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|By Arabian Post Staff|Destination management company Alpha Destination Management has signed an exclusive agreement with Expedia, the world’s largest online travel company, to operate the Expedia Local Expert® program in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.   Dubai and Abu Dhabi will thus become the first destinations in the world outside North America to offer this  program. Expedia is an internationally trusted brand and Expedia Local Expert allows the company […]

DAMAC Properties, a leading luxury real estate developer in the region, announces the launch of Vera Residences, luxury apartments in the ever-popular Business Bay with breathtaking views of Dubai Canal. Strategically placed at the epicentre of one of Dubai’s business hot-spots, Vera’s close proximity to the prestigious Downtown Dubai district offers the ultimate lifestyle for those seeking a lively community with connectivity to the city.  Vera Residences […]

|By Arabian Post Staff|Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman put the kingdom somewhat in the ‘Dubai mode’ announcing the launch of an initiative backed by more than $500 billion investment to transformation of the kingdom into a leading global hub through the introduction of value chains of industry and technology. The plan, known as Neom, spires to make the country the “safest, most efficient, most future oriented, […]

|By Arabian Post Staff| Subdued economic growth continued to translate into job cuts, reduction of staff allowances and few employment opportunities, which resulted in increased vacancy rates in the Abu Dhabi property market, according to the latest report of Asteco. Average apartment rental rates dropped by 3% over the quarter and by 10% during the past 12 months, with the highest rate of decline recorded for mid-end […]

|By Arabian Post Staff| Latest property transactions data released by the Dubai Land Deparment clearly shows an increasing demand across all property categories, including land plots, buildings and residential units, according to Director General Sultan Butti bin Mejren. This indicates Dubai is attracting a wide variety of investors, he added. Dubai Land Department (DLD) announced that the total value of real estate transactions for the first nine […]

|By Arabian Post Staff|A new survey conducted by Bayt.com  and YouGov titled ‘Top Cities in the Middle East and North Africa’, revealed that Abu Dhabi and Dubai  ranked as the top cities to live and work in the Middle East and North Africa region. The ranking was based on several factors including economic, environmental, standard of living, socio-cultural and entrepreneurship factors. Overall, Dubai and Abu Dhabi ranked […]

|By Arabian Post Staff| Emaar Properties announced an IPO, offering 20 per cent of Emaar Development, the company’ development unit to investors. The size off the IPO size is lower than what the market had anticipated, which was at least 10 percent higher. The listing will take place in November on the Dubai Financial Market. “The IPO of our UAE development business will allow potential investors an […]

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|By Arabian Post Staff|Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows to West African countries increased 12% to $11.4 billion in 2016, supported by recovering investment in Nigeria, an analysis conducted by the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry revealed. The analysis, based on data from United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), was released by the Chamber as it prepares to host the 4th Global Business Forum on […]

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid’s new cabinet formation is predicated on a futuristic approach that lays greater emphasis on science and technology, transparency and the empowerment of women and youth. It marks a departure from the traditonal approach to governance steeped in the past rather than future. The age profile of some of those inducted into the new ministry would sound as though they are at the start […]

|By Arabian Post Staff| The combined value of the Expo 2020-related development projects has touched $33 billion (Dh121 billion) as the UAE begins the three-year countdown for the six-month-long mega global event that will kick-off on October 20, 2020, according to BNC Network, a project research and intelligence provider in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. These projects include transport infrastructure, such as the expansion […]

|By Arabian Post Staff| Nasdaq Dubai announced the listing of a $200 million bond by Investment Corporation of Dubai (ICD), which was made under ICD’s Euro Medium Note Programme of $2.5 billion. It is the second conventional bond listing by ICD on Nasdaq Dubai, following a $300 million bond listing in May 2014. ICD also has two Sukuk listed on Nasdaq Dubai. These are a $1 billion […]

|By Arabian Post Staff| Chestertons MENA has reported the total number of off-plan transactions in the third quarter of 2017 has increased by 86% from the previous quarter, while the value of off plan transactions was up by 118% to AED4.04 billion. “With reference to off-plan transactions, Dubai’s real estate market has witnessed seasonal peaks and troughs in the last year due to high levels of uncertainty. […]

|By Arabian Post Staff| Dubai-based Azizi Developments has announced the launch of a new mega community project in the heart of Dubai at an estimated cost of AED25 billion. The new mega project, whose name is yet to be announced, will have a distinctly British feel, with themes and elements influenced by contemporary British culture and way of living, thge company announced. The development will comprise residential, […]

|By Arabian Post Staff| The introduction of value added tax would force  Dubai’s precious metals and gems businesses to relocate to other centres such as Singapore  and Hong Kong, DMCC excutive chairman Ahmed Bin Sulayem has warned. VAT  could lead to an “exodus” of firms in the gold and diamond industry from the UAE, Bin Sulayem said in a message to the Dubai Diamond Conference and urged the […]

|By Arabian Post Staff| ABB has won an order worth around $45 million from Dubai Hills Estate, a joint venture between Emaar Properties PJSC and Meraas Holding, to construct a substation that will boost distribution capacity and feed power to a new integrated lifestyle project being constructed in Dubai. The order was booked in the third quarter of 2017. Dubai consumes over 37,000 gigawatt hours of electricity […]

|By Arabian Post Staff|Trading conditions for smaller community and regional centres and non-mall retail formats have become more testing, according to the Q3 2017 Dubai MarketView by global real estate consultancy firm CBRE. As a result, retailers are increasingly looking for flexibility from landlords to help soften the impact of changes in sales volumes. But development activity across the retail sector remains buoyant with approximately 1.0 million […]

|By Arabian Post Staff| Dubai’s Al Ghurair Properties has announed a series of new devlopment projects worth AED 5 billion, which is expected to add new impetus to the Dubai property sector. The plan envisages the construction of 58 distinctive residential projects of new age homes with high quality infrastructure, the company said in a statement. The statement cited real estate agency, JLL MENA, findings that as […]

|By Matein Khalid| Jamie Dimon, the unanointed king of Wall Street and chief executive of New York banking colossus J.P. Morgan did not mince his words. He called Bitcoin “a fraud”, a speculative bubble comparable to the Dutch tulip mania of the seventeenth century and declared he would fire any trader at his bank trading in the cryptocurrency “in a second” for “stupidity”. This has only reinforced the […]

|By Arabian Post Staff| DP World Limited announced it has entered into agreements to acquire Maritime World LLC, owners of Dubai Maritime City, and Drydocks World LLC for a total cash consideration of $405 million. Of this, the Dubai Maritime City owners are to be acquired  for $180 million while the Drydocks World  for a cash consideration of $ 225 million. DMC is a world class maritime […]

|By Arabian Post| JAFZA’s active secondary market has witnessed an increase in the number of properties available for sub-lease and sale, leading to a decline in capital values over the last 12 months, according to a report by real estate consultancy firm CBRE. Occupiers are understandably keen to take advantage of the prevailing market, to locate to newer facilities with lower rentals, better infrastructure and road connectivity. Further signs […]

|By Arabian Post Staff| Dubai’s DIFC Courts witnessed sustained growth in the first six months of 2017, with the English-language, common law judiciary continuing to help global businesses resolve their largest and most complex disputes while becoming the increasingly preferred forum for settling the smaller claims of corporations, SMEs and individuals. The workload of the main Court of First Instance (CFI), including arbitration-related cases and counter claims, […]

|By Arabian Post Staff| Teneo Holdings, the global CEO advisory firm, today announced that it has acquired Credo Business Consulting LLP, a leading management consulting firm with operations in London and Dubai. Credo is a highly-respected management consulting firm focused on corporate strategy, transaction services, commercial and operating model transformation and performance improvement. With an outstanding reputation for depth of analysis and insight, Credo has helped many of the world’s leading organizations […]

|By Arabian Post Staff| UAE-based conglomerate Al Ghurair announced  a partnership with AccorHotels to launch the upper-upscale Swissôtel and Swissôtel Living in the Al Ghurair Centre. With over 4,000 hotels, resorts and residences, as well as over 2,500 of private homes around the globe under the AccorHotels banner, this reflag marks Swissôtel’s first entry into the UAE market. Known for the famous Swiss hospitality,  Swissôtel upholds industry-leading […]

|From Anand Vardhan in Denpasar, Bali| The Middle East crisis, which has seen the diplomatic isolation of Qatar last week, is expected to impact Indonesia’s tourism and lead to a consequential drop in foreign earnings. Bali, the single largest tourist destination of Indonesia, has been receiving some 400,000 visitors via Qatar, of which  70% are tourists. The anxiety is all the more heightened as a majority of these […]

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