Dubai-based Index Holding has opened its new branch in Singapore, due to its strategic location in the Asia-Pacific region and its strong economic and commercial ties with the UAE.

Index is a market leader in the events industry, healthcare sector and general trading.

Through its new branch, Index Holding intends to replicate its UAE business model in Southeast Asia by taking advantage of Singapore as a vital regional hub for business, investment, innovation, technology, and tourism, it said.

Through its new branch in Singapore, Index Holding will organise a number of regional and international scientific and commercial events, and it will serve as gateway for collaboration between regional and global professional communities creating a number of new business opportunities, it added.

Engineer Anas Al Madani, vice-chairman and Group CEO of Index Holding, said: “Our decision to open a new branch in Singapore comes in line with our commitment to providing innovative services to our clients worldwide.”

“Today, Singapore is considered one of the important business and economic hubs that mirrors the vision of the UAE in entrepreneurship and development, and it goes in line with our ambitions to establish business relations with the world’s leading companies in this region,” he said.

Al Madani added: “Having established a branch in Seoul, South Korea in 2006, we are able to play a pivotal role in supporting businesses in Southeast Asia. Today, through our branch in Singapore, we will also be supporting the event industry though organising a number of scientific and commercial events in the Asia-Pacific region.”

Index Holding contributes significantly to the gross domestic product (GDP) of the UAE by diversifying its economy and creating sustainable business opportunities and job opportunities that contribute to the development of human capital.

Over the past years, Index Conferences & Exhibitions – a member of Index Holding, has contributed 25 per cent of the UAE market share in the events industry, and it has succeeded in attracting more than one million visitors from 133 countries to Dubai to participate and benefit from its events organized throughout the year.

A number of leading subsidiaries fall under Index Holding like Abdul Salam Al Madani Textile and Tailoring; Index Trading & Investment; Index Conferences & Exhibitions; Bigdot; Index Media; Index Healthcare Management; Index Interior Design; Index Medical Center.

Besides, Index has a number of branches in various Arab and international countries such as Japan, Korea, London (UK) and Kuwait, it stated. – TradeArabia News Service