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Indonesia seeks to host 2032 Olympics
Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo announced plans on September 1 to bid for the hosting of the 2032 Summer Olympics. The move following the country’s...
US fashion industry boycotts Brunei-owned hotels over Shariah law
US fashion designers as well as lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) activists are taking a stand against the leader of Brunei who plans...
Study: Dubai has ‘real estate X-factor’
Seven cities in East and South Asia, the Middle East and Australia - including Dubai - make up more than half of ‘World City...
Middle East buyers drive London’s property market
London continues to attract Middle Eastern investors as investment increased from 7.5 per cent of total investment in 2012 to 17 per cent in...
Mideast buyers drive European hotel transactions
European hotel transaction volume in 2013 reached a new peak since the onset of the global financial crisis, signaling a comeback of the hotel...
Singapore is now world’s most expensive city
Singapore has been named the most expensive city globally by the new Worldwide Cost of Living Survey released by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)...
Accor plans 10 new hotels in Saudi Arabia
Accor Middle East, a leading hospitality group in the Gulf region, said it has forged a strategic alliance with top Saudi conglomerate Alesayi Group...
Malaysia state fund buys German, French property
Malaysia's state pension fun, the Employees Provident Fund (EPF), will invest $660 million in industrial property in Germany and office space in France, according...
Philippine Airlines allowed back into EU airspace
The Philippines' national carrier Philippine Airlines has been removed from the blacklist of airlines that fail to meet international aviation standards, according to an...
Bangkok beats London as travel hotspot
Thailand's capital Bangkok has been declared this year's global travel hotspot by Mastercard's Global Destination Cities Index 2013, the credit card firm announced on...
Total Qatar: Resounding research in energy
Inside Investor asks Stéphane Michel, Managing Director of Total Qatar, affiliate of the French oil and gas major, how research initiatives and industry developments are taking the company to the World Cup 2022 and beyond.
HSBC Qatar: Global banking with regional touch
Global banking giant HSBC has been present in Qatar since 1954 and has set a significant foothold in commercial and private banking in Qatar. Inside Investor sat down with HSBC Qatar's CEO Abdul Hakeem Mostafawi to hear more.
Dubai’s Habtoor explores Asia investment
Dubai's family conglomerate Al Habtoor Group, best known for its construction business, but also engaged in hotel, automotive, real estate, education, insurance and publishing,...
Dubai, Thailand battle for World Expo
Bids for the World Expo 2020, a lucrative biennial convention that rivals the Olympic Games in scale and prestige, are out now. Dubai and...
Paris number one luxury home destination
Paris has increasingly become a popular destination for foreign investors looking to buy property, and has seen prices increase as a result. Luxury home...
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Thailand, Singapore most vulnerable to potential US recession
Southeast Asia could be seriously affected in case the US falls into recession, but some countries would be more badly hit than others, economists...