Irish delegation on trade mission to Turkey
Minister of State for Trade and Commerce in Ireland, John McGuinness is to lead a trade mission to Turkey in October. Turkey is one of the fastest-growing economies in the world and has gradually opened up its markets to foreign business. The October 7th-9th trade mission will aim to increase Irish investments in Turkey. Enterprise [...]
France to host Turkey at the Grand Pavois Fair
Turkey will be the honorary guest at the Grand Pavois Fair in France to introduce developments in the yacht building sector. The Grand Pavois Yacht Building and Sailing Fair is held in the French city of La Rochelle every year drawing around 150,000-200,000 visitors. Ahmet Erol, chairman of the Antalya Branch of the Istanbul, Marmara, [...]
Dubai keeps standards high in the property sector
Dubai regularly makes headlines on the basis of one of the most impressive developmental drives and property booms in modern history. Visitors to the emirate never cease to marvel at the immense scale of construction taking place. This week, though, Dubai's construction sector is in the news for other reasons that would appear negative at [...]
HSBC analyst forecasts demand for Dubai property
With property prices up about 40 per cent this year and a soaring 79 percent in the past 18 months, the Dubai property market continues to surpass all expectations. HSBC believes that, with sustained population growth of about 7 per cent and construction delays slowing delivery to the market, demand will continue to outpace supply [...]
Dubai based DP World doubles profit
Dubai based port operator DP World have announced first-half profits from continuing operations, after tax, of $287 million. The figures from the world's fourth-largest container port operator have more than doubled compared to last year’s figures. Dubai’s DP World said it expected to meet 2008 expectations and said that so far in the second half [...]