Joachim Cronquist has now been appointed official representative for Corporate Club International in Dubai, together with the Corporate Club & Corporate Club China and our extensive coverage and attendance at many events in the Riviera & Monaco, we now feel that Corporate Club International have strong bases in the most succesful and glamorous destinations in the world, this will enable us to further increase our exclusive membership.

Today, Dubai is an important tourist destination and port (Jebel Ali). It is developing as a hub for service industries such as IT and finance, with the new Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC).

The government has set up industry-specific free zones throughout the city. Dubai Internet City, now combined with Dubai Media City as part of TECOM (Dubai Technology, Electronic Commerce and Media Free Zone Authority) is one such enclave whose members include IT firms such as EMC Corporation, Oracle Corporation, Microsoft, and IBM, and media organisations such as MBC, CNN, Reuters, ARY and AP. Dubai Knowledge Village (KV) is an education and training hub is also set up to complement the Free Zones other two clusters, Dubai Internet City and Dubai Media City, by providing the facilities to train the clusters' future knowledge workers.

The property boom is driven by mega-projects, whether off-shore such as The Palm and The World or inland such as Dubai Marina, the Burj Dubai Complex, Business Bay and Dubailand.The government's decision to diversify from a trade-based but oil-reliant economy to one that is service-and tourism-oriented has made real estate more valuable, resulting in the property boom from 2004-2006. Construction on a large scale has turned Dubai into one of the fastest growing cities in the world, equalled only by the large Chinese cities.

Contact Joachim Cronquist for details on Corporate Club/Dubai: joachim@corporate-club.com