Bitesize Business Breakfast

On the back of a recent Business Breakfast discussion about the food from home 

we're all smuggling back into the UAE after the holidays -we ask Tom Harvey the 

buying director of Spinneys about the impossible task of keeping 200 nationalities 

happy.

The latest Yallacompare consumer confidence index is out – and shows a dip in 

consumer sentiment in the UAE.  CFO Jonathan Rawling joined us to discuss the 

results of their report.

News story out of the US that CEOs of nearly 200 companies have said that 

shareholder value is no longer their main objective. Gaurav Sinha is the author of 

Compassion Inc. a book about having empathy and kindness at the workplace. So we 

asked him is this naive idealism or can you really run a successful business like 

this - in the US or the UAE?

We continue our special report on the future of the travel industry: today we lift 

the lid on loyalty schemes. Plus as the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi heads 

to the UAE this week in a surprise visit – we look at the economic implications.

As gold prices remain stubbornly high in the wake of global economic turmoil, gold expert Jeff Rhodes tells us what impact it's having in the gold souq.

We continue our special report on the future of the travel industry: today we lift the lid on loyalty schemes. We find out what makes a successful loyalty programme... and why we care more about collecting some points than others with Manav Fernandez, co-founder of Quick Brown Fox Consulting.

We kick off this week’s special report on the future of tourism – how everything 

from Airbnb to generation Z are transforming travel. Plus, is the US headed for a 

recession, and what could that mean for us?

We kick off this week’s special report on the future of tourism – how everything 

from Airbnb to generation Z are transforming travel. Tourism expert Chris Lund of 

Colliers shares the 3 game-changing mega-trends that are revolutionising the travel 

industry.

Is the US headed for a recession, and what could that mean for us? Ahead of the 

Fed's Jackson Hole summit, we'll find out what's going on with Khatija Haque of 

Emirates NBD.

With property prices in Dubai falling, we'll find out if you should be looking 

to get a piece of the Airbnb action. That's with Reem Al Khatib of GuestReady.