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Welcome to the fifth online edition of your Dubai Update newsletter, brought to you from Dubai Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM). We hope that you are continuing to enjoy having the latest news from Dubai delivered straight to your inbox and that you’re telling your colleagues all about us.

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Ian Scott,
Director UK & Ireland, DTCM

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news and events

Last month the DTCM hosted a “Doing Business in Dubai” seminar at the Institute of Directors. With guest speakers from both the DTCM and Control Risks presenting their insight on business practices in the emirate.

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In promoting Dubai as an investment destination, the DTCM has organised a series of business seminars in partnership with various chambers of commerce and trade organisations

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Trade missions
The DTCM recently held a competition with Management Today Magazine offering winners the opportunity to participate on a trade mission to Dubai.

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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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Rules of the house

The government of Dubai has issued a new mortgage law, aimed at increasing certainty for foreign owners and ‘off-plan’ buyers. One of the most important improvements to note is that the new law states that mortgage lenders obtain priority over other unsecured lenders in the case of enforcement ... read full story

 

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bulletTrading places
Dubai’s non-oil direct foreign trade jumped by 54.3 per cent during the first half of 2008 compared to the same period in 2007 ... read full story

bulletTop rank
The UAE now ranks at 16th among 52 countries in the World Economic Forum’s inaugural Financial Development Index, which was released earlier this month ... read full story

bulletGoing underground
The final touches are being given to the first elevated station for the Dubai Metro, which is to be on Sheikh Zayed Road. ... read full story

bulletProperty ladder
Dubai-based real estate players have predicted an upturn in the market owing to price stability in Dubai’s real estate sector. ... read full story

bulletSpa indulgence
Dubai is set to become the number one spa destination in the world by the year 2010 as global trends see more visitors seeking healthy holidays for rest and relaxation ... read full story

 

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bulletGame, set and match
ACI Real Estate has launched its latest project in Business Bay, the Boris Becker Business Tower ... read full story

bulletTime for tee
Tiger Woods has officially unveiled the master plan of Tatweer's exclusive golf community – The Tiger Woods Dubai (TWD) ... read full story

bulletVillage of culture
Dubai Properties has announced that the Culture Village project has crossed key development milestones, including the completion of 90 per cent of the infrastructure works ... read full story

 

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