Sultan bin Mejren, director general of the Dubai Land Department, announced plans for a fully-digital real estate platform that will enable sales and rental transactions to be conducted remotely. Victor Besa for The National The Dubai Land Department is creating a ‘smart’ digitised platform that will eliminate the need for paper ... Read More »
Issam Kazim, the CEO of Dubai Tourism, has a lot riding on Indian travellers. The world’s largest democracy sent the maximum number of visitors to the Emirate for the second consecutive year in 2016 and accounted for more than one-fifth of the growth in tourist arrivals in Dubai. Dubai ... Read More »
India’s gold and diamond-studded jewellery business is likely to take a hit, at least in the short term, following the hike in import duty from 0.36 per cent to 5 per cent, starting January, on all jewellery products exported to Dubai. Exporters may also stop using Dubai as a hub ... Read More »
A total of AED57 billion ($15.5 billion) was invested in Dubai’s real estate market in the first half of 2016, the latest figures from Dubai Land Department (DLD) show. The figure was invested by 26,000 investors from 149 countries, the DLD said, with GCC nationals contributing the lion’s share – ... Read More »
