• 16.Sep
  • $20 million opening party Atlantis Hotel
  • Last week, the Daily Mail wrote that the “owners of the sole resort (including Atlantis Hotel) on Dubai’s extraordinary Palm Jumeirah manmade island are throwing the most expensive private party ever staged - at a cost of more than €20 million for the one-night bash.” At this party, Kylie Minogue would also perform 60 minutes for an mythical [...]

    By Reinout Ebskamp, filed under: Headlines, Sports & Leisure

  • 16.Feb
  • 94th floor Burj Dubai sold for $12 million
  • Having reached 158 floors and still growing, the world’s tallest skyscraper, Burj Dubai has sold 11000 sq ft of office space on the 94th floor to a European buyer for a whopping 12 million dollars in an online deal.
    Eqarat.com, the Dubai-based real estate sales agent, today said it has sold the ”highest office floor in [...]

    By Reinout Ebskamp, filed under: Architecture & Real Estate, Business & Economy, Headlines

  • 06.Feb
  • Al Burj’s construction has now begun
  • The construction of Al Burj has begun, says ArabianBusiness.com. Dubai-based developer Nakheel remains tight-lipped about details of its rival to the Burj Dubai, refusing to reveal the building’s final height, when it will be finished or even its name. The commonly name is now Al Burj or The Tall Tower and the tower’s height is expected [...]

    By Reinout Ebskamp, filed under: Architecture & Real Estate, Headlines

  • 18.Mar
  • Dubai in low cost industry
  • Today, flydubai announced that it is set to launch it’s low cost airline flights in mid-2009. According to Kenneth Gile, flydubai’s chief operating officer, the new airline received 11,500 applications from flight and cabin crew. 80 candidates survived. The first groep of 21 cabin crew and 24 captains are currently undergoing training in preparation for [...]

    By Reinout Ebskamp, filed under: Business & Economy, Travel

  • 11.Sep
  • British Airlines expends Dubai flights
  • On wednesday, British Airlines (BA) announced that it is to add a third daily flight from Heathrow to Dubai from October. With the new flightschedule, BA hopes to outplay it’s biggest rival Virgin Atlantic from multimillionaire Richard Branson. According to BA boss Willie Walsh, Virgin will be “struggling” to go forward the coming years due to higher costs [...]

    By Reinout Ebskamp, filed under: Travel

  • 11.Feb
  • Eos announces new route between London and Dubai
  • Eos, the “Uncrowded, Uncompromising” choice for travel between New York and London today announced that it is expanding its schedule and route network with daily service between London’s Stansted Airport and Dubai International Airport starting on July 6, 2008. Eos will begin issuing tickets for travel between London and Dubai in March.
    With Stansted’s easy access [...]

    By Reinout Ebskamp, filed under: Travel

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