The agreement envisages harnessing Visa’s data-driven insights to optimise marketing campaigns, streamline tourism services, and deliver tailored promotions for visitors
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Arabian Travel Market
Dubai welcomes more tourists in Q1, 2025, up 3% YoY: DCTCM
The uptick in the first quarter comes following a 9% jump in tourist visits in 2024
Abu Dhabi economy
UAE is witnessing a massive influx of investors as the best country for entrepreneurs
Scott Cairns, the managing director of Middle East-based Creation Business Consultants, shares his reactions to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor’s ranking of the UAE as the top nation in the world for startups and entrepreneurs
Dubai Department of Economic Development
Dubai economy set to grow 3.1% this year, accelerating to 3.4% in 2022
Dubai Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan says emirate will be an ‘even bigger global destination for investment and talent’ in the coming years
Business activity
In pictures: Dubai DED increases its field inspection to ensure safe shopping experience
Businesses in Dubai are complying to the highest degrees of precautionary and preventative measures to ensure the safety of employees and customers and provide a safe shopping experience.
Dubai
New Dubai business licences create over 8,100 jobs in August
Bangladeshis, Indians and Pakistanis are the leading recipients of business licences in Dubai during August
Denver
Dubai FDI on US mission to chase more foreign investment
Department of Economic Development agency-led delegation visits Houston and Denver as FDI inflows from the US rise
business licenses
Dubai’s DED issues 14,737 new business licenses in H1
Commercial licenses accounted for the greatest share of new licenses
Dubai
Revealed: how spicy is trade becoming in Dubai
New report shows over 500 companies are currently operating in the spice trade industry in Dubai
Dubai
Dubai says new business licences created over 7,500 jobs in June
Department of Economic Development in Dubai issues 2,394 new business licences in June
Dubai
New Dubai business licences create 8,348 jobs in May
Dubai issues 2,599 new licences during May, a growth of 50% compared to the year-earlier period
Dubai Department of Economic Development
Revealed: the importance of gold to Dubai’s economy
More than 4,000 companies are operating in the gold sector in Dubai with total gold, jewellery and diamond sales topping $74bn
cafes
Nearly 430 new restaurants, cafes open in Dubai in 2019
Department of Economic Development Dubai report shows at least two restaurants and one coffee shop open daily in the emirate
Barcelona
Dubai on mission to Spain to secure more investment
Dubai FDI completes mission to Madrid, Barcelona and Seville after Spanish investments hit AED3.3bn in 2018
Dubai
New Dubai business licences create 8,375 jobs in April
Dubai issues more than 2,800 new licences in April, up 60% compared to the same month last year
Business condition
Tourism, retail and finance to boost Dubai’s GDP growth
Over 6,700 new business licences were issued in the first three months of 2019, according to DED statistics
Dubai
Over 9,600 jobs created by new Dubai licences in March
Department of Economic Development says it issued nearly 2,500 business licences in March, a growth of 35.4% compared to the same month last year