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Atlantis Burning - The great fire of 2008, Palm Jumeirah
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Some photos sent to us by a reader of the fire today. Dubai was abuzz with the news of a fire breaking out at the famed Atlantis Hotel, which is set to open this month. Sure enough, the smoke was visible from afar from very early in the morning and radio announcers frantic. A couple [...]
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Tiger Woods at The Westin Dubai Hotel
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Some exclusive photos of TIger Wood’s visit to The Westin Dubai Hotel today to launch his new project with Tatweer… The Tiger Woods Dubai, a member of Tatweer, is a private residential community and resort that will include the world’s first golf course designed by Tiger Woods - Al Ruwaya.
More photos can be found here
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Things to consider when moving to Dubai for a job
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Some great tips from a Director of Human Resources for people considering moving to Dubai to take up a job. The video is from the hotel industry but the information is quite valid for most industries and countries here in the Middle East…watch the short of the long version below.
Long version:
Short version:
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A video to inspire - the power of people in 42 countries with Matt
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Watch Matt do this thing - he spent 14 months, visited 42 countries and involved thousands of people around the globe (including Bahrain!) in this effort. Truly inspirational and worth sharing with the world…have a fantastic day!
Where the Hell is Matt? (2008) from Matthew Harding on Vimeo.
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Dubai Property Prices expected to plunge by 2010
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Experts from Investment Bank Morgan Stanley claim that research indicates the new flood of apartments to hit Dubai may cause prices to plunge by upto 10% by as early as 2010.
The National also included this in it’s news report:
Dubai property prices have soared 79 per cent since January last year, fuelled by a growing population [...]
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Dubai crackdown on immorality - Tourist arrests make the news
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There has been plenty of media outcry and reports in international media about the recent arrest of tourists claimed to be engaging in intercourse on a public beach. Dubai is also taking strong measures to police the city to target and eradicate other so-called immoral behaviour. See CNN report below:
This is a dilemma indeed for [...]
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New UAE Visa Rules - Dubai Visas, Visits, Tourists and other Headaches
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So just what ARE the new Visa rules and regulations being touted in the press and on the streets? Word has it that there will be 16 different Visa categories that tourists, business people and others of the travelling ilk need to consider and apply for. The main aim of the new regulations is to [...]
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Terror threats Burj al Arab and Palm Jumeirah - Is the Dubai UK Terror Alert Media Hype?
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There’s been quite a lot of coverage as well as rhetoric in the British media of late, regaring Dubai and a possible terror threat, posed to the Palm Jumeirah and the Burj al Arab hotel. Some snippets from various media reports:
From The Telegraph:
Expats – who make up perhaps as much as 90 per cent of [...]
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UAE Hurricane Hoax - Hurricane coming from the Indian Ocean hit the island within the Arabic Tuesday evening
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Please be warned! There is a hoax / false email being circulated warning of a Hurricane and possible thunderstorms this weekend in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and most parts of the UAE. Do not take it seriously!!! IT IS A HOAX. Please check weather.com or any popular site for the actual weather forecast and avoid circulating [...]
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Westin Dubai ATM party draws over 2,000 - Bash declared ‘hottest’ party of the year in Dubai
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Westin ATM party draws over 2,000: Pre-ATM bash declared ‘hottest’ party of the year
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, May 6, 2008 – It was Open House at The Westin Dubai Mina Seyahi Beach Resort and Marina last night as the five-star resort flung open its doors to welcome in the world’s travel industry and give them [...]
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The
United Arab Emirates (also the UAE or the Emirates) is a Middle
Eastern country situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula
in Southwest Asia on the Persian Gulf, comprising seven emirates:
Abu Dhabi, Ajmān, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah, and Umm
al-Quwain. Before 1971, they were known as the Trucial States or
Trucial Oman, in reference to a nineteenth-century truce between
Britain and several Arab Sheikhs. The name Pirate Coast has also
been used in reference to the area's emirates in the 18th to early
20th century. It borders Oman and Saudi Arabia. The country is rich
in oil and, although it lacks other natural resources, it expects
recent additional economic diversification to draw more financial
and banking firms. The United Arab Emirates, a desert-and-coastal
nation, has become a highly prosperous country after gaining foreign
direct investment funding in the 1970s.