January

• Emaar expands into education.

March

• Emaar enters the healthcare business in MENA and South Asia.
• Emaar hires CEO for Armani Hotels and Resorts.

September

• Emaar acquires Singapore-based ‘Raffles Campus’ to provide world-class education.

October

• Emaar Education campuses to offer TAFE programs by Australia’s Box Hill Institute.
• Emaar Education to open first international school in Singapore.

November

• Emaar MGF and Accor form JV to develop 100 Formula 1 budget hotels across India.

December

• Emaar Hotels & Resorts reinforces London core team for Armani hotel launch in 2008.
• Emaar appoints head of new healthcare division.
• Emaar breaks ground for educational institutions in Dubai.