When Lebanese businessman Nadim Fakhry drives from the offices of his family-owned real estate, construction and hospitality group in the UNESCO area of Beirut to his latest hospitality venture, he …
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
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Established as an independent media agency in 1981 and preparing to celebrate its 20th anniversary of operating from Dubai this year, Media International Services (MIS) has cultivated market niches where …
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The MCN Group is a partnership of New York-based communications conglomerate Interpublic and the Miknas family holding. The Group gathers media, creative, public relations and corporate entities under one roof …
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The game of advertising has a paramount survival rule: adaptation. Successful strategies and campaigns inject creativity into marketing messages that are tuned to the demands of clients and the psyches …
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On Tuesday, Saudi Arabia’s richest man, Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, publicly complained that he had been done a disservice by the global wealth magazine Forbes. Apparently disgusted that his fortune …
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The twin exchanges of the United Arab Emirates — Dubai Financial Market (DFM) and Abu Dhabi Exchange (ADX) — have had a positive start to 2013, particularly when compared to …
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The ranks have swelled. The list of great places to work (GPTW) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has grown by 50 percent this year, but the familiar faces are …
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When times are challenging and it is not enough to call a development “unique” or “best ever” to see apartments, duplexes and villas “fly off the shelves like hot cakes” …
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Hearing the rank and file in the companies on the Great Places to Work (GPTW) list talk about their approaches to life at work is a humbling and exciting experience. …
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Dreaming at work must be a universal trait. Whatever culture, whatever age, there are tales and traces left behind by people who dream of something while they are at work. …
