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Hello and welcome to this first online edition of the Dubai Update newsletter, brought to you from the UK and Ireland representative office of Dubai Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM).
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What’s the big idea?
When Travel Trade Gazette (TTG) decided to launch a competition to find the next big idea that could shake up the travel industry, DTCM was on hand to offer its support ... read full story
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Creative Freedom
Architect Adrian Smith, partner at Adrian Smith & Gordon Gill, who designed Burj Dubai – currently the world’s tallest man-made structure with 160 floors – recently praised Dubai for being a place where designers can be creative ... read full story
Taxing issues
The UAE is likely to introduce a value added tax (VAT) early next year, as studies into its implementation have reached an advanced stage ... read full story
Material gains
Dubai Textile City is set to open later this year. The £0.4bn commercial zone is being developed near International City, 22 km from the heart of the city’s thriving textile industry in Bur Dubai ... read full story
Dubai Update is a digest of economic, industrial, commercial, travel and tourism and other news, some of which have appeared in the Dubai press. Items have not been independently verified by the Department. It is sent free of charge to organisations in the UK and Ireland wishing to keep abreast of major developments in Dubai. |
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Venture Capital Bank (VC Bank), a Bahrain-based Islamic investment bank, has incorporated World Development Company for developing a luxury resort in the ‘Northern Asia’ area of The World ... 
