The Bench FZE today announced it advised Link ME, a hospitality and tourism advisory specialist on its joint venture with Paramount Enterprise International. Link ME marked its entry into Asia with the signing of a joint-venture agreement with Mandirijaya Bumi Sejahtera, a subsidiary of Paramount Enterprise International, a leading Indonesian real estate developer. The partnership agreement was signed in Jakarta, resulting in the formation of a joint venture company, Link ME

The Bench FZE today announced it advised investment firm Golden Group Holding on its negotiations with Mövenpick for their new Muscat property. The Mövenpick Hotel Muscat will be located next to the Muscat International Airport and will have 250 guestrooms and 115 serviced apartments. The hotel is part of a OMR60 million, 172 thousand square-foot mixed-use development with offices, apartments and retail outlets. Pascal Eppink, Managing Director of Golden Group commented “in

The Bench FZE today announced Elise Gillians, a construction and theme park specialist, has joined its team of legal consultants. Elise has spent her entire career since qualification working in the UAE, starting initially in private practice at Pinsent Masons and Clyde & Co and later transitioned in-house. She has a broad range of experience but specialises in construction, engineering and infrastructure and has worked on a number of landmark hotel, leisure and entertainmen

With the recent increase in the number of mixed-use hotel projects in the region, we thought it would be an opportune moment to remind hotel owners of some of the key considerations when reviewing a residential branding agreement (RBA). 1. Extent of Licence: As with any intellectual property (IP) licence, one of the key concerns is whether the licence is wide enough for the proposed use. This should cover the marketing and sale of the residences, but also the use of the bran

Having worked in the UAE for over 13 years, I have had the privilege of helping some of our home-grown UAE brands (such as Jumeirah’s the Noodle House and Pascal Tepper's French Bakery) successfully expand internationally so this is a topic that I am passionate about. The UAE already had a long established history of bringing international brands to the region e.g. the Hard Rock Café and Subway back in 1998 but it is great that we are now seeing a steady flow of home-grown c

In the Hotel Yearbook 2016 many authors predicted the use of cloud computing shifting to the mainstream. Some of the benefits highlighted were reduced cost and increased flexibility, accessibility, updating, security and guest service. Before jumping into the cloud, you should however be aware of the associated legal issues. The precise legal risks depend on a number of factors including the type of cloud (e.g. public, private, hybrid), service (e.g. Saas, PaaS), solution