DUBAI, 15 March 2007 — Dubai World Trade Center (DWTC) has unveiled its major commercial development — Dubai Trade Center District — at this year’s MIPIM, Europe’s largest property trade exhibition. The Dubai Trade Center District has been designed to create an enhanced central business district in Dubai. It is being developed on the historic site surrounding the World Trade Center Tower, which was Dubai’s tallest building when it was erected in 1979. The project’s international launch at MIPIM coincides with the first stages of construction in Dubai, with the first phase of the $ 4.3 billion project due for completion in 2010.
New Mercedes-Benz Gets Certificate
K.T. Abdurabb, Arab News
DUBAI — The new Mercedes-Benz C-Class that arrives in the Middle East in April is the first car in its market segment to have an Environmental Certificate. The certification body of TÜV Süd Management Service GmbH has confirmed the saloon’s environmentally focused development, which results in further advances over the entire vehicle lifecycle in important areas such as fuel consumption, exhaust emissions and materials. “Mercedes-Benz is the only automotive brand worldwide to possess this hard-to-obtain certificate,” said Johannes Fritz, director, sales and marketing, Mercedes Car Group, Middle East.