Abu Dhabi, UAE. 16th December 2009: Abu Dhabi has rolled out the red-carpet to welcome more than 1,800 passengers who arrived in the emirate today on board Italian operator Costa’s flagship Lumionsa cruise ship, currently making its maiden tour of the Arabian Gulf.In the UAE capital as part of the company’s newly-launched five stop, seven-day […]
The Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) participated in the 2009 edition of Seatrade Europe held at Hamburg Messe Fairground in Germany from September 15 to 17.Dubai Stand had seven co-participants - Rais Hassan Saadi Group, Gulf Agency Co. (Dubai), Alpha Tours, Centre of the World Tours, SNTTA Emir Cruises, Travco and Emirates […]
Tourists will be able to journey to outer space via Abu Dhabi as part of a deal by a local investment group to take a stake in the world’s first commercial space travel operator, the two companies said this week.Aabar Investments said it plans to build a space port in Abu Dhabi, capital of the […]
France and the United Arab Emirates formally launched the “desert Louvre” project yesterday, bringing the iconic cultural name and its tourist pulling power one step closer to the oil-rich Gulf.Visiting French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammad bin Zayed al-Nahayan attended a ceremony in a luxury UAE hotel to mark the […]
The Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has completed tunnelling work on the Red and Green lines of the Dubai Metro. Gulf News reported that the Red Line will start operating on 9 September, with the Green Line scheduled for March 2010.
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Authorities in Abu Dhabi are planning to introduce a road-toll system to reduce the number of cars on the road. The toll will be charged accordingly for peak and off-peak hours. Source: Gulf News
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A Dubai-bound Emirates Airline flight has been forced to make an emergency landing at Melbourne Airport after its tail scraped the tarmac during take-off.Were you on the flight? Share your story at scoop@theage.com.auThe 225 passengers on board the Airbus 340-500 feared for their safety when smoke filled the cabin, forcing the plane to land at […]
Oil-rich Abu Dhabi may have become an opulent oasis in the desert, but the forest of high-rise buildings that scrape its perpetual blue sky only hint at things to come.This capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a fishing and pearling village of mud and palm-frond huts until oil was discovered here 50 years ago, […]
EMIRATES says it has total confidence in the A380 Airbus and that changes to the delivery of its aircraft order has nothing to do with maintenance issues.Emirates’ Australian vice-president, Stephen Pearse, told BusinessDay that both the airline and its customers were happy with the A380, despite reports of burnt electric cables, missing fittings and engine […]
JUST a few years ago, you could almost hear tumbleweeds blowing through this city, the capital of Qatar. These days, any remaining tumbleweeds are colliding with the giant skyscrapers and sprawling megaprojects that are exploding from the sands. Still plump with petrodollars despite the continuing economic rollercoaster, the home of the Al Jazeera network has […]