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NEW EDITION OF DUBAI
BUSINESS HANDBOOK
IT SERVES AS A
GUIDE TO BUSINESSMEN AND HELP PROMOTE DUBAI AS A
BUSINESS DESTINATION
The Dubai
Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing
(DTCM), has released the new edition of the
hugely-popular Dubai Business Handbook
2005-6.
A total of 20,000
copies have been printed which will be readily
available to people looking at setting up
businesses in Dubai. Copies of the new edition will
also be distributed to all the DTCM Overseas
Representative offices.
DTCM Manager Media
& Advertising, Mr. Ahmed Al Tunaiji, said: "The
Dubai Business Handbook is a very important guide
for businessmen and it is aimed at promoting
business to the emirate. It provides all the
necessary information related to setting up
business in Dubai and its free zones and includes
information on rules and regulations for the same,
key business contacts and a business
directory."
"The Business
Handbook is different from other such handbooks as
it contains the latest updated information on the
upcoming projects in Dubai in addition to giving an
insight of Dubai's economy and trade and providing
first-hand data on the rules and regulations
governing the setting up of new businesses in the
emirate," he added.
The new edition
also has a handy official Dubai Business Directory
and includes information on the economy, employment
regulations, the MICE sector and life in Dubai in
addition to details about the new business projects
in Dubai including the Dubai International
Financial Centre (DIFC), the Gold & Diamond
Park and Dubai Metals & Commodities
Centre.
FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
MOHAMMED ABDUL
MANNAN
Executive, Media
Relations
Department of
Tourism and Commerce Marketing
Tel: 223 00 00 Fax:
223 00 22
Email:
mmannan@dubaitourism.ae
SHILPI
PILLAI
Officer, Media
Relations
Department of
Tourism and Commerce Marketing
Tel: 223 00 00 Fax:
223 00 22
Email:
spillai@dubaitourism.ae
DTCM
ACCREDITED FOR CAMBRIDE INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMA IN
TRAVEL AND TOURISM
COURSES
TO BE OFFERED AT TWO LEVELS: STANDARD AND ADVANCED
FOR DURATION OF 8-10 MONTHS
Dubai Internet
City
"A strategic base for companies targeting
emerging markets in a vast region extending from
the Middle East to the Indian subcontinent, and
Africa to the CIS countries, covering 1.6 billion
people with GDP $ 1.1 trillion." More information
on the website.
Dubai
Named Best Airport in Africa/ Middle East
Dubai will hold one of its biggest events when
6,000 agents of automobiles-maker Audi from all
over the world meets in the emirate for the launch
of the new car model in February
2006.
Mr.
Awadh Al Seghayer, Director of Dubai Convention
Bureau (DCB), which is part of the Dubai Department
of Tourism & Commerce Marketing (DTCM), said:
"This is going to be a very big event for Dubai as
it is also the first time that Audi will be
launching their new model in the emirate. The
agents will be in Dubai for six weeks to test drive
the car."
Dubai
was selected over tough contestants like China and
the US because of the MICE facilities it offers.
The negotiations lasted nearly a year with the last
meeting for finalizing the venue held during the
IMEX-2005 between DCB and Audi in Frankfurt. Mr. Al
Seghayer also highlighted the recent Dubai visit of
a delegation from Audi to inspect the facilities
following which they finalized the destination. The
event is being held in cooperation with Gulf Dunes,
a tour operator specializing in MICE packages. The
General Manager of Gulf Dunes, Mr. Jamal Fathi,
praised DCB's efforts towards promoting Dubai as a
model MICE destination and said that this will be
one of the biggest events for them as well.
Travel
Distribution Summit Middle East at Arabian Travel
Market
Dubai Trade Centre, UAE
DTCM TAKES STEPS
TO ENHANCE EMPLOYEES' PROFESSIONAL
SKILLS
THREE DAY WORKSHOP
A BLEND OF TUTOR-LED AND EXPERIENTIAL
LEARNING
As part of its
endeavor to enhance the professional skills of its
employees, the Dubai Department of Tourism and
Commerce Marketing (DTCM) recently held a three-day
workshop on Creative Problem Solving & Decision
Making. The workshop, a blend of tutor-led
and experiential learning, identified the first
principles of creative thinking and problem solving
giving the participants a range of versatile and
effective techniques.
It enabled the
participants to analyze problems and apply
appropriate problem solving techniques, identify
and use the Problem Solving and Decision making
Model when dealing with problems at work and
recognize the importance of dealing with the cause
of a problem rather than just solving the effect of
a problem among others. In addition, the workshop
also included a session on the power of positive
thinking which included role play as well.
Details: Tel: 223 00 00 Fax: 223 00 22
Email: mmannan@dubaitourism.ae
DUBAI BAGS
TRAVEL WRITERS' AWARD AT ITB
Dubai has bagged the prestigious Pacific Area
Travel Writers Association (PATWA) award for being
a 'Destination for Romance, Adventure and
Shopping'. This is the first award in this
category. Mr. Mohammed Khamis bin Hareb, Director
Operations and Marketing, Dubai Department of
Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM), received the
award at a ceremony held on the sidelines of the
International Tourism Exchange (ITB-2005) currently
underway in Berlin. Backed by 74 co-participants
sharing a 440-square-metre stand with 51 booths,
Dubai has a strong presence at the world's largest
travel trade fair for the 16th successive year. The
ceremony was attended by PATWA Chairman, Mr. Sagal
Ahluwalia, Mr. Ahmed Al Maghrabi, Minister of
Tourism, Egypt. The department has been conducting
aggressive promotional and marketing initiatives
across the world, through its network of 14
Overseas Representation (OR) offices. Dubai's
successful emergence on the world tourism map in a
relatively short span of time has been acknowledged
globally.
Dubai hotels
played host to over five million guests in 2004, an
increase of 8.8 per cent over the previous
year.
In an interview
with Christine Fleischberger of n-tv, German's
leading business TV channel, Mr. bin Hareb said
Dubai hotels played host to 240,000 German guests
in 2004, up by 51 % from the previous year. He
said: "German visitors love Dubai. They appreciate
the high quality in service, true Arabian
hospitality and the attractive blend of tradition
and modernity. We not only have established Dubai
as a premium brand, but also an extremely popular
year-round business and leisure
destination."
Emirates
Airlines Importance to Tourism in Tanzania and East
Africa
BY HON. ZAKIA
HAMDANI MEGHJI (MP) MINISTER FOR NATURAL RESOURCES
AND TOURISM , REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA
"It is indeed a
great honour and privilege for me to be here this
evening to officiate the launching of Emirates Air
daily flights to Dar es Salaam. May I take this
opportunity on behalf of the Ministry of Natural
resources and Tourism in particular, and on behalf
of the tourism fraternity in general to express our
appreciation to the Management of Emirates Air, for
this noble initiative. Development of tourism
depends on development of almost every other sector
of the economy. Its development can therefore be
easily hampered by the weakness of another sector.
Tourism as an activity connotes movement of an
individual from one place to the other. You will
therefore, no doubt agree with me the airline
industry is essential for development of tourism in
any country." More->
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Ain Aerobatics Show 2005
Impressive
participation by world-class regional and
international teams
About Dubai
Dubai is the fastest growing Business Location
in the GCC countries, and certainly in the United
Arab Emirates. Dubai has world class
communications, high speed Internet Access, a
superb GSM Mobile Phone Network, International
Hotels, 100% Foreign Ownership via the Jebli Ali
Free Zone, excellent Conference and exhibition
facilities, in fact Dubai has everything that you
want for a GCC and Arabic base for your Middle East
Business location.
For further
information, please contact:
*Mohammed Abdul
Mannan, Executive, Media Relations
Email: mmannan@dubaitourism.ae
*Shilpi Pillai, Officer, Media Relations
Email: spillai@dubaitourism.ae
Dubai Department of
Tourism and Commerce Marketing
P.O. Box 594, Dubai - United Arab Emirates
Tel: +9714 2230000 Fax: +9714 2230022
Web sites
http://www.dubaitourism.ae
http://www.uae-pages.com/tourism/entering-dubai.html
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