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VLCC to spend Dh200m in ME

DUBAI - Preventive healthcare and beauty care brand VLCC announced plans to increase the number of centres in Middle East to 35 by 2010 compared to the originally-planned 28. The company has committed over Dh200 million to fund the expansion in the region.

Published: Sun 17 Feb 2008, 9:18 AM

Updated: Sun 5 Apr 2015, 12:22 PM

An announcement to this effect was made at the inauguration of VLCC's seventh centre in the UAE. The new centre, at Al Qusais in Dubai, was inaugurated by Shaikh Mohammed bin Juma Al Maktoum. Also present on the occasion were Indian Consul General, Venu Rajamony, Vandana Luthra, Founder and Mentor, VLCC, Mukesh Luthra, Chairman and Managing Director, VLCC Group and special invitees.

Speaking on the occasion, Vandana Luthra said, "VLCC's offering has been well received in the UAE. This has prompted us to increase the pace of our proposed roll-out in the region." Detailing the company's growth plans for the region, Mukesh Luthra, Chairman and Managing Director, VLCC Group said, "The opening of this centre is part of VLCC's Dh200 million roll-out in the Middle East. In the next six months, apart from additional centres in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, the company will have operating centres is Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar. The first centre in Muscat is scheduled to open in March 2008."