Even though it was founded 90 years ago in Egypt, is owned by a United Arab Emirates-based investment fund, and is being run by a Brit, much if not most …
Thomas Schellen
Thomas Schellen
Thomas Schellen is Executive's editor-at-large. He has been reporting on Middle Eastern business and economy for over 20 years. Send mail
-
-
The formula is intriguing from a commercial perspective and it has pizzaz: the Beirut Yacht Club, scheduled to operate for the next two months under a soft-opening formula and celebrate …
-
While the current slump in the domestic real estate market is largely seen as temporary rather than structural, some astute real estate players are turning to international markets for revenues. …
-
“Buyers still have interest in buying land. The problem lies in finding adequately priced plots of land — the majority of plots are still priced unreasonably high relative to the …
-
Considering the consistency with which the Lebanese insurance market has contributed to GDP — 3 percent has been the magic number for many years — it would have been remarkable …
-
Statistically, by almost all indicators available to Executive, activity in the field of real estate development and building construction in Lebanon is in a slump. In the first nine months …
-
As the property market entered into a troublesome year, the Real Estate Association of Lebanon (REAL) began 2013 by celebrating its recognition as a syndicate aiming to unite real estate …
-
The Syndicate of Safety and Security Professionals in Lebanon (SSSPL) and its member companies address two market needs. Fire prevention, detection and response systems are one central need; the other …
-
Even as Lebanon has recently seen positive developments in its public security frameworks such as the deployment of governmental security in the southern suburbs of Beirut, events around the world, …
-
Have you lately made any risqué appearances? Given speeches calling for peace with new or old enemies, offered daring toasts about the virtue of national unity, hugged your neighbor from …
