The Addmind Group and franchisor Boubouffe International have opened BouBouffe Lebanese Brasserie on Sheikh Zayed Road, marking the brand’s Dubai debut.
The franchise agreement will see another four BouBouffee branches open in the UAE within the next two years, to be managed by Addmind Group.
BouBouffe’s first UAE venture opened in Yas Mall, Abu Dhabi in November 2015.
“We were eager to initially develop the BouBouffe brand in the UAE and found an ideal franchisee in the Addmind Group” said Ralph Nader, deputy CEO of BouBouffe International.
BouBouffe International founder and CEO, Michel Aramouni said: “After 40 years of success in the Lebanese market, I have finally decided, along with my partners in BouBouffe International Ralph Nader and Galal Mahmoud, to venture with BouBouffe outside the Lebanese borders”.
Tony Habre, CEO of Addmind added: “For months, a high number of Dubai residents living have asked us when we would bring BouBouffe to their city.
“We’ve looked high and wide for just the right time and location, and at last we found it. We’re in love with Dubai’s thriving food culture and are excited to bring BouBouffe to the city.”
BouBouffe’s Dubai branch is located in Aspin Tower on Sheikh Zayed Road, near the Shangri La Hotel and is open 24 hours, seven days a week, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Regional and international expansion plans are also underway, with Saudi Arabia and London earmarked for future venues for the brand.
Nader added: “Our expansion strategy is to target the KSA region soon, followed by London in the coming two years.”
First established in Beirut’s Achrafieh district in 1976, BouBouffe is a Lebanese Brasserie, with charcoal grilled chawarma and other home-cooked Lebanese dishes.
The Addmind Group owns and operates White Dubai, Iris Dubai, Mad on Yas Island, Indie DIFC and White Beirut.
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Wednesday, 20 April 2016
Global Medical Tourism Goes Up Postively
The on-line medical tourism sector is growing on a global scale With 1.2 million to 1.4 million Americans annually seeking health-care services abroad, the medical sector experienced an average increase of 23% per year in the last decade. Top medical tourism destinations for people living in the US include: Mexico, Colombia, Barbados, Hungary, India, Thailand
The on-line medical tourism sector is growing on a global scale With 1.2 million to 1.4 million Americans annually seeking health-care services abroad, the medical sector experienced an average increase of 23% per year in the last decade. Top medical tourism destinations for people living in the US include: Mexico, Colombia, Barbados, Hungary, India, Thailand.
The on-line medical tourism sector is growing on a global scale
With 1.2 million to 1.4 million Americans annually seeking health-care services abroad, the medical sector experienced an average increase of 23% per year in the last decade.
Top medical tourism destinations for people living in the US include: Mexico, Colombia, Barbados, Hungary, India, Thailand and South Korea.
Other intensively promoted medical hot-spots are the Bangkok-based Medical Departures and the Cuban medical tourism, with Travelucion covering marketing and communications.
Among globally preferred destinations is Dubai, with a strong network of 26 hospitals, over 1.000 clinics and more than 638.000 medical tourists in 2015 only.
“Every year the number goes up by 12-15%. The medical packages provide for medical insurance to cover any complication or medical liability,” declared Dr Laila Al Marzouqi, head of the Dubai Health Authority’s medical tourism.
Another significant funding in the system accounts for a $3.5 million investment from China-based CL Global Healthcare into Medigo, a global booking service. Malaysia also plans “to further develop health care resources, particularly specialists and ancillary health care workers and technical health care skills”, with care hubs in Penang, Malacca and Johor Bahur being top on the government’s economic development plan.
Thailand is the main player in Asia, with more than 50% of the medical market in the area. Medical tourism here has generated $3 billion in 2015 and keeps growing with an average of 15% rate for every year.
According to a report released by Accel Partners, health-care travelling industry is worth $55 billion, as 6 to 10 million people annually chose to travel abroad to find the best medical services.
The on-line medical tourism sector is growing on a global scale With 1.2 million to 1.4 million Americans annually seeking health-care services abroad, the medical sector experienced an average increase of 23% per year in the last decade. Top medical tourism destinations for people living in the US include: Mexico, Colombia, Barbados, Hungary, India, Thailand.
The on-line medical tourism sector is growing on a global scale
With 1.2 million to 1.4 million Americans annually seeking health-care services abroad, the medical sector experienced an average increase of 23% per year in the last decade.
Top medical tourism destinations for people living in the US include: Mexico, Colombia, Barbados, Hungary, India, Thailand and South Korea.
Other intensively promoted medical hot-spots are the Bangkok-based Medical Departures and the Cuban medical tourism, with Travelucion covering marketing and communications.
Among globally preferred destinations is Dubai, with a strong network of 26 hospitals, over 1.000 clinics and more than 638.000 medical tourists in 2015 only.
“Every year the number goes up by 12-15%. The medical packages provide for medical insurance to cover any complication or medical liability,” declared Dr Laila Al Marzouqi, head of the Dubai Health Authority’s medical tourism.
Another significant funding in the system accounts for a $3.5 million investment from China-based CL Global Healthcare into Medigo, a global booking service. Malaysia also plans “to further develop health care resources, particularly specialists and ancillary health care workers and technical health care skills”, with care hubs in Penang, Malacca and Johor Bahur being top on the government’s economic development plan.
Thailand is the main player in Asia, with more than 50% of the medical market in the area. Medical tourism here has generated $3 billion in 2015 and keeps growing with an average of 15% rate for every year.
According to a report released by Accel Partners, health-care travelling industry is worth $55 billion, as 6 to 10 million people annually chose to travel abroad to find the best medical services.
EUROPE: Europe’s Beaches The Target Of Terrorist Attacks
The Islamic State group is considered to be planning terrorist attacks on the beaches of Europe this summer
Bombs can be placed under the loungers and the attackers can be disguised as street vendors, according to the leaders of the Intelligence Services in Italy, informs Daily Mail.
Italian Intelligence Agency presented to the German BND details of these plans and the terrorists’ strategies to commit bomb attacks in resorts, the German daily newspaper Bild reported.
The Italian Intelligence Agency received information about the terrorist plans from a credible source in Africa. They also announced that the attackers have concrete plans to disguise themselves into tourists and sell drinks, snacks, accessories and T-shirts on the European beaches.
German media reported that SI can send suicide bombers disguised as street vendors and would place bombs under sunbeds in famous resorts in Spain, France and Italy. Beaches resorts that are considered to be specially targeted in southern France, Costa del Sol in Spain and both coasts of Italy, according to the heads of the intelligence services, quoted by Bild.
Build had also informed that plans are involving the use of automatic weapons on crowded beaches, sand burial of explosive devices under beds and commit suicide attacks.
Last year, 38 people died after a man opened the fire on a beach in Tunisia.
Bombs can be placed under the loungers and the attackers can be disguised as street vendors, according to the leaders of the Intelligence Services in Italy, informs Daily Mail.
Italian Intelligence Agency presented to the German BND details of these plans and the terrorists’ strategies to commit bomb attacks in resorts, the German daily newspaper Bild reported.
The Italian Intelligence Agency received information about the terrorist plans from a credible source in Africa. They also announced that the attackers have concrete plans to disguise themselves into tourists and sell drinks, snacks, accessories and T-shirts on the European beaches.
German media reported that SI can send suicide bombers disguised as street vendors and would place bombs under sunbeds in famous resorts in Spain, France and Italy. Beaches resorts that are considered to be specially targeted in southern France, Costa del Sol in Spain and both coasts of Italy, according to the heads of the intelligence services, quoted by Bild.
Build had also informed that plans are involving the use of automatic weapons on crowded beaches, sand burial of explosive devices under beds and commit suicide attacks.
Last year, 38 people died after a man opened the fire on a beach in Tunisia.
Tuesday, 18 August 2015
East Timor: Timor-Leste Facts And History
Capital:
Dili, population about 150,000.
Government:
East Timor is a parliamentary democracy, in which the President is Head of State and the Prime Minister is Head of Government. The President is directly elected to this largely ceremonial post; he or she appoints the leader of the majority party in parliament as Prime Minister. The President serves for five years.
The Prime Minister is head of the Cabinet, or Council of State.
He also leads the single-house National Parliament.
The highest court is called the Supreme Court of Justice.
Jose Ramos-Horta is the current President of East Timor. The Prime Minister is Xanana Gusmao.
Population:
East Timor's population is around 1.2 million, although no recent census data exist. The country is growing quickly, due both to returning refugees and to a high birth rate.
The people of East Timor belong to dozens of ethnic groups, and intermarriage is common. Some of the largest are the Tetum, around 100,000 strong; the Mambae, at 80,000; the Tukudede, at 63,000; and the Galoli, Kemak, and Bunak, all with about 50,000 people.
There are also small populations of people with mixed Timorese and Portuguese ancestry, called mesticos, as well as ethnic Hakka Chinese (around 2,400 people).
Official Languages:
The official languages of East Timor are Tetum and Portuguese. English and Indonesian are "working languages."
Tetum is an Austronesian language in the Malayo-Polynesian family, related to Malagasy, Tagalog, and Hawaiian.
It is spoken by about 800,000 people world-wide.
Colonists brought Portuguese to East Timor in the sixteenth century, and the Romance language has influenced Tetum to a large degree.
Other commonly-spoken languages include Fataluku, Malalero, Bunak, and Galoli.
Religion:
An estimated 98 per cent of East Timorese are Roman Catholic, another legacy of Portuguese colonization. The remaining two per cent are divided almost evenly between Protestants and Moslems.
A significant proportion of Timorese also retain some traditional animist beliefs and customs from pre-colonial times.
Geography:
East Timor covers the eastern half of Timor, the largest of the Lesser Sunda Islands in the Malay Archipelago. It covers an area of about 14,600 square kilometers, including one non-contiguous piece called the Ocussi-Ambeno region, in the northwest of the island.
The Indonesian province of East Nusa Tenggara lies to the west of East Timor.
East Timor is a mountainous country; the highest point is Mount Ramelau at 2,963 meters (9,721 feet). The lowest point is sea level.
Climate:
East Timor has a tropical monsoon climate, with a wet season from December to April, and a dry season from May through November. During the wet season, average temperatures range between 29 and 35 degrees Celsius (84 to 95 degrees Fahrenheit). In the dry season, temperatures average 20 to 33 degrees Celsius (68 to 91 Fahrenheit).
The island is susceptible to cyclones. It also experiences seismic events such as earthquakes and tsunamis, as it lies on the faultlines of the Pacific Ring of Fire.
Economy:
The economy of East Timor is in shambles, neglected under Portuguese rule, and deliberately sabotaged by occupation troops during the war for independence from Indonesia. As a result, the country is among the poorest in the world.
Close to half of the population lives in poverty, and as many as 70 per cent face chronic food insecurity. Unemployment hovers around the 50 per cent mark, as well. The per capita GDP was only about $750 U.S. in 2006.
East Timor's economy should improve in coming years. Plans are underway to develop off-shore oil reserves, and the price of cash crops like coffee is rising.
Prehistoric Timor:
The inhabitants of Timor are descended from three waves of migrants. The first to settle the island, Vedo-Australoid people related to Sri Lankans, arrived between 40,000 and 20,000 B.C. A second wave of Melanesian people around 3,000 B.C. drove the original inhabitants, called Atoni, up into the interior of Timor. The Melanesians were followed by Malay and Hakka people from southern China.
Most of the Timorese practiced subsistence agriculture. Frequent visits from sea-going Arab, Chinese, and Gujerati traders brought in metal goods, silks, and rice; the Timorese exported beeswax, spices, and fragrant sandalwood.
History of Timor, 1515-present:
By the time the Portuguese made contact with Timor in the early sixteenth century, it was divided into a number of small fiefdoms. The largest was the kingdom of Wehale, composed of a mixture of Tetum, Kemak, and Bunak peoples.
Portuguese explorers claimed Timor for their king in 1515, lured by the promise of spices. For the next 460 years, the Portuguese controlled the eastern half of the island, while the Dutch East India Company took the western half as part of its Indonesian holdings. The Portuguese ruled coastal regions in cooperation with local leaders, but had very little influence in the mountainous interior.
Although their hold on East Timor was tenuous, in 1702 the Portuguese officially added the region to their empire, renaming it "Portuguese Timor." Portugal used East Timor mainly as a dumping ground for exiled convicts.
The formal boundary between the Dutch and Portuguese sides of Timor was not drawn until 1916, when the modern-day border was fixed by the Hague.
In 1941, Australian and Dutch soldiers occupied Timor, hoping to fend off an anticipated invasion by the Imperial Japanese Army. Japan seized the island in February of 1942; the surviving Allied soldiers then joined with local people in guerilla war against the Japanese. Japanese reprisals against the Timorese left about one in ten of the island's population dead, a total of more than 50,000 people.
After the Japanese surrender in 1945, control of East Timor was returned to Portugal. Indonesia declared its independence from the Dutch, but made no mention of annexing East Timor.
In 1974, a coup in Portugal moved the country from a rightist dictatorship to a democracy. The new regime sought to disentangle Portugal from its overseas colonies, a move that the other European colonial powers had made some 20 years earlier. East Timor declared its independence in 1975.
In December of that year, Indonesia invaded East Timor, capturing Dili after just six hours of fighting. Jakarta declaring the region the 27th Indonesian province. This annexation, however, was not recognized by the UN.
Over the next year, between 60,000 and 100,000 Timorese were massacred by Indonesian troops, along with five foreign journalists.
Timorese guerillas kept fighting, but Indonesia did not withdraw until after the fall of Suharto in 1998. When the Timorese voted for independence in an August, 1999 referendum, Indonesian troops destroyed the country's infrastructure.
East Timor joined the UN on September 27, 2002.
Dili, population about 150,000.
Government:
East Timor is a parliamentary democracy, in which the President is Head of State and the Prime Minister is Head of Government. The President is directly elected to this largely ceremonial post; he or she appoints the leader of the majority party in parliament as Prime Minister. The President serves for five years.
The Prime Minister is head of the Cabinet, or Council of State.
He also leads the single-house National Parliament.
The highest court is called the Supreme Court of Justice.
Jose Ramos-Horta is the current President of East Timor. The Prime Minister is Xanana Gusmao.
Population:
East Timor's population is around 1.2 million, although no recent census data exist. The country is growing quickly, due both to returning refugees and to a high birth rate.
The people of East Timor belong to dozens of ethnic groups, and intermarriage is common. Some of the largest are the Tetum, around 100,000 strong; the Mambae, at 80,000; the Tukudede, at 63,000; and the Galoli, Kemak, and Bunak, all with about 50,000 people.
There are also small populations of people with mixed Timorese and Portuguese ancestry, called mesticos, as well as ethnic Hakka Chinese (around 2,400 people).
Official Languages:
The official languages of East Timor are Tetum and Portuguese. English and Indonesian are "working languages."
Tetum is an Austronesian language in the Malayo-Polynesian family, related to Malagasy, Tagalog, and Hawaiian.
It is spoken by about 800,000 people world-wide.
Colonists brought Portuguese to East Timor in the sixteenth century, and the Romance language has influenced Tetum to a large degree.
Other commonly-spoken languages include Fataluku, Malalero, Bunak, and Galoli.
Religion:
An estimated 98 per cent of East Timorese are Roman Catholic, another legacy of Portuguese colonization. The remaining two per cent are divided almost evenly between Protestants and Moslems.
A significant proportion of Timorese also retain some traditional animist beliefs and customs from pre-colonial times.
Geography:
East Timor covers the eastern half of Timor, the largest of the Lesser Sunda Islands in the Malay Archipelago. It covers an area of about 14,600 square kilometers, including one non-contiguous piece called the Ocussi-Ambeno region, in the northwest of the island.
The Indonesian province of East Nusa Tenggara lies to the west of East Timor.
East Timor is a mountainous country; the highest point is Mount Ramelau at 2,963 meters (9,721 feet). The lowest point is sea level.
Climate:
East Timor has a tropical monsoon climate, with a wet season from December to April, and a dry season from May through November. During the wet season, average temperatures range between 29 and 35 degrees Celsius (84 to 95 degrees Fahrenheit). In the dry season, temperatures average 20 to 33 degrees Celsius (68 to 91 Fahrenheit).
The island is susceptible to cyclones. It also experiences seismic events such as earthquakes and tsunamis, as it lies on the faultlines of the Pacific Ring of Fire.
Economy:
The economy of East Timor is in shambles, neglected under Portuguese rule, and deliberately sabotaged by occupation troops during the war for independence from Indonesia. As a result, the country is among the poorest in the world.
Close to half of the population lives in poverty, and as many as 70 per cent face chronic food insecurity. Unemployment hovers around the 50 per cent mark, as well. The per capita GDP was only about $750 U.S. in 2006.
East Timor's economy should improve in coming years. Plans are underway to develop off-shore oil reserves, and the price of cash crops like coffee is rising.
Prehistoric Timor:
The inhabitants of Timor are descended from three waves of migrants. The first to settle the island, Vedo-Australoid people related to Sri Lankans, arrived between 40,000 and 20,000 B.C. A second wave of Melanesian people around 3,000 B.C. drove the original inhabitants, called Atoni, up into the interior of Timor. The Melanesians were followed by Malay and Hakka people from southern China.
Most of the Timorese practiced subsistence agriculture. Frequent visits from sea-going Arab, Chinese, and Gujerati traders brought in metal goods, silks, and rice; the Timorese exported beeswax, spices, and fragrant sandalwood.
History of Timor, 1515-present:
By the time the Portuguese made contact with Timor in the early sixteenth century, it was divided into a number of small fiefdoms. The largest was the kingdom of Wehale, composed of a mixture of Tetum, Kemak, and Bunak peoples.
Portuguese explorers claimed Timor for their king in 1515, lured by the promise of spices. For the next 460 years, the Portuguese controlled the eastern half of the island, while the Dutch East India Company took the western half as part of its Indonesian holdings. The Portuguese ruled coastal regions in cooperation with local leaders, but had very little influence in the mountainous interior.
Although their hold on East Timor was tenuous, in 1702 the Portuguese officially added the region to their empire, renaming it "Portuguese Timor." Portugal used East Timor mainly as a dumping ground for exiled convicts.
The formal boundary between the Dutch and Portuguese sides of Timor was not drawn until 1916, when the modern-day border was fixed by the Hague.
In 1941, Australian and Dutch soldiers occupied Timor, hoping to fend off an anticipated invasion by the Imperial Japanese Army. Japan seized the island in February of 1942; the surviving Allied soldiers then joined with local people in guerilla war against the Japanese. Japanese reprisals against the Timorese left about one in ten of the island's population dead, a total of more than 50,000 people.
After the Japanese surrender in 1945, control of East Timor was returned to Portugal. Indonesia declared its independence from the Dutch, but made no mention of annexing East Timor.
In 1974, a coup in Portugal moved the country from a rightist dictatorship to a democracy. The new regime sought to disentangle Portugal from its overseas colonies, a move that the other European colonial powers had made some 20 years earlier. East Timor declared its independence in 1975.
In December of that year, Indonesia invaded East Timor, capturing Dili after just six hours of fighting. Jakarta declaring the region the 27th Indonesian province. This annexation, however, was not recognized by the UN.
Over the next year, between 60,000 and 100,000 Timorese were massacred by Indonesian troops, along with five foreign journalists.
Timorese guerillas kept fighting, but Indonesia did not withdraw until after the fall of Suharto in 1998. When the Timorese voted for independence in an August, 1999 referendum, Indonesian troops destroyed the country's infrastructure.
East Timor joined the UN on September 27, 2002.
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