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Dubai’s Nakheel launches new Palm luxury apartments

February 17, 2014· · tags: Dubai projects, Dubai venues, Palm Jumeirah, Palm Tower, UAE

Nakheel on Monday launched The Palm Tower Residences – 504 luxury units housed in Nakheel’s new, 50-storey landmark development on Palm Jumeirah. The Palm Tower, part of the new Nakheel Mall and Hotel complex at the heart of the island, includes a mixture of serviced, fully-furnished studios and one, two and three bedroom apartments. Prices start from AED1.5 million, the Dubai developer said in a statement. The Palm Tower, due for completion in 2016, also includes a five star, 290-room hotel with an array of dining and leisure facilities, including a rooftop restaurant, viewing tower and infinity pool – all of which are available to people living in the Palm Tower Residences. Read More
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Dubai feeds tourists’ taste for tradition

February 17, 2014· · tags: Duabi 2020, Duabi entertainment, Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing, dubai events, Dubai Tourism, Expo 2020, UAE

DUBAI // Heritage tourism is being given a major push as Dubai works towards Expo 2020 and winning Unesco World Heritage status for the old city. Emirati-themed guesthouses in areas such as Heritage Village and Bastakiya, the oldest inhabited part of Dubai, are being given support by the Heritage Department and the Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM), to ensure visitors experience the authentic, Emirati side of the city. Mona Hauser, owner of the XVA gallery and guesthouse in Bastakiya which has been open since 2003, has just expanded the guesthouse from nine to 13 rooms. She is hoping her business will grow into the nearby houses that have been there since the early 20th century. “There’s a lot of space not being used,” she said. “This is a place people want to see. The kind of clientele we have want to be in the cultural area and stay in a boutique hotel, not a five-star hotel where you wake up and could really be in any country.” Read More
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Expo 2020 campaigns drive UAE ad numbers

February 13, 2014· · tags: Duabi, dubai event, dubai events, Entertainment DUbai, Expo 2020, show in Dubai, UAE entertainment

There is also a comeback for realty as UAE records $1.65b in total 2013 ad spend Dubai: With sharp increases in ad spend for each of the last three months of 2013, led by campaigns for Expo 2020 and upbeat retail and real estate sectors, the UAE easily retained the status of being the region’s top advertising market. The ad industry is estimated to have spent a substantial $1.65 billion (Dh6.06 billion) compared with $1.57 billion in 2012, according to the latest estimates — based on official media rate cards — by Pan Arab Research Centre (Parc). (The numbers relate only to traditional media and do not account for spending on digital platforms.) From mid-October and right through November, government and private sector entities made a splash talking up Dubai’s credentials as host city for the World Expo 2020. Once the announcement of the win was made, it set off another round of high-profile celebratory campaigns that were there well into the second week of December. In November alone, an estimated $157 million was spent in the UAE across all media and up from October’s tally of $149 million. Read More
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Chanel’s next Cruise show to be staged in Dubai

February 13, 2014· · tags: Chanel, dubai entertainment, dubai events, dubai show, emirates, Emirates shocase, karl lagerfeld

Karl Lagerfeld has chosen the Emirates destination as the place to showcase the French fashion house’s next Cruise collection in May, reports WWD, who also point out that the temperature at the time will be around 100 degrees. The last Cruise collection was showcased in Singapore, and St Tropez, Los Anegles and Venice have all previously hosted the annual catwalk presentation. “Chanel is very pleased to present its 2014-15 Cruise collection in Dubai,” Bruno Pavlovsky, president of Chanel said in a statement Read More
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Middle East: New DCEB chief sets out key goals

January 30, 2014· · tags: Convention and Business Tourism, dubai 2020, Dubai Convention and Events Bureau, dubai events, Middle East Event, UAE Entertainement

The newly-appointed head of the Dubai Convention and Events Bureau (DCEB) has revealed the organisation’s ambitious strategy for positioning the emirate as a leading business events destination in the world. Steen Jakobsen, Director of Convention and Business Tourism at DCEB, a division of Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM), has outlined a three-pronged approach to winning more business, with the focus on congresses in particular. “Business events are a very important part of Dubai’s 2020 Vision,” said Jakobsen, referring to the DTCM’s target 20 million visitors by 2020 – a figure predicted to increase to 25 million now the emirate has won the bid to host World Expo 2020. Read more
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Middle East: International Sailing Federation set to dock in UAE capital

January 30, 2014· · tags: International Sailing Federation, Middle East, UAE, UAE entertainment, UAE events

Abu Dhabi, capital of the UAE, is pitching to host the International Sailing Federation’s (ISAF’s) annual Presidential Election meeting in 2016. The plans were presented in collaboration with Abu Dhabi Sailing & Yacht Club and Abu Dhabi Sports Council at the 2013 ISAF Annual Conference in Muscat, Oman in November. If successful, the event would provide the ideal platform for promoting the emirate’s sailing credentials, according to the Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority (TCA Abu Dhabi). “We are acutely aware that maritime sports attractions are an indispensable component of a waterfront tourism offering,” said Ahmed Thani Al Romaithi, Chairman of Abu Dhabi Sailing and Yacht Club. “We look forward to being able to demonstrate these to an international audience during the Volvo Ocean Race and, hopefully, to ISAF members during their 2016 conference.” Abu Dhabi is set to host its second stopover of the Volvo Ocean Race between December 2014 and January 2015. Source: http://www.internationalmeetingsreview.com
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Middle East: EXPO 2020 to drive meetings industry

January 28, 2014· · tags: dubai entertainment, dubai events, Dubai’s World Expo 2020, meetings industry dubai, Middle East Event

Dubai’s World Expo 2020 win will drive a pan-regional meetings sector boom, industry professionals have proclaimed. The Expo, which will take place over a six-month period at the Dubai Trade Centre – Jebel Ali, will put the UAE and the wider GCC’s meetings and conference infrastructure and event organisation know-how firmly in the global spotlight, generating business event opportunities galore. “Having seen first-hand what a tremendous developmental and marketing impact the Expo made in 2010 on Shanghai, where ICCA recently held its own global congress, I am sure Expo 2020 will prove to be a massive stimulant to the entire (GCC) region’s meetings infrastructure and industry in general,” said ICCA CEO Martin Sirk. Dr Ahmad Belhoul, CEO of Strategy and Tourism Sector Development at Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM), said hosting Expo 2020 would have a “sizable impact on a wide range of sectors”, most notably tourism and meetings. Read More
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Middle East: Excitement builds ahead of GIBTM 2014 as business booms

January 21, 2014· · tags: Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre, Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority, Business, dubai events, Entertainement Abu Dhabi, Gulf Incentives, Middle East, travel and meetings

The Gulf Incentives, Business, Travel and Meetings (GIBTM) exhibition is returning to Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC) from March 24 to 26, 2014 with an expanded remit and enhanced calendar of business networking opportunities. According to Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority (TCA Abu Dhabi), host of the recent International Association of Professional Congress Organisers (IAPCO) council meeting, the meetings and incentives sector is an increasingly important economic contributor that currently generates US$653 million (AED2.4 billion) each year for the emirate. This figure is set to grow by seven percent annually to reach US$1.39 billion (AED5.1 billion) by 2020. The region is also in line to reap the economic benefits of a share of an estimated US$5.6 billion (AED20.6 billion) worth of global business, with IAPCO’s extended member base responsible for organising more than 6,500 meetings each year and accommodating some 2.5 million delegates. Read More
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Waldorf Astoria opens first Dubai hotel on Palm Jumeirah

January 13, 2014· · tags: dubai, luxury entertainement, luxury events, Palm Jumeirah, UAE, Waldorf Astoria

The 319-room Waldorf Astoria hotel on Dubai‘s man-made Palm Jumeirah island has eight naturally-lit meeting rooms with a multi-purpose ballroom that can host up to 600 people. The hotel has six restaurants and bars, a 200m private sandy beach, two outdoor pools, tennis courts and water sports facilities. The hotel is located on the East Crescent of the Palm Jumeirah island and is 35 minutes from Dubai International airport. The property is Waldorf Astoria’s second hotel to open in the UAE, with the Waldorf Astoria Ras Al Khaimah having opened last year. Read More
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Unique entertainment at the prestigious Royal Mirage Hotel in Dubai

January 09, 2014· · tags: dubai, dubai entertainment, dubai event, one and only royal hotel, royal hotel mirage

Talents & Productions just sent one of his unique entertainment to the very prestigious One & Only Royal Mirage Hotel in Dubai. The chosen act was the Man on the Pole from Canada. With his costume quite unusual and original, he completely stunted all guests at the Royal Mirage Hotel in Dubai. Note that the One & Only Royal Mirage Hotel is one of the most outstanding resort in Dubai. This is a wondrous place, composed of three distinctive environments – each flowing into the next to ignite the senses: The Palace, Arabian Court, and Residence & Spa. By Alexandre Hourdequin
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