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Gulf Air changes Beirut flight schedule due to customer demands - Lebanon: National carrier Gulf Air, which operates daily flights between Bahrain and Beirut, has changed its flight schedule due to popular demand from its customers. Effective 14 July, there will be one daily flight departing from Bahrain at 11.30 am reaching Beirut at 2.25 pm and departing Beirut at 3.10 pm reaching Bahrain at 5.55 pm. [AMEInfo.com]


Lebanese League for Women in Business holds strategic program in Beirut on family-owned businesses - Lebanon: Family-owned businesses face unique challenges, including complex family and business relationships and business succession considerations. The Lebanese League for Women in Business (LLWB) convened its third Corporate Ambassadors Program (CAP) at the Olayan School of Business at the American University of Beirut to address the national and global trends of family-owned businesses and to discuss strategies for management and succession. The program hosted over 200 professionals and prominent speakers. [AMEInfo.com]

FP7 Beirut secures Byblos Bank advertising account - Lebanon: Lebanese lender Byblos Bank has selected FP7 Beirut to handle its creative and media portfolio in Lebanon following a multi-agency pitch, Campaign ME has reported. FP7 is part of MCN, which operates several agency brands across the Middle East and North Africa including Lowe, UM, Initiative, Magna Global, Promoseven 360, MRM Worldwide, McCann Healthcare, Weber Shandwick Mena, and InnovationsDigital. [AMEInfo.com]

Lebanon banking growth slows due to political tensions - Lebanon: Lebanon-based Bank Audi has said domestic political tensions in the country have pressured growth of the banking sector in the first five months of this year, compared with the corresponding period of 2010, The Daily Star has reported. Measured by the total domestic assets of banks, banking activity grew by 4% over the covered period, moving from $128.9bn at end-December 2010 to $134bn at end-May 2011. [AMEInfo.com]

Biomass launches first organic dairy products factory in Lebanon - Lebanon: Biomass Organic Products has launched the first organic dairy products factory in Lebanon, to produce a variety of local and EU-certified organic dairy products that will be offered to consumers across Lebanon starting July 2011. [AMEInfo.com]