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Dubai Studio City is part of Dubai Media City. Following in the footsteps of Dubai Media City, it will cater to the production needs of the region and has plans to build movie studios like Hollywood sound stages backlots for various production needs.

Dubai Media City and Dubai Studio City both belong to Dubai Holding subsidiary TECOM Investments. Dubai Studio City will have pre-built studios, sound stages, workshops, backlots and stage areas, a broadcast centre housing offices and post-production studios, and a business centre for freelancers. The cluster will also house film and television academies, location approval services, entertainment and retail spaces, and hotels and residential facilities to accommodate crews and casts.

Data Processing Systems was established in 1983 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). As a leading Aviation Engineering and ICT company in the Arabian Gulf region, DPS has been helping its customers over the past 20 years with the design and implementation of complex data communication systems, telecommunication networks and turnkey airports projects.


With offices in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah, DPS has the ability to execute turnkey projects in the Gulf and the Middle East Region and to provide customers with state-of-the-art equipment and the best of engineering services with prompt schedules.


DPS most valuable asset is its team of skilled engineers and its good understanding of the challenges that the fast growing Middle East markets are facing.


DPS strength is its capability to integrate the various technologies in an environment where quality, safety and security are the main issues.

DPS has partnerships with leading technology providers to deliver the latest technologies and the highest standards.

Dubai Internet City (DIC) is an information technology park created by the Government of Dubai as a free economic zone and a strategic base for companies targeting emerging markets. Here companies can operate without restrictions, such as a 100% foreign ownership, similar to those prevailing in other provincial economic zones in the United Arab Emirates. This freedom has led many global information technology firms to move their regional base and resources to premises in the DIC. DIC is located right next to other industry clusters such as Dubai Media City and Dubai Knowledge Village.

The economic rules of DIC allow companies to avail themselves of a number of ownership, taxation and custom related benefits which are guaranteed by law for a period of 50 years. Major companies which have established operations at DIC include Microsoft, IBM, Oracle Corporation, Sun Microsystems, Cisco, HP, Nokia and Siemens, Nera Telecom, as well as UAE based companies such as i-mate, Acette and many others.

DIC presently has over one and half million square feet of prime commercial office space, and there are over 850 companies with over 10,000 workers based in it. In March 2008, DIC announced a rent hike of 25% for leases signed after June 2008. The government imposes a rent cap on private landlords of 5%, but exempts its own projects from the law. It is claimed that the rent is still below the market rate, but this is in a city that proudly boasts it will soon have the most expensive office rents in the world as the London economy looks set to be hit by the world financial slowdown.

Dubai International Academic City (DIAC) located in the Dubai Academic City is the world’s only Free Zone dedicated to higher education.

A regional base for premier international higher education institutions, DIAC is the world’s first dedicated tertiary cluster development. Spread across an area of 25 million square foot, the DIAC campus provides an intellectually inspiring environment for students and faculty.

This thriving knowledge community was founded as part of a long-term economic strategy to develop the region’s talent pool, to accelerate its move into a knowledge economy. Benefits for DIAC partners include 100% foreign ownership, 100% tax free, 100% repatriation of profits.

There are currently 20 international universities of higher learning from diverse regions including Australia, India, Pakistan, Iran, Russia, Belgium, UK and Ireland operating out of DIAC, catering to over 8,000 students. These include The University of Wollongong in Dubai, from Australia, Middlesex University Dubai Campus, from UK and S.P Jain Centre of Management Dubai, from India among others.

These institutions offer programs that range in duration from one year to four years. Major academic programs on offer include engineering, computer science, fashion and design, biotechnology, environmental studies, quality management and business management programs.

Degen Engineering supports owners and consulting engineers in design, procurement and quality control of ground improvement projects.

Crowne Plaza® is The Place to Meet. Whether you’re holding a sales convention, board meeting or informal get-together with associates, your comfort and success are paramount. Crowne Plaza provides meeting services that include a 2-Hour Response Guarantee, Crowne Meetings Director and Daily Meeting Debrief.

Corporate Finance House (“CFH”) provides specialist financial services for debt and equity private placements, debt restructuring, leveraged buy-outs, divestments, IPO’s, mergers and acquisitions, and real estate finance. In addition, CFH is actively engaged in private equity and real estate fund management. It continues to act as owners’ representative in major multi-contract projects. CFH caters to mid-sized corporations, banks, high-net-worth individuals, private equity firms and family owned businesses. It has completed numerous financial advisory and investment banking transactions in the Middle East with focus on the GCC and the Levant.

Formerly known as Capital Trust Middle East (CTME), CFH was established in 1998; with offices in Beirut and Dubai, CFH is scheduling to open its Riyadh office in the third quarter of 2008.

Borse Dubai is a stock exchange in the United Arab Emirates.

It is the holding company for Dubai Financial Market (DFM) and Dubai International Financial Exchange (DIFX). Borse Dubai was created 6 August 2007 to consolidate the Government of Dubai’s two stock exchanges as well as current investments in other exchanges, expanding Dubai’s position as a global capital market hub.

Borse Dubai’s growth mandate is extracted from the 2015 Dubai Strategic Plan which has defined financial services and capital markets as a key focus area to support the development and growth of regional capital markets to the highest international standards. This is complemented with Dubai’s strong heritage of building global leaders in selected industries.

In September 2007, Borse Dubai secured 28 per cent of the London Stock Exchange as part of a wider deal with the US-based Nasdaq designed to settle their long-running battle for control of the Stockholm-based exchanges and telecommunications operator OMX. However, the move enraged the Qatar Investment Authority, which until Tuesday night believed it was close to clinching a deal to buy much of the LSE stake for itself. Following completion of the Nasdaq OMX deal, Borse Dubai now holds 19.99% of the holding company’s stock. It has obtained a Congressional license to do so, as well as being approved by the SEC.

Beacon’s main activity is the development and management of early childhood, primary and secondary schools. With quality at the forefront of our offering, we tailor each project to answer the specific educational requirements of a wide range of families by offering top international curricula including British, American, the International Baccalaureate and our custom early childhood programme.

Beacon, which means education in Arabic, is committed to inspiring students and helping them to identify and develop their passions and talents. We only recruit the best international teachers who are capable of delivering our international curricula in a creative and engaging manner.