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Bonus: 24H in Dubai

Dear readers,
Before leaving you I though I should share some tips & pieces of advice just in case you come to spend some time in Dubai. So I decide to write this bonus article about my internship in Dubai.
If you plan to spend more than a week in Dubai, please contact me, it will …

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Feedback

At the time I am writing this article, I am flying back from 2 and a half week of holidays in Singapore and Sri Lanka. This final flight to Dubai gives me the opportunity to think about my incredible internship there and to summarize some feedback today.
My 8 months internship in figures:
239 days : …

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The challenging job of my Sales Manager

The field in which I have learned more during these last 7 months is definitely sales. But which are the required skills to sell? Of course, I could say I have learned about the the Middle East market and culture, I have increased my network. Nevertheless I cannot clearly point out to someone a …

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How could we classified Dubai politics on our French politic scale?

Hello dear bloggers,
Let’s go directly to the fact :
On French TV:

On UAE TV, Dubai One (similar of TF1 channel):

France GDP / inhabitant: 41,151$

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GEOIMAGE SARL

Hello,
I am back with a new article. This month it deals with my company: Geoimage. Never heared about it before? Me either. Geoimage is a quite small BtoB company. So even if it is a French company doing pretty well, you had not to know it. In order to help you finger it out, …

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For better or for worse, in sickness and in health do you take Dubai to be your city ?

Hi all,
My second article was planned about my company, GEOIMAGE, but actually; there is so many changes at the moment that I will keep it for next month. Anyway don’t be to excited as most of the topics I would like to let you know are confidential…
So this month let’s focus on the Country, …

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Dubai way of life

Arriving in a new country, in the middle of nowhere is quite impressing. I felt it so when, I looked at the dynamic Google world map, which pins up where any Iteemien is staying at the moment. My area is a small part of the globe, not in Europe, not really in Africa, not …

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New challenges for a changing world

Even if the 40 years-old booster of the Middle East economy has not started yet to show any signs of weakness, all the countries have started to realize since the years 2000′s that a diversification of their economy will be necessary quite soon and that they must start working on the preparation of a …

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Little stories about life in the UAE

The end of the year 2011 is an occasion to tell you some anecdotes about my life in Abu Dhabi, inspired mostly by my colleagues but also by my friends and other people leaving here.
Business lunch: a cultural chock
As I have explained before, my colleagues are coming mostly from Asia (India, Philippines). We spend …

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My internship at LEME

At LEME, I do not have one mission to achieve in 8 months but I am involved in several departments, projects and missions. I will present some of them here in order to give you a rough idea of what I am dealing with.
Customer service
Since the beginning of my internship, I have been involved …

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