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As the aviation industry experiences a boom in the Middle East and North African region, Aviation Business reviews the movers and shakers of 2006.
ArabianBusiness.com staff writer , Thursday, 30 November 2006, ArabianBusiness/Features
Developing inbound tourism is a key facet of the Saudi Arabian Government’s plans to diversify its economy, and now tourist visa rules are set to be relaxed, smart tour operators are claiming their portion of the tourism pie
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A new year has dawned, optimism is sky high and your resolution to take the company to the next level in 2007 is firmly in place. To assist you in your twelve-month mission to corner the market, CEO Middle East looks into the crystal ball to find out what the future holds for you and your business
The UAE's low-cost airline plans an initial public offering to finance expansion of its fleet by 25 aircraft.
ArabianBusiness.com staff writer , Monday, 22 January 2007, ArabianBusiness/News
The UAE’s only low-cost carrier has revealed it will become the first Gulf airline to go public in the next three months.
Alexandra Dubsky, Sunday, 28 January 2007, ArabianBusiness/News
Today's Al Bayan newspaper has a double-page spread on Air Arabia, which is timely given the news earlier this week that the low-cost airline is planning an initial public offering (IPO) before April.
Anees Dayoub and Ben Flanagan, Thursday, 25 January 2007, ArabianBusiness/Arabic press review
Air Arabia has applied to the UAE’s Ministry of Economy and the relevant regulatory authorities for approval to launch an Initial Public Offering (IPO) in the first quarter of this year.
ArabianBusiness.com staff writer , Thursday, 01 February 2007, ArabianBusiness/News
The emergence of low cost airlines in the Middle East will significantly grow the region’s outbound leisure business, according to Air Arabia Holidays.
ArabianBusiness.com staff writer , Thursday, 01 February 2007, ArabianBusiness/News
Air Arabia, the three-year-old carrier owned by the government of Sharjah, is planning to go public
Sharjah-based low cost carrier, Air Arabia, is ready to begin the next stage in its business plans by launching an initial public offering (IPO) to raise capital to fund its future growth
Visitor numbers to Beirut may have dwindled in reaction to Lebanon’s unstable political climate, but the travel trade region-wide is committed to supporting a country that has proved resilient to turbulent times.
Gemma Greenwood, Thursday, 01 February 2007, ArabianBusiness/Features
Cheryl Mandy discovers how clued-up travel agents and tour operators can create tailor made special interest trips for adventurous tourists heading to Yemen.
ArabianBusiness.com staff writer , Thursday, 01 February 2007, ArabianBusiness/Features
Firm will oversee Air Arabia's IPO in the first quarter
ArabianBusiness.com staff writer , Thursday, 01 February 2007, ArabianBusiness/News
Turnover at the Middle East’s first budget airline - which plans an IPO before April - is up 82%.
James Bennett, Tuesday, 06 February 2007, ArabianBusiness/News
Cheap no-frills air travel is taking off in the GCC, says Gemma Greenwood.
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Posted by Jack Spratt, Dubai, Uae on 16 October 2007 at 20:00 UAE time
Absolutely Hilarious,
On what subjective criteria ?
Please your insulting our business intelligence
Yet no advertising agencies in the middle east -
you have to be joking....
Yet you place The One - ( have you ever visited ? )
Come on your supposed to be a business news link
Arabian Business or Arabian Comedy
Posted by Enas, Bahrain on 19 August 2007 at 14:00 UAE time
This should be called the list of companies that spend most of their operational budgets on advertising. False Advertising at that.
Posted by yusuf on 21 July 2007 at 01:00 UAE time
After reading a survey recently done by a leading Kuwaiti Newspaper which asked 3 top CEOs of Kuwaiti Companies (only 3 agreed to participate because of the “sensitivity of the issue “) how they viewed the way business magazines rated companies and issued awards, the basic consensus was, if you advertise, or contribute to the economic advancement of the publication, then your company be rated favorably. This was recently published in the Alqabas News paper.
Posted by mark aquino, dubai, united arab emirates on 9 July 2007 at 17:00 UAE time
THE ONE? is it bigger than companies like majid al futtaim and al futtaim group?
Posted by national, Dubai, UAE on 5 July 2007 at 02:00 UAE time
I just cant stop laughing after going through this list!! who compiled this?? I assume the metrics were TV & Radio advt's. :-)
Posted by mohand, jeddah on 26 April 2007 at 14:42 UAE time
Actually, I'm doubt of this choice. As we are working in the medical field since 25 years, the SGH was not an advance Group in providing state-of-art in medical field. Also the medical care are very low especially if you look to the level of handling the medical disposable items which are using twice.
They are "SGH Group opens at least one hospital every year and now has over 3000 employees rising at a rate of 16% a year". It seems to open hospital is very easy like a barber shop. You need stuff, educated stuff, devices, ….
But I doubt.
Posted by Omair Zahid, Karachi, Pakistan on 19 April 2007 at 12:33 UAE time
In our economy i. e. Pakistan in particular and Sub-Continent in general, most of the money coming in is from private equity of GCC nationals which is then converted into creating opportunities for businesses like automobiles manufacturing, micro-chip manufacturing, financial institutions and real estate. The achievements of these companies are then supported by bringing in the institutional investors and/or raising IPOs. The criteria for selecting the most admired companies should be based on the ones who survived through bad times and made it to the top, not the once who were born with the silver spoon in their mouths. I think ITP has contributed towards the importance of "Ignorance", is it a bliss? I hope not, and would like to support it by taking my hats off for someone to begin the evolution, no matter how silly it might be.
Posted by Anonomous, Dubai on 19 April 2007 at 09:40 UAE time
Maybe you should make a list of the worst dept paying companies next and see what companies come up then, that would be amusing also.
Posted by anil on 18 April 2007 at 17:16 UAE time
Landmark group .. one of the biggest retailers of the GCC not on your list.(not related to me )
Posted by Kashi Nath, Dubai, United Arab Emirates on 18 April 2007 at 16:58 UAE time
The article is an eye opener, and also provides a perspective of the contribution of the companies involved in the growth and developement of the Region's economy. May be the assessment parameters could be enhanced in mapping the companies in accordance with key international criteria and norms, thereby opening the umbrella, and this should be next time around cover the best 100 companies. Surprisingly though some of the well known companies do not surface. Why ?