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Dubai Lures Wall Street Jet-Setters as Business Revives

  • Events draw hedge funds, oil executives and cricket stars
  • Dubai has so far won business from Asia and Africa conferences
Construction continues on a pavilion for Expo 2020 Dubai on March 3.
Construction continues on a pavilion for Expo 2020 Dubai on March 3.

Photographer: Karim Sahib/AFP/Getty Images

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The jet-setting days of Wall Street bankers and executives flocking to Davos in January might be on pause, but in the financial capital of the Middle East it’s business as usual once more.

Dubai is moving full-speed ahead with in-person events on the back of fewer travel restrictions and one of the world’s most-connected airports. The United Arab Emirates also has among the fastest vaccination programs, with 15 million doses administered in a population of 10 million.