2007

Dubai Just Grows and Grows

On Wednesday 14th February, Valentine’s Day no less, almost 160 speakers and delegates attended the 3rd Annual Marine Money Gulf Ship Finance conference. Festivities had started the night before when over 100 revellers had attended a beautiful cocktail party in the grounds of the Grand Hyatt hotel in Dubai, co-hosted with our anchor sponsor Tufton Oceanic.

On the day of the conference itself all the major players from Dubai and the region were represented as well as local and international financiers. In terms of figures over 60 representatives of shipping groups were there, over 20 foreign banks and financial institutions and many of the local banks involved in shipping finance.

This is only an excerpt of People & Places – 02/15/2007

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