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Today's Business - Africa And
Dubai
Ethiopian to Strengthen
its Presence in the Middle East
Ethiopian
Airlines, the fastest growing African carrier, has
announced its plan to launch flight services to
Kuwait and Riyadh starting June 2, 2008. The
flights will operate Addis
Ababa-Riyadh-Kuwait-Addis Ababa twice weekly on
Mondays and Thursdays with the return flights on
Tuesdays and Fridays. As a direct route to
Riyadh and Kuwait from the Sub Sahara
Africa, this new service provides convenient
connections for passengers originating from various
points in Africa. Passengers will save trip time
from points of origin to destination as well as
transit time at the Addis Ababa Bole International
Airport.
Currently Ethiopian
operates 35 flights weekly to six destinations in
the Middle East; namely - Abu Dhabi, Bahrain,
Beirut, Dubai,
Jeddah and Sana'a. The introduction of two
additional weekly flights to Riyadh and Kuwait will
further strengthen Ethiopian's foot prints in the
Middle East. Busera Awel, Ethiopian Vice President
Commercial said, "We are pleased that our enhanced
presence will provide travelers, particularly those
in the Sub- Sahara Africa, with more convenient
access to the Middle East, and we are also
confident that the new link will stimulate
increased exchange of commerce and tourism traffic
between the Middle East and the African
continent."
Riyadh and Kuwait
are among the fastest growing cities in the Middle
East. Riyadh is the largest city and capital of
Saudi Arabia located in the heart of the Arabian
Peninsula, while Kuwait, the capital of the State
of Kuwait, is situated on the coastal region of the
Persian Gulf.
AFRICA BUSINESS
http://www.africa-business.com/focusondubai.html
UAE INTERACT MAGAZINE
Mozambique Project
http://uaeinteract.com/docs/Dubai_World_Africa_plans_Mozambique_eco_projects/28668.htm
AFRICA TRAVEL MAGAZINE
ATA and Dubai World Partnership
http://www.africa.com/dw.htm
ENGINEERING NEWS
South Africa Project
http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article.php?a_id=127506
WALL STREET JOURNAL
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Rwanda:
Dubai to invest $230milion in tourism
sector
East African
Business Week (Uganda), by Daniel
Karibwije
Kigali (Rwanda) -
Dubai World, major holding company owned by the
United Arab Emirates is to invest US$230million in
eight tourism facilities in Rwanda. A memorandum of
understanding (MoU) between the Government of
Rwanda and Dubai World on September 26 sealed the
deal that will put the country at a higher pedestal
in the East African region.
The minister of
state in charge of industry and investment
promotion in the ministry of commerce, industry,
investment promotion, tourism and co-operatives Mr.
Vincent Karega signed on behalf of Rwanda while the
vice president and prime minister of UAE and ruler
of Dubai Mr. Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum signed
for Dubai World. During an interview with East
African Business Week at her offices in Kigali on
October 2, the deputy director general in charge of
investment promotion at the Rwanda
Investment and
Export Promotion Agency (RIEPA) Ms. Clare Akamanzi
said this initiative from a single source has
superseded their 2007 expectations.
"This is very
exciting and a major development for the country.
Each of the projects on their own is big. This has
enabled us to surpass our 2007 target. Our target
for investments this year was
$229million."
The Dubai World has
pledged to increase its investment portfolio.
In a press statement sent to Business Week, the
chair of Dubai World Mr. Ahmed Bin Sulayem said,
Business
in Dubai / UAE - The Intelligent Move
Continued.
Emirates
Airlines Importance to Tourism in East
Africa
 "It
is indeed a great honour and privilege for me to be
here this evening to officiate the launching of
Emirates Air daily flights to Dar es Salaam. May I
take this opportunity on behalf of the Ministry of
Natural resources and Tourism in particular, and on
behalf of the tourism fraternity in general to
express our appreciation to the Management of
Emirates Air, for this noble initiative.
Development of tourism depends on development of
almost every other sector of the economy. Its
development can therefore be easily hampered by the
weakness of another sector. Tourism as an activity
connotes movement of an individual from one place
to the other. You will therefore, no doubt agree
with me the airline industry is essential for
development of tourism in any country."
HON. ZAKIA HAMDANI MEGHJI (MP) MINISTER FOR NATURAL
RESOURCES AND TOURISM , REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA
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TRAVEL AND TOURISM
COURSES
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FOR DURATION OF 8-10 MONTHS
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“A strategic base for companies targeting
emerging markets in a vast region extending from
the Middle East to the Indian subcontinent, and
Africa to the CIS countries, covering 1.6 billion
people with GDP $ 1.1 trillion.” More
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Dubai
Named Best Airport in Africa/ Middle East
Dubai will hold one of its biggest events when
6,000 agents of automobiles-maker Audi from all
over the world meets in the emirate for the launch
of the new car model in February
2006.
Mr.
Awadh Al Seghayer, Director of Dubai Convention
Bureau (DCB), which is part of the Dubai Department
of Tourism & Commerce Marketing (DTCM), said:
"This is going to be a very big event for Dubai as
it is also the first time that Audi will be
launching their new model in the emirate. The
agents will be in Dubai for six weeks to test drive
the car."
Dubai
was selected over tough contestants like China and
the US because of the MICE facilities it offers.
The negotiations lasted nearly a year with the last
meeting for finalizing the venue held during the
IMEX-2005 between DCB and Audi in Frankfurt. Mr. Al
Seghayer also highlighted the recent Dubai visit of
a delegation from Audi to inspect the facilities
following which they finalized the destination. The
event is being held in cooperation with Gulf Dunes,
a tour operator specializing in MICE packages. The
General Manager of Gulf Dunes, Mr. Jamal Fathi,
praised DCB's efforts towards promoting Dubai as a
model MICE destination and said that this will be
one of the biggest events for them as well.
Travel
Distribution Summit Middle East at Arabian Travel
Market
Dubai Trade Centre, UAE
DTCM
TAKES STEPS TO ENHANCE EMPLOYEES' PROFESSIONAL
SKILLS
THREE
DAY WORKSHOP A BLEND OF TUTOR-LED AND EXPERIENTIAL
LEARNING
As
part of its endeavor to enhance the professional
skills of its employees, the Dubai Department of
Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) recently held
a three-day workshop on Creative Problem Solving
& Decision Making. The workshop, a blend
of tutor-led and experiential learning, identified
the first principles of creative thinking and
problem solving giving the participants a range of
versatile and effective techniques.
It
enabled the participants to analyze problems and
apply appropriate problem solving techniques,
identify and use the Problem Solving and Decision
making Model when dealing with problems at work and
recognize the importance of dealing with the cause
of a problem rather than just solving the effect of
a problem among others. In addition, the workshop
also included a session on the power of positive
thinking which included role play as well.
Details: Tel: 223 00 00 Fax: 223 00 22
Email: mmannan@dubaitourism.ae
DUBAI
BAGS TRAVEL WRITERS' AWARD AT ITB
Dubai has bagged the prestigious Pacific Area
Travel Writers Association (PATWA) award for being
a 'Destination for Romance, Adventure and
Shopping'. This is the first award in this
category. Mr. Mohammed Khamis bin Hareb, Director
Operations and Marketing, Dubai Department of
Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM), received the
award at a ceremony held on the sidelines of the
International Tourism Exchange (ITB-2005) currently
underway in Berlin. Backed by 74 co-participants
sharing a 440-square-metre stand with 51 booths,
Dubai has a strong presence at the world's largest
travel trade fair for the 16th successive year. The
ceremony was attended by PATWA Chairman, Mr. Sagal
Ahluwalia, Mr. Ahmed Al Maghrabi, Minister of
Tourism, Egypt. The department has been conducting
aggressive promotional and marketing initiatives
across the world, through its network of 14
Overseas Representation (OR) offices. Dubai's
successful emergence on the world tourism map in a
relatively short span of time has been acknowledged
globally.
Dubai
hotels played host to over five million guests in
2004, an increase of 8.8 per cent over the previous
year.
In
an interview with Christine Fleischberger of n-tv,
German's leading business TV channel, Mr. bin Hareb
said Dubai hotels played host to 240,000 German
guests in 2004, up by 51 % from the previous year.
He said: "German visitors love Dubai. They
appreciate the high quality in service, true
Arabian hospitality and the attractive blend of
tradition and modernity. We not only have
established Dubai as a premium brand, but also an
extremely popular year-round business and leisure
destination."
Emirates
Airlines Importance to Tourism in Tanzania and East
Africa
BY
HON. ZAKIA HAMDANI MEGHJI (MP) MINISTER FOR NATURAL
RESOURCES AND TOURISM , REPUBLIC OF
TANZANIA
"It
is indeed a great honour and privilege for me to be
here this evening to officiate the launching of
Emirates Air daily flights to Dar es Salaam. May I
take this opportunity on behalf of the Ministry of
Natural resources and Tourism in particular, and on
behalf of the tourism fraternity in general to
express our appreciation to the Management of
Emirates Air, for this noble initiative.
Development of tourism depends on development of
almost every other sector of the economy. Its
development can therefore be easily hampered by the
weakness of another sector. Tourism as an activity
connotes movement of an individual from one place
to the other. You will therefore, no doubt agree
with me the airline industry is essential for
development of tourism in any country."
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About
Dubai
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in the GCC countries, and certainly in the United
Arab Emirates. Dubai has world class
communications, high speed Internet Access, a
superb GSM Mobile Phone Network, International
Hotels, 100% Foreign Ownership via the Jebli Ali
Free Zone, excellent Conference and exhibition
facilities, in fact Dubai has everything that you
want for a GCC and Arabic base for your Middle East
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For
further information, please contact:
*Mohammed
Abdul Mannan, Executive, Media Relations
Email: mmannan@dubaitourism.ae
*Shilpi Pillai, Officer, Media Relations
Email: spillai@dubaitourism.ae
Dubai
Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing
P.O. Box 594, Dubai - United Arab Emirates
Tel: +9714 2230000 Fax: +9714 2230022
Web
sites
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