Eqarat.com pioneers high-level real estate agents forum

Organized by Dubai-based EQARAT.COM real estate company, agents from all over the Gulf and the region attended the forum at the Grand Hyatt Dubai.

Speakers comprised a who's who of the industry. They included Ali Al Rahma, CEO, Eqarat.com., Mohammed Safin, General Manager Eqarat.com; Ayman Hussein, Group Financial Director, Khammas Group Property Development; Tim Searle, Managing Director, Global Eye, Paul Holmes, Country Manager Norwich Union Insurance; Dilip Rahulan, Chairman and CEO, Pacific Controls Systems.

Subjects the experts covered included international property finance, real estate insurance and home automation.

Ali Al Rahma said the forum had been a "tremendous success" and similar events would be staged at regular intervals.

"There has certainly been a niche for a forum of this nature for the real estate sector. It's an initiative we are very proud of at Eqarat.com.

"We are bringing leading experts in our industry under one roof to share their knowledge with the agents who will in turn share with their respective clients."

The Eqarat.com agents forum will quickly become a byword in regional real estate. It will provide a window on the real estate industry as a whole.

"Construction, planning, finance, development - they will all come under the spotlight at our events," added Mr. Al Rahma

The next Eqarat.com forum will be held in July 2004.