Horses for courses as UAE pushes in a new direction
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00:00We have, since the beginning of time, where we were established, always tried to be more
00:22than just a normal free zone.
00:24We try to interact and connect with all the stakeholders around EFSA, and sport is somehow
00:32a very neutral platform, there's no agenda, it goes all the way around.
00:38So we chose sport, started last year, the first time, and we had last year more than
00:452,000 of our partners from all around the world came to Dubai and stayed with us for
00:51those six months in this amazing environment, and it was really a success last year, even
00:56though it was quite depressing last year for all the COVID-19, but there was just a break
01:01in it, and it was amazing, really loved it.
01:05And today, the Winston Churchill Cup is the first tournament that we are taking part of,
01:09and I think there are another 14 tournaments coming, and it's, as you can see, fully booked,
01:15several hundred people of our partners are here today, and really just enjoying this
01:20combination of, still can talk a little bit about business and what is going around in
01:25the world, and here, but also enjoy it, it's not so depressing, it's actually nice.
01:31You know, the relation to our partners is absolutely the backbone of EFSA's success,
01:36so this is a great opportunity to build these relations, to talk about business, but also
01:42talk about other things, talk about the future of the UAE, how business develops and everything.
01:48But on the other hand, also, it's a great opportunity to talk about private things,
01:52and just to build a relation and a trust with our partners is absolutely essential, so this
01:57kind of event fits perfectly to that.
01:59Polo is growing, and also, I mean, we are taking part of that, but we also create these
02:05kinds of events, so we contribute also to the positive development of Polo in the UAE,
02:10and we are very happy to do that.
02:12For me, Polo is very, how do you say, it's the adrenaline, isn't it?
02:18You like the adrenaline, you like the connection with the horses, the nature, you know, you're
02:22always in an open space, you know, like this is my office.
02:26I wake up in the morning and this is my view, you know, so it's priceless.
02:32And then, here in UAE, it's developing quite a lot.
02:36I've been playing in England for many years, and now they want to start here, so it's been
02:41happening here for a few years, and now Mohammed has built this club like a few years ago,
02:46not many, and it's grown so quickly, so big, that now we're here trying to help him make it bigger.