| Type | Limited Liability Company |
|---|---|
| Industry | New Media Business News Publishing |
| Founded | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (1993) |
| Headquarters | Dubai Media City, Dubai United Arab Emirates |
| Products | Business Directory Events Calendar News and Features |
| Revenue | n/a |
| Employees | 27 (2007) |
| Website | www.ameinfo.com |
AMEinfo.com is a provider of online business information in and about the Middle East region. Founded in the United Arab Emirates in 1993, AMEinfo.com offers both English and Arabic current information in daily news wires, editorial columns, special feature articles, reports, video and radio features, including detailed business directory information and event listings.[1]
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AMEinfo.com is a leading provider of news and business information in and about the Middle East region featuring a wide range of news, business information and services covering fourteen countries from the UAE. AMEinfo.com also allows the user to select the news that relates specifically to them in the form of a ‘Watchlist’, whereby users can track industries and companies and be alerted whenever news is featured about them.
Business directory: AMEinfo.com online business directory, the most extensive in the Middle East, has contact and activity details of over 300,000 companies.
News and information: AMEinfo.com currently carries over 350,000 news articles in English and Arabic from fourteen countries, including Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Syria, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen. Special reports and country guides provide in-depth information.
Live News Feeds: AMEinfo.com news feeds directly to the likes of Dow Jones, Reuters, FT and Bloomberg.
Online video: AMEinfo.com broadband video service was the first of its kind in the region. The large selection of in-house video productions covers news, events and interviews with top regional and international business executives.
Newsletters: AMEinfo.com offers a subscription service for a number of sector and country specific newsletters, with more in the pipeline.
Events: AMEinfo.com carries a calendar of almost 700 upcoming events in the Middle East, ranging from conferences and seminars to expos, forums and roadshows. The site also includes a full section of microsites for some of the leading events across the region.
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
New jobs site featuring hundreds of executive level opportunities across the region.
New Businesses for Sale section – putting buyers in touch with sellers.
New White Papers Library, featuring around 500 IT reports.
AMEinfo.com was initially Arabian Modern Equipment Est., incorporated in Abu Dhabi, February 1993 by Saif Al-Suwaidi and Klaus Lovgreen. The first version of the AME Info CD-ROM database of 125,000 companies was developed and compiled late 1996 and sold some 10,000 copies.
In mid-1996, Lars B. Nielsen joined the company as a shareholder and head of sales.
In 1997, major sponsors including Royal Dutch Shell Middle East and UPS allowed the concept to expand, and the 1998 edition of AME Info reached a free circulation of more than 180,000 copies (20,000 were distributed in a branded version through Shell in the Middle East magazine).
Following the 1998 edition, more branded versions were produced for Royal Dutch Shell Middle East, Batelco, Orbit Television and Radio Network and Intel. The circulation in 1999 topped out at some 250,000 free copies distributed through direct mail and magazines including Shell in the Middle East, Gulf Marketing review, The Middle East and Windows User Magazine.
In 1999 the company shifted from the CD-ROM platform to the Internet and added content such as company news and current events to the services. In the autumn of 2000 the company added a journalistic touch to the content portfolio and launched AME Info FN headed by Peter Cooper - concentrating on the financial markets and economics in the region. In November 2000 AME Info was awarded "Best Commercial Services Site" by Visa International and Arabian Business.
A number of professional contributors across the region has since joined the site with a large variety of vertical content columns including topics such as e-business, environment, education, defence and currency commentary among others.
In May 2001 the company moved to Dubai Media City becoming AME Info FZ LLC and expanded its content into multimedia. Its current content includes video and audio features, as well as streaming internet radio and business tools such as a currency converter.
In March 2005, HSBC Private Equity Middle East Ltd acquired a significant equity stake in AME Info FZ LLC[2].
AMEinfo.com was the first Middle East website to achieve certification from the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC ELECTRONIC).
In July 2006, London-based EMAP Emap plc (EMA.L) announced that Emap Communications, its business-to-business (B2B) division, has acquired AME Info. The acquisition will strengthen Emap’s portfolio of news and information services and will form an important part of Emap’s growing Middle East business which includes MEED.[3]
According to the latest ABCe audit figures published for October 2010 , AMEinfo.com’s monthly unique readership is now over 2.2 million. The record figures represent a 70% rise over the past twelve months. Page impressions have also increased to 8,411,310 for the same month.
AMEinfo.com offers a range of Middle East business-related services.
AMEinfo.com sends a weekly business e-newsletter to executives in the Middle East and wider region, plus 15 industry specific and 5 country specific newsletters on a subscription basis.
AMEinfo.com now runs a job board ameinfo.com/jobs, featuring executive vacancies predominantly in the UAE, although roles in the GCC and Worldwide are also included. You can also sign up for jobs alerts and register your CV in the database.
AMEinfo.com provides RSS feeds for key industries and site sections. They can be used on other websites or via RSS readers. See www.ameinfo.com/rss for details
AMEinfo.com provides a 'Watchlist' service to registered users, so they can receive breaking news as it happens, direct to their email account.
AMEinfo.com's business directory covering contact and activity details of some 200,000 companies from 14 Middle East countries.
AMEinfo.com also run a number of marketing events, held in Dubai.
AMEinfo.com's searchable database holds information on current and upcoming events in the Middle East, from exhibitions and roadshows to seminars and conferences.