New plans for Dubai Duty Free (DFF) including an online portal for flyers to purchase goods before they fly, was a hot topic in Dubai earlier this year.
Colm McLoughlin, executive vice chairman of DDF, who spoke at the Shane Phillips Career Clinic at the Canadian University Dubai, gave insights about the future of the thirty-year-old company and its upcoming expansion plans.
Colm said: "I'm excited to share the news with students at the Canadian University Dubai and also give them an insight into the thirty year success story that is Dubai Duty Free.
"There is so much coming up that is exciting for the company - In the short term we are launching our online retail offer in the coming months, whereby passengers can order in advance of their travel, as phase one of the launch."
Since launching in 1983, the award-winning duty free shop sells over 70 million items a year, selling something every second, with revenue of over $1.8 billion.
Colm added: "We also have plans to expand at Dubai International Airport with the opening of Concourse D at the end of the year. And of course, there will be a great focus on Al Maktoum International - which is set to become one of the largest airports in the world. Having just celebrated our thirtieth anniversary, we're showing no signs of slowing down!"
The careers clinic was the fourth in a series of seven hosted at the Canadian University Dubai in collaboration with Shane Phillips Consultants.
Each session is completely free and open to everyone, not just Canadian University Dubai students. Giving people who might not have the opportunity to hear Dubai's leading business people speak an opportunity to do so is the core ethos of the sessions, as Shane Phillips explains:
"The calibre of people we have sharing their experiences at the Careers Clinics is such that you might only get to hear them speak are a member of an exclusive club or institution. We wanted to break down that barrier and create a place where anyone from cleaners to chief executives can be inspired by these incredibly successful people."
For more information visit http://www.shanephillips.net/career-clinic/
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