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EXCLUSIVE: PR guru says Dubai needs 'softer image'

EXCLUSIVE: PR guru says Dubai needs 'softer image'

Travel & Hospitality
Max Clifford adds that city's perceived obsession with wealth could hit tourism industry.

  1. UAE topples Egypt in MENA tourism brand rankings
  2. Brand Dubai: The new challenge

Batelco fined $13.3m by Bahrain telecom watchdog
Technology
Telco punished for blocking access to international data lines for rival Mena Telecom.

Aabar enters into $1.625bn loan agreement
Banking & Finance
Abu Dhabi firm's loan has a sixth-month term and is with local and international investors.

Ducab starts work on new $136m factory
Energy
New facilities will supply high voltage cables for DEWA, ADWEA projects, operations set to start in late 2010.

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A template for success
Sulaiman Al Fahim on why he thinks Dubai is still the city that others aspire to be.

 Sulaiman Al Fahim  

Why I h8 junk txts
Joanne Bladd explains why she's taking a stand against telco companies.

 Joanne Bladd

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Power play

Nicholas Carter, head of Abu Dhabi‘s Regulation & Supervision Bureau, talks costs, competition and climate change.

Battered, but still fabulous

Harvey Nichols CEO Joseph Wan explains to Arabian Business how an economic "earthquake" forever changed the retail game.


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Banking & Finance

  1. UAE banks need to improve customer service - poll

Construction & Industry

  1. Damac awards contract for Cairo retail, office project

Culture & Society

  1. First UAE arthouse cinema opens in Dubai Mall

Education

  1. UAE schools to join fight against childhood obesity

Energy

  1. Ducab starts work on new $136m factory

Healthcare

  1. UAE schools to join fight against childhood obesity

Islamic Finance

  1. Islamic banks should target female market - report

Media & Marketing

  1. Dubai developers see negative press reports decline

Personal Finance

  1. Credit bureaus combine to form regional group

Politics & Economics

  1. UAE considers allowing citizens to elect 50% of FNC

Real Estate

  1. Dubai's Oct property sales value rises by 50% - official

Retail

  1. Jeweller closures ‘inevitable’ as gold demand slumps

Sport

  1. Abu Dhabi plans new mega sports stadium

Technology

  1. Batelco fined $13.3m by Bahrain telecom watchdog

Transportation

  1. Mideast business jets market seen growing 6% for 10 years

Travel & Hospitality

  1. EXCLUSIVE: PR guru says Dubai needs 'softer image'

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more » BUSINESS FEATURES

Corporate speak

Peter Kenyon presided over Man U & Chelsea's most halcyon glory days in recent memory, but never won fans' affection. Why not?

Venezuelans tweet in traffic

Venezuela has the penetration of smartphones that one can we see in countries like the US and Canada.


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UPCOMING EVENTS

  1. Advanced Operational Auditing & Management Effectiveness Analysis
    1 November 2009 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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    1 November 2009 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  3. Managing The CAD Department
    1 November 2009 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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