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Dubai water parks make a splash
Dubai’s Aquaventure and Wild Wadi have both been ranked among the world’s top water parks. Both made it into a list of the top 20 worldwide, compiled by AECOM and the Themed Entertainment Association.
5,000 new homes at bargain prices in Dubailand
More than 5,000 new homes are about to come on the market at bargain prices in Dubailand, the Dh235 billion (US$63.98bn) master-planned development off Emirates Road. Sale and rental prices in Dubailand are already 20 to 40 per cent less than in comparable Dubai neighbourhoods, agents say.
Dubai architects survey new landscape
Three years ago the Dubai office of the architects P&T Group was designing a rotating building and working on the City of Arabia, a Dubai development of 1.85 million square metres. Today, staff numbers have been cut by half and two thirds of its projects around the region are characterised as “on hold”.
Homes built but Dubailand waits for shops and restaurants
For many residents, the project has induced a feeling of isolation because of a dearth of places to meet. A dozen or so kilometres from Victory Heights – a collection of European-style villas and manicured lawns in Dubailand – were meant to be communities with restaurants, plush hotels and malls.
Live-in golf fans face wait at tee
The 510 hectare Golf City development that was planned as part of Dubailand was to have five courses and hundreds of villas, and was also expected to be completed next year but little work has been done on it.
Marriott feels bullish about luxury sector
There is still huge opportunity for growth in the luxury hotel market with JW Marriott and other high-end brands becoming the fastest-growing unit of Marriott International, executives from the group say.
