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For H.H. Sheikh Saud Bin Saqr Al Qassimi, Crown Prince and Deputy Ruler of Ras al-Khaimah, or simply RAK, this title is not enough. His Highness wants to raise RAK to the top of the Middle Eastern economic, tourism and industry rankings. RAK’s GDP has grown by more than 50 percent over the last four years and the fast growing emirate, riding a wave of massive inward investment, is expected to clock an annual growth rate of over 15 percent in the next few years.
Among travelers, Ajman is well-known for the beach hotel, Ajman Kempinski, but the journey does not stop here. Despite being the smallest of the seven emirates that make up the United Arab Emirates, “Ajman is emerging as one of the big players in the real estate sector”, Imad Dana, CEO of Al Zorah, is convinced.
Fujairah, the easternmost emirate of the UAE with a fabulous coast on the Gulf of Oman, is already home to an international airport and, even here, figures are all on the rise.
In five years time, the emirate of Umm Al Quwain wants to be as popular as the other six emirates. Literally, Umm Al Quwain means “the mother of two powers”, a reference to the seafaring tradition of this emirate. It is home to 62,000 people and ruled by the Al Mu’alla-family.
Abdul Redha Ali Bin Redha, Project Director of Global Village As you know, the Global Village has a strong history of bringing all cultures and countries under one umbrella. So, from that concept,Global Village is going to the international market saying that Global Village has different representatives from different countries, retailers and shows representing many countries. All that will be offered under one umbrella to our visitors. Global Village is basically focusing on and promoting the Global Village but at the same time Dubai as a secure and safe city attracting people from all over the world.
General Manager – Near & Middle East of LegrandPeople are looking for more commerce, more comfort, more security, more energy saving, in India for instance we found out in a study that there are 300 million people able to buy Le Grand products. Imagine 300 million people out of 1.1 billion, this is huge for us and is a great opportunity for us.
Chief Executive (CE) of National Bank of Abu DhabiThe US economic slowdown caused by the subprime crises, lower liquidity and high inflation are some of the major concerns of Today’s world.
CEO of Al Qudra Holding Read more – Al Qudra Holding When Al Qudra Holding started, we envisioned what we wanted to do as Al Qudra. It was clear what was to be done in Abu Dhabi. Al Qudra tried to position itself as leader of the developers here, as leaders of the private sector players, so Al Qudra decided to get into those five main sectors. If you ask me how that is different from our position today, we look at what adds value to what we are doing.
Vice President of Corporate Relations & International Affairs of Dubai Aluminium Company Limited (DUBAL)The limited supply of raw materials is a factor behind the major consolidation trend of the world aluminum industry.
Mohammad Khalfan Al Rumaithi, President of UAE Football Association The main limitation is the number of players and talents in UAE Football. Still the UAE is not like many countries around us. Many things have been changing: the kids do not play football like they used to do 30 or 35 years ago and UAE Football is therefore reducing its talent pool. When I was young we plaid football the whole day when we wouldn´t have school. But now it is rare to see kids playing football in the neighbourhood.
CEO of Fortune Group and Director of Business Development of Fortune GroupMoody’s believes that the region’s property boom is driven by strong fundamentals and rules out that the bubble being built could be pierced.
Director General of Fujairah Free Zone I think in Fujairah and Fujairah free trade zone, we are part of the Emirates, we are Fujairah free zone know our structure, we know our capabilities, we have the supporting infrastructure such as the airports, ports, the free zone and other departments. Fujairah and Fujairah free trade zone look into petrochemicals very strongly. Fujairah will become in the next five years a base for petrochemicals and that itself is a business line.
