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Hydra Properties LLC announced today that casting for the first International reality TV series “The Hydra Executives” begins on December 15, 2007 in Hollywood and will feature a cast of budding American and British entrepreneurs to be filmed in Abu Dhabi, but broadcast entirely in English. (Hydra Properties YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5B62RLeJcEw)

Hydra properties is hosting a brunch at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, 10 AM, Oasis Room (RSVPs only).

The reality TV series is the brainchild of CEO Sulaiman Al-Fahim, Hydra Properties LLC, a leading Abu Dhabi-based international real estate company and the key backer of the show. Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority and Chamber of Commerce and Industry are also sponsoring the show. According to Fahim around million would be spent on the first season.

“We are inviting 16 entrepreneurs, eight Americans and eight Brits, to Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates to compete against each other for 15 weeks,” said Al-Fahim. “Contestants will fly to the capital city of Abu Dhabi where they will spend their first 2 weeks in boot camp to learn the art of the real estate deal and how to identify various playing fields. Following this they will be split into two mixed teams to compete in real estate business assignments for a three month period.” At the end of the competition one winner will walk away with the grand prize worth million to set up his or her own style real estate venture.

The executive boardroom-style program is currently being shopped for global distribution in March 2008. It is being produced in association with Showtime Arabia, which is partly owned by Viacom, and Dubai’s Infinity TV.