Dubai for Life

The much hyped about Apple gadget is now available for sale in Dubai stores. But it seems buyers in Dubai have to pay a heavier price than the  customers in the US.

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 [...]

Dubai Mall is hosting a month-long shopping festival from April 30 – May 29, with exciting shopping deals and giving shoppers who spend AED 500 or more the chance to win AED 10,000 cash in daily raffles, not to mention the Grand raffle at the end giving away a million Dirhams to one lucky shopper.

Prepaid iPhones are now available in Dubai. According to Emirates Business 24/7, Etisalast has announced the launch of  iPhone 3G for prepaid customers: The iPhone 3G 8GB device will be available in black colour for Dh3,121, while the 16GB device will be available in both white and black colours for Dh3,570, said a press statement. Etisalat [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

One of the largest and most prestigious bridal exhibitions in the region, the Bride Show 2009 is returning to Dubai from 8 – 11 April 2008.

Here’s the follow up on my previous post on the Dubai Shopping Festival 2009. The calendar of events for this DSF 2009 has been released. This year is going to packed with even more fun activities, events, concerts, and exciting shopping offers… Shopping Malls – Expect incredible promotions and discounts of up to 80 percent at 6,000 retail outlets 40 [...]