Bitesize Business Breakfast Podcast

We go through the spending plans with Khatija Haque of Emirates NBD. Plus, Saudi Arabia and China have signed a big trade deal, during a visit by president Xi Jinping. We find out if this deal has a great economic value or is a symbolic tie with Weisi Xie of EIU. And Chaloub group has been looking at what the Metaverse means for luxury goods.

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A new Standard Chartered survey suggests inflation is causing UAE investors to change their strategy. We speak to Chief Investment Officer Manpreet Gill to tell us more about it. Plus, massive number of IPOs comparative to what is going on globally, we have a look of the projections for next year with Miguel Azevedo, MD at Citi. And, Chinese President Xi Xinping arrives in Saudi Arabia, starting four days of talks with Arab leaders. We speak to Patrick Tsang live from Hong Kong and find out what could it mean for the region.

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We're live on location from the Nation's capital. We get the inside story on Abu Dhabi’s tourism industry from some of its leading lights: Managing Director of Wizz Air Abu Dhabi and Nancy W Gleason of NYU Abu Dhabi, Saadiyat Campus. Plus, we look at projections for the UAE economy with the chief economist of Oxford Economics Middle East, Scott Livermore. And, we have a look at that new PMI numbers for the UAE show a softening of the non-oil private sector.

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Customers based in the UAE can now enjoy fast delivery on their shopping from the UK with Emirates Delivers. We speak to Skycargo Business Development VP Denis Lister. Plus, global air passenger traffic rose 45% in October year on year, according to new numbers from IATA. We speak to Regional Director Kashif Khalid and crunch the numbers both for passengers and cargo. Plus, a deep dive on the UAE’s new green building rules. We've got Dr Anas Bataw of Heriot-Watt university in the studio to answer all our questions. And we talk FIFAnomics! beIN SPORTS revealed that viewership exceeded one billion for the opening ceremony and first round of FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 matches. We'll speak to Director of Analytics & Research - Matthew Chrisp. 

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That's according to a networking website InterNations. Valencia was top; Johannesburg was bottom. We discuss and find out how is expat's experience in UAE so far. Plus, the UAE is set to see the fastest price growth in the world for top-end property next year. We speak to Knight Frank, Faisal Durrani. And hospital-nomics with Alisha Moopen, Deputy Managing Director at the giant Aster DM Healthcare empire.

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The strong UAE jobs market will continue into 2023, according to recruitment firm Michael Page. We speak to their Regional Director, Jon Ede, about their latest salary survey. Plus, Abu Dhabi Airports say passenger traffic totalled 4.7 million passengers in Q3 2022, a rise of 250% compared to the 1.3 million passengers in Q3 2021. We crunch those figures with Mark Souter, SVP Aviation Development at AD Airports. And, we look at how the continued investments into theme parks across the Middle East is set to increase next year with Jakob Wahl, Incoming President and CEO of IAAPA (International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions). 

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Dubai's Ruler Sheikh Mohammed has approved a comprehensive plan to develop the emirate’s countryside into touristic destinations, landscape architect Anamaria Castillo joins us to review the plans. Plus, Emirates has opened a new travel store in Jumeirah - we'll find out why with Chief Commercial Officer Adnan Kazim. And, Abu Dhabi GDP up nearly 12% for the first half of 2022. Economist Dr. Christopher Payne of Peninsula Real Estate put that in context for us.

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That's acoording to a new survey conducted by online recruitement GulfTalent. We find out the impact of World Cup on staff productivity with Yasser Hatami, Managing Director at Gulf Talent. Plus, Dubai property market powers on, says the latest Property Monitor report. We look at how much further it can go with COO Zhann Johincke. And, it's  Black Friday - shoppers hoping to clinch lucrative deals on holiday gifts may get lucky during sales this season. But those who wait may get even luckier? We find out David Quaife, MENA General Manager at Pattern.

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We speak to flydubai's CEO, Ghaith Al Ghaith about the Match Day Shuttle service that started and its impact on Dubai World Central (DWC). Plus, the woman behind Dubai's World Cup predicting penguin, Toby! Sarah Pillay of Majid Al Futtaim's Global Snow division explain how they train Toby. And, Sarah Hewerdine answering all questions from valuation to mortgage uptake for property advise for real with houza.

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