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maltatoday, Wednesday, 16 september 2015 17 Events Emirates offers Business Class passengers Companion fares EmiratEs is offering Business Class passengers the opportuni- ty to travel with a friend, family member or colleague and save 25 percent on each standard Busi- ness Class fare, excluding taxes. the offer is valid for booking up to 30 september 2015 for outbound travel up to 31 march 2016. the Emirates Companion of- fer spans across 31 destinations within Emirates network includ- ing the middle East, africa, the indian Ocean, asia, and aus- traliasia. apart from enjoying compli- mentary chauffeur-drive service to airport, dedicated priority check-in, and executive airport lounges, passengers now can also benefit from a Companion Fare offer, including tickets to Dubai. travel must commence from malta and return back to malta. the offer is valid for departures from malta from 1st september to 14 December 2015 and from 1st January to 31 march 2016. inbound blackout dates on all destinations from 2 to 6th Janu- ary 2016. a supplement of €20 will apply for departures on Fri- day and saturday. Other terms and conditions apply. Emirates operates daily f lights between malta and Dubai via Larnaca in Cyprus. the malta f light arrives in Dubai at a con- venient time giving passengers the options of onward connec- tions to any of Emirates' expand- ing list of over 140 destinations. Long-haul destinations allow travellers to stopover in Dubai. Bookings for Dubai stopovers packages can be made up to 48 hours prior to departure from malta. Bookings for the Companion Fare offer can be made through www.emirates.com.mt; from Emirates sales Office on tel: 25577255, or the local travel agent. On the demise of al- bert mizzi, HsBC mal- ta would like to honour his memory and offer sincere condolences to the family. albert miz- zi was the first Chair- man of HsBC Bank malta p.l.c. and held that post for 14 years until stepping down in may 2013. "albert was a man of great character and re- solve. it was indeed a pleasure working with him. He was dedicated and gave loyal service as Chairman of this Bank," said CEO mark Watkinson. Current Chairman sonny Portelli said, "albert's outstanding stewardship has been instrumental in build- ing the business we have today in malta. i know that both my- self as well as past and present directors and CEOs relied on his wise counsel and sup- port over the years." all Bank 's f lags are to be f lown at half-mast on Friday and satur- day. HSBC Bank Malta expresses condolences at death of first chairman Albert Mizzi EY to hold 'Open for Business' conference On 7 October, EY will be hold- ing its malta attractiveness sur- vey Conference, a benchmarking annual event with the participa- tion of all the key public and pri- vate stakeholders. With "malta: Open for business" as this year's theme, the event is once again set the tone for the future of for- eign direct investment. Over the years, EY has invited world-renowned keynote speak- ers to this conference. this tradi- tion of excellence continues this year with Lord Peter mandelson, one of the architects of 'new La- bour' and Jan Peter Balkenende, a former Christian Democratic Dutch prime minister. Lord mandelson served in a number of cabinet positions un- der both tony Blair and Gordon Brown and was made a life peer by the Queen, in 2008. He was elected as a member of parlia- ment in 1992 and served until his appointment as the EU Com- missioner for trade. During his tenure in UK gov- ernment, he served secretary of state for trade and industry where he was responsible for the introduction of the national minimum Wage. He also pub- lished the British government's Competitiveness White Pa- per - "Our Competitive Future: Building the Knowledge Driven Economy". in 1999 he was appointed sec- retary of state for northern ire- land. Between 1999 and 2001 he negotiated the creation of northern ireland's power shar- ing government and the ira's announcement that they planned to put their arms beyond use. He also introduced the radical overhaul of the police service in northern ireland. Peter re-joined Gordon Brown's government in 2008. in a cabinet reshuff le on 2009, he was ap- pointed as Deputy Prime minis- ter, First secretary of state, Lord President of the Council and secretary of state for Business, innovation and skills, and that he would continue as President of the Board of trade. in 2010, he became chairman of Global Counsel, a strategic advisory firm based in London which is part of global advertis- ing group WPP, and in 2011 he was appointed a senior adviser to the advisory investment bank- ing firm, Lazard. He is also Hon- orary Chairman of international think tank Policy network and the UK chairman of the UK-Ja- pan 21st Century Group, which brings together leading academ- ics, politicians and business peo- ple. Jan Peter Balkenende started his political career in the am- stelveen municipal government, joined the Policy institute of the Christian Democratic alliance and was elected to the Dutch parliament in 1998. He became prime minister of the nether- lands in 2002 and served for 8 years. Currently he is a Professor of Governance, institutions and internationalisation at the Er- asmus University in rotterdam and an EY partner responsible for corporate responsibility. the event is supported by the malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and industry, Fi- nancemalta, the malta Gaming authority, John taylor, HsBC Bank malta plc, GO plc, mizzi motors, Bank of Valletta and malta Enterprise. Early registration is highly rec- ommended by sending an email to mas@mt.ey.com, or online www.ey.com/mt/mas. Emirates is offering Companion fares to Business Class passengers Albert Mizzi – man of great character Your first click of the daY www.maltatoday.com.mt