Posts Tagged ‘Dubai’

Emirates Holidays Tries Changing the View!

Wednesday, July 29, 2009 8:30 By Madhuri Katti

One of the ways of creating good buzz is by doing something different or coming up with some offbeat concept for advertising campaign. Emirates Holidays has managed to do both in their new campaign which comes with a tag tine – Change Your View.  They actually changed the views from the windows of Dubai’s busy [...]

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Dubai of the Desert: A Mirage of Consumerist Splendor

Friday, July 17, 2009 18:40 By GSerrano

Dubai, born of the dream to create a Middle Eastern Shangri-la, was ‘built from nothing in just a few wild decades on credit and ecocide, suppression and slavery.’ Today, there are half-finished buildings and new establishments that look plush and posh but with ceilings that leak rainwater and tiles falling off. Some of the infrastructure [...]

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Slumdog Child Star Rubina Back in News

Tuesday, April 21, 2009 18:31 By Madhuri Katti

Slumdog Millionaire child star Rubina is back in limelight for wrong unfortunate reasons. It is claimed that her father tried to sell her to a Dubai based buyer for a huge sum. The father though has denied allegations. Rubina played the role of Latika (the lead female character of the film) as a child.
The baggage [...]

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Global Slowdown Leads to Extravagant Architecture

Sunday, February 1, 2009 0:25 By Robert

Luxury Housing is seemed to be enticed by the glamorous trend of “Rotating House”, which may not be popular yet. Nevertheless, this idea is perhaps very thrilling and should be encouraged to develop. We had already covered this quirk of architecture a couple of days ago and there have been some new developments again. Buildings [...]

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Dubai – falling prices rather than towering skyscrapers

Thursday, January 22, 2009 21:51 By Preeti

This balloon had to go bust too. Dubai real-estate’s decline is a stale story by now.
But till last year, Dubai also boasted of some of the world’s most expensive hotel room rates averaging $370 in October 2008. For a city that relies on tourism for nearly one fifth of its overall revenue, Dubai Tourism should [...]

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Versace, Dubai gets the World’s First Refrigerated Beach!

Friday, December 19, 2008 16:58 By Ramya

The luxurious, hot and happening place on the globe is in news again. This time, its the world shattering refrigerated beach next to the new Palazzo Versace hotel due to open late next year or early 2010. Dubai’s scorching 40-50C heat never disheartened the filthy rich holidaymakers from taking pleasure in its sands.  Soheil Abedian, [...]

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Trends Ten: 10 astounding green structures stretching out into the blues!

Saturday, November 15, 2008 15:27 By Neo

Green Architecture is the direction towards which every architect and designer is heading and it is no surprise that many of the modern cities of the world are now becoming sandboxes for these green architects to experiment and express themselves. Eco-friendly construction is reaching new heights that are in fact becoming structures far more attractive [...]

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Anar Tower Is Set To Kiss The Dubai Skies

Friday, October 31, 2008 2:31 By Saba

The architecture in Dubai will never cease to surprise us, whether it is the traditional or the ultra modern. The latest addition is the brainchild of British firm Atkins called Anar Tower. We know that Atkins has previously given Dubai the 400-meter green lighthouse and Iris Bay. Signature emirati Tameer plays sponsor for the project [...]

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Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Goes The Chrome Way

Wednesday, October 29, 2008 1:05 By Robert

If driving luxury cars and leching at super cool sports cars are a little passé, then you might be looking for something special. We have seen and driven many of these ’special’ cars, which look ghastly enough to turn Amy Winehouse’s face red.
However, if you want a car that stands out in the crowd, is [...]

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