Dubai: As a college boy, Indian expat Mundarath Muralikrishnan Nair, known as MMK Nair, was fascinated by aeroplanes as they whizzed past like a speck in the sky.
As he wished with all his heart, he ended up working in an airport and later running a flying institute, thus becoming part of five glorious decades of aviation in the UAE. Serving in the finance department of Dubai Airport from its inception, Nair had a remarkable growth in his career till he retired as the Director of Finance after 40 years from April 1970. After his retirement, he has continued to be in the aviation sector in the UAE as managing director and shareholder of Emirates Aviation Services, the premier flying school in Dubai established in 1989.
Photos: UAE s first-ever hotel and how it started 90 years ago
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The BOAC Rest House remains dearly in the memory of the nation as the first hotel to be built in the 1930s.
As thousands of hotels across the UAE are getting ready this year to welcome Dubai Expo 2020 guests and delegates, the BOAC Rest House remains dearly in the memory of the nation as the first hotel to be built in the 1930s.
In today s standards, the number of branded hotel rooms in the UAE are expected to reach up to 108,300 by the end of 2021, according to a report by the international professional services and investment management company Colliers.
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