Dubai Airport Cargo Volume Up 15%
Dubai International Airport is expected to handle 1.5 million tonnes of cargo this year, an increase of 15 per cent over the volume of 2005. Cargo volumes have been boosted by the opening in July of Dubai Flower Centre, a new facility that can handle 180,000 tonnes of perishable products a year. Dubai International Airport [...]
50 cruise ships arriving in Dubai.
Dubai is gearing up to welcome 50 cruise ships at its state-of-the-art cruise terminal during the cruise tourism’s winter season starting from October to April 2007. The passenger vessels are scheduled to have a total of 64,993 passengers and crew members on board. Khalid A bin Sulayem, Director General of Dubai Department of Tourism and [...]
New identity revealed for Dubai's Public Transport
The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) unveiled new identities and services for the Public Transport Agency, which includes the launch of the taxi service for ladies, color coding for buses of Dubai along with the franchising companies, additional bus transport services across the city and inter emirates. Present at the event was HE Mattar Al [...]
Dubai Emerges World's Second for Office Space
With over 24 million square feet of commercial office space currently under development, Dubai has been ranked a close second in the world in terms of office real estate construction. According to the Colliers mid-year Global Office Real Estate review, which assesses the worldwide commercial property markets in 50 countries, only Moscow ranks higher with [...]
Freehold 'affecting housing charges'
Dubai: Sophia Friend of Al Maskan Real Estate in Dubai, who has been in the property business for three years, said people cannot afford to live alone anymore opting for house shares to help break down housing costs. “Rents are still increasing tremendously every year. Prices are going up everywhere whether in Deira or the [...]