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German manufactory Glashütte Original organizes training for staff at Dubai Duty Free

  • United Arab Emirates: Sunday, March 06 - 2005 at 12:03
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The Rivoli Group recently organized training of the Dubai Duty Free sales staff with Asaad Abboud, Regional Brand Manager of Glashutte Original, Germany's most exclusive handmade watchmakers, where watches are entirely produced in-house.

Says Ramesh Prabhakar, Managing Partner, Rivoli Group, "We strongly believe that the standards and image of the luxury watch industry are managed by its front end staff. Dubai Duty Free is one of our most critical point of sales. Therefore, a need was felt to conduct an exclusive training session for sales staff within DDF. Moreover, Glashütte Original makes significant investments in making their entire sales network aware of the horological treasures behind the mechanical finesse of every Glashütte Original, as each watch features complicated movement technology."

Glashütte Original watches are admired by collectors and experts, for their optimum precision, classic design features, quality and reliability. In fact, recently, the American trade magazine, iW international awarded the Glashutte Platinum PanoMaticChrono the first place at the iW Readers Choice Awards in the category, Chronographs.

For 160 years, the name, "Glashütte Original" has stood for high-quality mechanical watchmaking. Today, it still maintains the traditional values of manufacture production that have been handed down through generations. From the smallest screw to the most complicated watch movement, timepieces by "Glashütte Original" are manufactured in the highest degree of production depth, with a great deal of work being done by hand.
 
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Since 1988, The Rivoli Group has been building its strong position in the fast growing retail environment in the UAE and the lower Gulf states. The Group has become one of the largest importers and retailers of luxury brands in the Middle East and offers a wide range of product categories from watches and writing instruments to menswear, accessories, gift items and eyewear. The Rivoli Group represents brands such as Montblanc, Longines, Dunhill, Links of London, Glashütte, Carl. F. Bucherer, Milleret, Hour Choice, Kenzo, Vertu and more. The Rivoli Group is also well known throughout the Emirates for its 8 Rivoli textile stores, which have an impressive portfolio of designer fabrics and professional tailoring services. The Rivoli Group operates over 130 stores throughout the GCC.

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