The latest shopping craze for credit-crunched Dubai expats - the Dubai Flea Market has become a big hit where people can buy and sell almost any used items. The last event in May witnessed crowds of upto 4,500 visitors. It is being held indoors for the summer at the Al Safa Hall in Jumeirah. The [...]
RTA has launched a new service called “mpark” which will enable Dubai residents to pay their parking fees more conveniently through their mobile phones.
This will make it very easy to extend the parking time without having to rush to the parking machine each time for another ticket. This service will initially cover Dubai Media City, [...]
Dubai’s first budget airline, flydubai was launched yesterday and will start off with flights to Beirut and Amman from June 1.
The carrier will take off from its base at Terminal 2 of the Dubai International Airport.
Global Village has announced the opening of a 51-day Spring Festival to run until May 1. Visitors will be given free entry to the venue through out this festival.
This first ever Spring festival will witness the participation of more than 250 retailers in an outdoor ’souq’ style setting, merchandising several categories of products from clothes, jewellery, accessories and gifts. [...]
The iPhone 3G has finally arrived here after being officially launched by etisalat.
“iPhone is a perfect blend of advanced functionality and high performance and we are delighted to be one of the first operators in the region to offer this to our customers on the nation’s most advanced high-speed network to make calls, send emails and surf the web even [...]
There have been a few positive developments in the badly affected real estate industry in recent days.
According to Arabian Business, a new federal law will be soon introduced which will grant freehold property owners six month renewable residency visas. This will certainly help end users. With the current economic climate, there’s no point in buying a house [...]
The scooper of Best Pop Act, Best British Male awards and Best New Artist and Biggest Selling British Artist in the World, with three hit releases under his belt, and a sales record of 11 million CDs is to perform for the first time in UAE during the 7th edition of Skywards Dubai International Jazz [...]
As the global credit crunch hits the pockets of average Dubai expats, Ibn Battuta mall has come up with a unique offer this Dubai Shopping Festival 2009. The mall is giving away gift cards worth AED 10,000 of shopping as part of their Spend and Win raffle. Shoppers who spend up to a specific amount [...]
Everyone’s familiar with the Le Meridien Mina Seyahi, which has been a longstay member of the Jumeirah hotels community…most popular, perhaps due to Barasti Bar, one of the most popular social watering holes in Dubai. Next door on the same complex is also The Westin Dubai, which opened in May last year with a well-remembered [...]
Superstar DJ Fatboy Slim comes to the Middle East for the first time ever during Dubai Shopping Festival 2009.
Fatboy Slim
Fatboy Slim (aka Norman Cook) successfully took dance music from the clubs into the living room and to the top of the charts – earning him a unique place in the nation’s heart along the way.
