Dubai International Financial Centre Gets Full-Service Immigration Office for Convenience of Member Firms

A VIP delegation from the Dubai Naturalization and Residency Administration (DNRA), paid an official visit to the full-service immigration office at the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), which caters to the needs of the growing DIFC community.Marwan Lootah, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer at the DIFC Authority, welcomed the top-level delegation, which was led by Lt. Col. Awad Alowaim, Assitant Director for Management and Finance.

Members of the high-ranking DNRA delegation included Lt. Col. Khalifa Matar Mubarak, Assistant Director for External Centres Sector, as well as Khalid Adullkarim, Director of Finance and Investment; and 1st. Lieutenant Salem Bin Ali Head of Naturalization & Residency – DIFC.

Marwan Lootah, DIFC Authority Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, said: “We have created a lifestyle option at the DIFC, making it a preferred destination to live and work in for the global financial industry.

“Today, the DIFC is ranked the world’s fastest growing international financial hub. We have 20 of the world’s top 25 banks and 6 of the world’s 10 largest asset managers. Attracting top institutions from across the world has been helped in a major way by the ease of doing business from the DIFC. The partnership with the DRNA has brought another added convenience to the DIFC Community,” Lootah added.

LT. Col. Awadh Al Owaim Director of General Dep. Of Human Resourses & Finance at Department of Naturalization & Residency– Dubai (DNRD) said, "This visit comes in line with strengthening the strategic partnership and finding ways for collaboration with DIFC. He stressed the Department’s efforts to expand its corporate and community relations to execute one of the strategic plan goals that the Department pursues and to reinforce the integral and strong role between DNRD and its major strategic partners so they can achieve security system for the community in the Emirate of Dubai.

Lt. Col. Khalifa Matar Mubarak Asst Manager of External Centres Sections praised the efforts of staff in specialised areas at DIFC and pledged to overcome any obstacles facing them. He asserted his endeavour to enhance DNRD work at DIFC through creating a distinguished work environment to raise the performance level and support the sense of professional dedication of staff.This strengthens DNRD role, according to Balqoubaa, and its responsibilities in community through its contribution to the development of its political systems and internal communications and sustainability of the high quality and excellence in achievement.

Mega Deals At Dubai Festival City

The award winning Festival Centre at Dubai Festival City will host the country’s biggest ever retail promotion of popular brands of automobiles and consumer electronics during the 10-day Mega Deals carnival which begins on Thursday May 14.

The shopping and leisure extravaganza features outstanding value propositions for Toyota, Honda and Jeep alongside a vast array of consumer electronics and IT products from Plug-Ins, Panasonic, Sanyo, Toshiba and Aftron, all offering cutting edge technology and digital experiences.

Organisers of Mega Deals – Al-Futtaim — are banking on residents awaiting value-for-money offers ahead of the annual summer holiday period, as well the first wave of tourists from GCC countries and Iran heading into the city for the 2009 Dubai Summer Surprises.

Mega Deals, conveniently spread in-mall across the Festival Centre and under the canopy of a gigantic colourful tent (Thambu), will create more value for the consumer and thus create solutions to enhance lifestyles. The event is also designed to provide a focused, uncluttered precinct to consumers looking for value at a venue which has ample parking and is globally acknowledged as Dubai’s most popular shopping and leisure destination.

“The UAE has never seen such diverse products assembled at a single grand festive place by Al-Futtaim’s Automotive and Electronics divisions who have synergised their strengths and brand equity in one major extravagant exercise at Dubai Festival City, undoubtedly one of the finest shopping, leisure and entertainment venues in the Middle East,” said Charles Awad, Head of Corporate Communications, Al-Futtaim.

Mega Deals will raise the bar for retailing and will provide customer value. The onset of the annual holiday period will soon begin and as is the fashion, it brings out the pre vacation shopper in consumers. Residents and GCC visitors will not only receive no-strings-attached offers, but will also be able to enjoy pulsating ambience of the popular waterfront mixed use development which won four consecutive awards for excellence this year.

Specially dedicated vehicles will transport customers to Al-Futtaim Motors and Trading Enterprises showrooms for test drives on the popular models while the Al-Futtaim Automall team will be on hand to satisfy customers looking for deals on pre-owned vehicles.

Hundreds of staff will also be on hand to support customers as they look, touch and experience automobiles, cameras, TVs, mobile phones, music and home theatre systems, DVD players, video games, home appliances, lap-tops, net-books and accessories. Customers will also have a chance to participate and win great prizes in the grand raffle draw.