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When the prominent Saudi families Zahid and Binladen join forces, it is worth noting. Their venture, Wared Logistics, harbours vast ambitions of regional dominance, with former banker Marwan Alfadl, a charismatic newcomer to logistics, at the helm.
Through tenacious salesmanship and a genuine desire to improve quality of life, Qatar Cool has just done something remarkable. By using water, pumps and pipes, the company has brought about nothing short of a regional revolution in the way that we cool our homes.
You’ve probably never heard of Playfish. But it’s the second largest social gaming developer in the world and, if you're on Facebook, then you’ve probably played at least one of its highly popular Flash-based games.
Though the 2.2 billion USD purchase of Harrods earlier this year may have sounded like a strictly English affair, it was in fact a thoroughly Middle Eastern one in that Qatar Holding bought the prestigious London department store from Egyptian tycoon Mohammad Al Fayed.
Economically, Saudi Arabia is the giant of the region. It is the world’s top exporter with 25 per cent of the world's proven oil reserves and it also has the largest stock market in the Arab world, with a capitalisation of some 500 billion USD. Yet it’s unfortunately a fairly impenetrable
February 15th, 2005 www.youtube.com is registered by former PayPal employees Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim who hope to make it a "Flickr for video." April 23rd, 2005 ‘Me at the Zoo’ is the first video to be put on the site. It’s a 19-second posting by Karim in front of the eleph
This year's winner of Bespoke's Ultimate Connoisseur Award is Hoda Al Khamis Kanoo, founder of the Abu Dhabi Music and Arts Foundation, an organisation advancing classical music, the arts, culture and creativity across the Emirates.
Firstly, congratulations, double gold, team and individual, that’s quite an achievement. How did it feel at the time, and has it sunk in yet?
As head of the hugely successful Etoile Group, Ingie Chalhoub has brought many high fashion brands to the region. A key opinion-leader, she is now also the creator of her own acclaimed label, Ingie Paris.
International brands have long spread across the globe, plying their trade in nascent markets and extending brand influence to new audiences. Luxury brands have been part of this expansion, seeking to fulfil the aspiration of consumers regardless of where they live. Often, customers who tr
The 2010 Bespoke Ultimate Living Award goes to Houssein Jarouche, the Lebanese-Brazilian founder of Sao Paulo's ultra-cool concept store MiCasa, a furniture and design shop cum art gallery, and arguably one of the world's most progressive.
2010 has flown by, six issues packed with the best of Middle Eastern luxury and living have come and gone. Reflection comes naturally at this time of year and here are the Bespoke team’s highlights from 2010. Roll on 2011.