JULY 2015

SCHIZOPHRENIC POLICYMAKING

Banque du Liban: Taming the central bank
Banque du Liban deserves more transparency

Tourism: Promoting it starts at home
Municipalities must seize every opportunity to remake themselves as attractive cultural destinations

Beirut Port: A port policy for all
A national strategy organizing Lebanon’s maritime transport sector is essential

Monetary policy: For better or for worse
The tricky task of unpegging Lebanon’s lira

The evolving role of the central bank
In Lebanon and across the globe, the place of the central bank is far from definite

A fine time for fintech
The soul of fintech may be Findex

Beirut Port: Church and state
The growing battle over the Port of Beirut’s future

High prospectivity for onshore oil and gas
Survey says high prospectivity for onshore oil and gas

Mixing oil and insurance
Time and political deadlock on the side of Lebanon’s would-be oil and gas underwriters

Seasons in the sun
Lebanon’s hospitality and tourism industry gears up for the summer

Destinations: Reconstructing cultural tourism
Creating touristic destinations from Lebanon’s antiquity sites

Guesthouses: Alternative lodging
Guesthouses and boutique hotels on the rise in Lebanon

Surfin’ Lebanon
Where the Lebanese are opting to spend their beach days

Comment: Hotel security
There is more to real security than meets the eye

Less bang for less buck
Home buyers are buying smaller apartments in Beirut at budgets lower than $1.5 million

Beit Misk Festival
BEYOND A MUSICAL CELEBRATION

Bang & Olufsen
A BRAND AMBASSADOR ON A MISSION

BEIRUT’S OPERA GALLERY
A NEW DESTINATION FOR CONTEMPORARY ART LOVERS

Play review: “Venus”
A PLAY WITHIN A PLAY THAT IS NOTHING SHORT OF EXQUISITE

La Crêperie
THE REBIRTH OF A SOULFUL EATERY

John Lobb
THE SHOE OF THE SELF ACTUALIZED MAN OF TASTE

Company bulletin

Building socially responsible corporate cultures
CSR as a framework for business growth