Monthly Archives: May 2012

We’re All Going to the Zoo Tomorrow

Good news – at least for the animals in the over-crowded Jumeirah zoo, with reports that they will be shortly relocated to a 400 hectares redevelopment in Al Warqa’a. Furthermore, the new complex will include golf courses, along with entertainment … Continue reading

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Right Here Right Now

The triple “Ts” of Travel, Trade and Tourism continue to be the main drivers helping Dubai in its recovery phase since the global meltdown of 2009 which left the emirate in such a parlous state. Despite the record high fuel … Continue reading

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Déjà Vu

Those who remember the boom times will recall the plans then to build Hydropolis, the world’s first underwater hotel, off the Jumeirah coastline. The idea sank with the onset of the economic meltdown only now to resurface with the news … Continue reading

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