UAE Interviews - MarcoPolis

Dr. Khaled Almazroui, General Manager of Fujairah International Airport Fujairah International Airport does contribute to and help the emirate of Fujairah as an airport to provide good services to the travelers. When travelers come to Fujairah International Airport, the first thing is their impression of that airport. And as travelers, like you and I are, usually you remember the airport of the city you are flying to; you remember the services, even how the counters looked, you remember all these things.

UAE Real-Estate and Construction Interviews

Andrew Chambers

May 27, 2008

Managing Director of AstecoDecree No.27 for 2007 states that “rent will be capped by 5%, which is a drop of 2% from 7% last year. In 2008 we have seen the rent lower from 7% in 2007.

UAE Telecom sector Interviews

UAE Telecom Market: Telecommunication Regulatory Authority

May 27, 2008

H.E. Mohamed Al Ghanim, Board Member & Director General of Telecommunication Regulatory Authority First of all, there is the investment side of the telecom infrastructure. Right now, we have a lot of areas in which companies need to go and invest in order to lay down the telecom infrastructure. We believe that the best way forward for competition should be on a service level rather than on a facility level.

UAE Telecom sector Interviews

UAE Telecom: Competition from DU

May 27, 2008

Osman Sultan, CEO of DU The introduction of Du in the UAE telecom sector had as a primary target the introduction of competition. Prior to launching Du, the TRA, the Telecommunication Regulation Authority, was established.

UAE Real-Estate and Construction Interviews

Muath A. Jalil

May 26, 2008

General Manager of Rasyat Real EstateI am not saying we are only short – we are suffering from the short supply. To recover from that short supply, we need a minimum of more than 6 years of development to cover such a supply. As has been planned by one of the codes of the Urban Planning Council, so far up to this year, there is a 270 billion US dollars project launch, and there is another one expected within the next two years of 190 billion US dollars, to be launched again for more projects.

UAE Real-Estate and Construction Interviews

Lesley Sayle

May 13, 2008

Central Project Officer of Union PropertiesMotorcity is the first project of its kind in the world. It’s been operational for about three and a half years. It started with the Dubai Autodrome, which is the racetrack. It’s developed into a development that consists of five components. Dubai Autodrome is the first one that we launched, about three and a half years ago, and we’ve been hosting a number of races; there’s also the race school with a race track.

UAE Aviation and Transportation Interviews

Dubai Airports

May 8, 2008

Paul Griffits, CEO of Dubai Airports I really want Dubai Airports to rightfully assume the crown as being the best airport company in the world. Airport companies are not known for delivering excellence in any way, shape or form. Most of them are heavily criticised by their users and I want people to be saying “why can’t you do this like Dubai” in Heathrow or “in Dubai they’ve managed to sort this problem out” and we want to really be a shining beacon to the world. If Dubai Airports achieve that then, certainly.

UAE Real-Estate and Construction Interviews

Ronald Barrott

May 8, 2008

CEO of AldarThe size of the gap between supply and demand now in the Abu Dhabi real estate market has been estimated to 29,000 units, and is expected to reach 83,000 units by 2017.

UAE Tourism and Culture Interviews

Sharjah Tourism, Cultural Tourism

May 7, 2008

Mohamed Ali Al Noman, Director General of Sharjah Commerce & Tourism Development Authority Sharjah is well known to be a dry state, hence the Sharjah Cultural Tourism.Having said that, it has nice entertainment developed for families and Culture Tourism. Sharjah tries to have a lot of cultural activities. For example, a while back, four months ago we had Sharjah Heritage Days which coincided with United Nations Culture Days. There is also Sharjah Theatre Days, Sharjah Book Fair, and more.

UAE Tourism and Culture Interviews

Dubai Tourism Destination

May 6, 2008

Khalid A. Bin Sulayem, Director General of Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing Dubai Tourism numbers are quite high but Dubai Tourism uses another indicator: the contribution of tourism in Dubai economy is around 30% including both direct and indirect factors. If you take the global contribution of tourism to the economy it’s 10%. In addition, Dubai has one of the highest occupancy rates in the world now. These are strong indicators, which encourage Dubai and people abroad to invest in this sector.