Dubai Tourism’’s marketing plan for hotels to boost tourism during DSF 2009

A new marketing campaign aimed at increasing the number of tourists and visitors during the Dubai Shopping Festival 2009 is being adopted by Dubai’’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM). This plan includes discounts on room rates ranging from 40 to 60% in addition to a 25% reduction on the prices of food, beverages. The [...]

eGovernment National Portal Witnesses Significant Increase in Electronic Financial Transactions

 More than 12,500 transactions worth nearly BD1 million during third quarterBahrain’s eGovernment Authority (eGA) announced a significant increase in electronic financial transactions done via the eGA National Portal (www.bahrain.bh) since the beginning of the year. eGA figures show that the number of financial transactions reached …

AL AIN AERO GP MARKS AIR RACING CENTENNIAL

Magnificent men in flying machines pay tribute to historic dateTo mark 100 years of air racing, six elite stunt pilots will descend on January’s 2009 Al Ain Aerobatic Show to contest the event’s showpiece competition, the ultimate multi-discipline aerial racing series, Aero GP - which debuts in the Middle East next [...]

SEDD organized seminar on the ongoing global financial crisis

Sharjah Economic Development Department (SEDD) organized yesterday a seminar on the global financial crisis, its impacts on the world’’s economies and possible ways in which these impacts could be offset. Organized and prepared by Economic and Public Relations Department, the seminar aimed at educating the SEDD’s employees on the implications …

Blumberg Capital Partners Forecast Shows Any Commercial Real Estate Bailout Needs Painful Deleveraging to Succeed

Key fund manager predicts debt time bombs to worsen with leasing rates poised to fall an additional 20% next year to lowest levels since 2002  Coral Gables, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Blumberg Capital Partners, one of the nation’s leading investment fund managers, today said that an analysis of commercial real estate values, leasing and …