“His brand has become stronger, more global,” said Hussain Sajwani, the chairman of a Dubai company that is preparing early next year to open the clubhouse for the first of two 18-hole Trump golf course developments. “We definitely are benefiting from that – the strength of that brand.”
In the days after Trump’s electoral victory, Sajwani told ABC News he announced an expansion of the Dubai development, and on a trip to New York he met with Trump’s daughter Ivanka to discuss the ongoing ventures. The Dubai company is in the midst of marketing memberships to Trump International Golf Club, Dubai, and selling the luxury villas that surround the course.
At the same time they are planning construction of a second course designed by Tiger Woods.
Sajwani’s meeting with Ivanka Trump, like others that Trump and his adult children have hosted with international partners during the frenzied transition period, highlights the continued challenge the incoming president is facing as he juggles his powerful new job with his vast real estate empire.
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