Dubai economy to grow 4%
By REUTERS Published: Mar 30, 2011 18:24 Updated: Mar 30, 2011 18:24 DUBAI: Dubai’s government expects its economy to grow by up to four percent this year, helped by a recovery of trade and logistics sectors, although slow lending and…
Dubai reassures trade after holidaymaker’s death
Dubai Tourism and Commerce Marketing has reassured the trade and consumers that the destination is safe to visit following claims a holidaymaker has been beaten to death in his prison cell. Reports surfaced today in the media about Lee Bradley Brown, who was…
Retail, finance and tourism sectors set for expansion
Text size Thursday, Mar 31, 2011 Gulf News Dubai’s property sector is benefiting from regional turmoilDubai: The Real Estate Regulatory AgencyThe Real Estate Regulatory Agency (RERARERA) is reviewing 90,000 units that will enter the market from now until…
Censorship after Dubai bashed by Vanity Fair
“What money would look like if it were left to its own devices”. A scathing article about Dubai has appeared in Vanity Fair. Photo: AP Vanity Fair has stirred controversy with an article panning the Gulf city state of Dubai,…
Safe Haven Dubai Gains as Middle East Turmoil Disrupts Lives
Dubai, on the brink of a debt default in 2009, is emerging as the closest thing to a safe haven in the Middle East and North Africa as violence erupts in countries such as Libya and Bahrain. Photographer: Charles Crowell/Bloomberg…
WTM Dubai to have green focus
Tempting meeting deals from Tangalooma Island resort Tangalooma Island Resort, located just off the coast from Brisbane, Queensland in beautiful Moreton Bay, is offering fabulous conference and event deals for 2011.Read more PAY FOR 1 DELEGATE AND GET THE 2ND…
Tourism and trade the top priorities in Umm Al Quwain
Text size Umm Al Quwain Government’s strategy aims to attract more foreign investmentDubai: Tourism and trade have been given high priority in Umm Al Quwain’s Government Strategy 2011-2013, which was unveiled yesterday. Also given top billing in the…
Dubai to raise $800m on road tolls
Dubai is to raise $800m by selling debt instruments backed by future revenues from road tolls to fund transportation infrastructure in the emirate. The department of finance said on Thursday it would launch a six-year dual currency financing based on…
Dubai may get new financial aid from Abu Dhabi: Barclays
Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates and home to 90 percent of the country’s oil reserves, might offer more fiscal aid to sister state Dubai to help refinance maturing debt, Barclays Capital said. “As higher oil prices…
Tourism and trade the top priorities in Umm Al Quwain
Dubai: Tourism and trade have been given high priority in Umm Al Quwain’s Government Strategy 2011-2013, which was unveiled yesterday. Also given top billing in the economic blueprint is the small- and mid-sized business space as well as the fisheries…
Dubai’s hotel guests up to 8.6m in 2010
(MENAFN) Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) said that the number of hotel guests in the country increased to more than 8.6 million in 2010 from 7.8 million in 2009, reported Gulf News. DTCM said that 30 new…
Dubai bustling amid region’s turmoil
DUBAI — Regional turmoil is creating an unexpected boom for Dubai as tourists and businessmen flock once again to the shopping and skyscraper oasis after fleeing just a few years ago in the wake of its spectacular debt debacle. Visitor numbers…
CNN Arabic editor shares Dubai tips
(CNN) — Glitzy Dubai lures globetrotters with its modern architectural wonders and a bounty of luxury shopping, dining and lodging. This United Arab Emirates metropolis boasts “sunshine, shopping, seaside, sports and safety” as key selling points on its tourism website….
Tourism booms again in Dubai thanks to unrest
The artificial Jumeira Palm Island in Dubai … tourism in the emirate is booming again as visitors avoid turmoil elsewhere in the Middle East. Photo: AP Regional turmoil is creating an unexpected boom for Dubai as tourists and businessmen flock…
Tourists, businesses flee to Dubai to escape storm
By Martina Fuchs and Shaheen Pasha DUBAI | Wed Mar 30, 2011 10:37pm IST Besides businessmen, tourists are staying away from travel hotspots such as Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh, now known as the beach town where President Hosni Mubarak fled at…
