trade.' According to the Brewers Association, there's also great concern about beer and 'empty aluminum cans' being subject to a 25 percent aluminum tariffs. 'I understand how hard it is sometimes to find the right products made in the United States,' Pellettieri says. 'It took us three years to find this solution.' Their 10-ounce can solution debuted just shortly before Top Note Classic Tonic earned a platinum medal at the 2025 San Francisco World Spirits, Ready To Drink Competition. This award, Pellettieri points out, has never been won by a traditional tonic water, making 'Top Note Classic Tonic one of the most awarded tonic waters in the world.' 'We're excited to build a Midwest supply chain,' Pellettieri says. 'Our goal is to be the lowest carbon footprint in the mixer industry.'
Times of Oman
2 days ago
- Business
- Times of Oman
Al Dakhiliyah Governorate continues to invest in several development projects
Nizwa: The Governorate of Al Dakhiliyah is heading towards the comprehensive development at consistent pace established on the Royal Vision of His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik, who set the foundations of Oman Vision 2040. The Governorate of Al Dakhiliyah is investing its budget for all the Wilayats of the Governorate. Sheikh Hilal bin Said Al Hajri, Governor of Al Dakhiliyah said that the governorate is currently executing 68 development projects at the cost of OMR44.7 million to boost sustainable development in the governorate , coupled with award of 10 new development projects at the cost of OMR5.2 million as part of the strategy of the governorate targeting development of the infrastructure and improvement of the services offered for citizens. He said that the governorate received 40 projects during the past period at a cost of OMR16.3 million which would contribute to enhancement of the economic and social development in the local community. The total spending from the amount allocated for the programme of the governorates' development during the period from 2022 to 2025 stood at OMR12.68 million which represented 70% of the total budget allocated for this programme, he said adding that the governorate would continue to execute the projects associated with the programme. He said that the governorate enjoys supportive basic structure including modern road network, several cultural centres, museums, public libraries and human capital. He said that the award of works to SMEs amounted to OMR1.2 million in 2023, representing 9% of the total award which percentage increased to 51% from December 2024 to February 2025. He said that the governorate currently executes internal road projects for a total length of 203 kilometres at the cost of over OMR16. 2 million. The governorate saw construction of roads of 245.5 kilometres at the cost of OMR19.6 million for the period 2022 -2024. He said that the number of investment projects increased from 8 in 2022 to 53 projects in 2025, an increase of 562.5%.
South China Morning Post
3 days ago
- Business
- South China Morning Post
Asia's industry leaders to lead region's net-zero transformation
With about 60 per cent of the world's population living in Asia, the global focus is firmly on the region's efforts to reach net zero – where harmful greenhouse gas emissions are balanced by removing the same amount from the atmosphere – by 2050. The region's geographical size, economic power and technological capabilities mean its actions can play a pivotal role in driving the planet's transition to using cleaner energies. Currently, diverse initiatives for energy transition across the region include the use of solar power and major investment in hydrogen. But geopolitical issues and changes in government and trade policies are all hindering the clean energy sector's growth. However, the thought leadership and business advocacy forum Energy Asia by Petronas – the Malaysian energy company – aims to help the region develop its net-zero goal by inspiring feasible, collaborative and inclusive solutions to accelerate the adoption of sustainable energy practices. With the theme 'Delivering Asia's Energy Transition', Energy Asia 2025 will be held at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre in the Malaysian capital from June 16 to 18 to discuss how the region's emerging and developing economies can fairly scale their sustainable clean energy practices. How Asia is advancing its goals
