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Dubai road renamed in honour of Expo 2020

The 15km long Jebel Ali Lehbab Road will now be known as Expo Road

Waldorf Astoria set to open 275-room DIFC hotel later this year

The hotel is Waldorf Astoria’s first ‘city’ hotel in the UAE

Flydubai taps banks for $300m loan

The debt facility is needed for aircraft pre-delivery payments, sources said

Dubai’s Emirates to operate A380 to Jordan’s Amman for four months

The jumbo jet will be operated on the route from June 1 until October 26

Dubai Frame receives one million visitors in its first year

The 150m structure opened in January 2018

Dubai’s Emaar launches Expo golf villas starting from almost Dhs1m

The three and four bedroom villas are located in the Emaar South community

New youth council launched to empower Emirati talent

The Dubai Government Youth Council aims to encourage young people’s creativity, innovation and leadership skills

Emirates, flydubai to increase network of codeshare flights in 2019

The two airlines jointly carried 3.29 million customers on codeshare flights last year

Dubai’s Al Habtoor denies link with entity mulling acquisition of Leela hotel group

Indian media reports claimed that Rashid Al Habtoor had revealed plans to buy the Indian hotel chain

Dubai hotel Jumeirah Al Qasr completes room upgrades

Changes designed to provide guests with a ‘rich yet modern’ guest experience

Loan growth, higher margins boost Dubai bank Emirates NBD’s Q4 net profit

The lender reported a 10 per cent rise in fourth-quarter net profit

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Dubai’s non-oil sector growth eases, with job cuts in construction, travel and tourism

The Emirates NBD Dubai economy tracker index fell to its second-lowest reading in over two years in December

UAE telco du reveals plans for health blockchain solution

The solution will help verify if blood bags and pharmaceutical products are authentic across the medical supply chain

Revealed: The biggest hotels on Dubai’s Palm Jumeirah

At present, the Palm has 18 hotels and hotel apartments that are operational with several more in the pipeline

Dubai radio presenter James Aramouni dies at 28

James Aramouni joined Shock Middle East in October 2017 as the Dance 97.8 Drive Time presenter

RTA taxi bookings in Dubai hit record 12m in 2018

The number of bookings was up 17 per cent from 2017’s 10.5m

Dubai Parks and Resorts records almost 2.8 million visits in 2018

Average occupancy at the Lapita hotel rose to 60 per cent in 2018, compared to 35 per cent in 2017

Dubai has now become more of an ‘affordable buyers’ market’ – report

Residential capital values in the emirate fell 11.1 per cent in 2018

DMCC awards contract for 78-storey tower in Uptown Dubai district

The contract for Uptown Tower has been awarded to BESIX’s Dubai-based entity Belhasa Six Construct

Dubai’s DP World signs acquisition agreement for Chile port operator

The Dubai port operator said it would offer $502m for 100 per cent equity ownership

Sheikh Mohammed reviews progress of Dubai’s Museum of the Future

The structure is slated to open in 2020

Emirates says many flights will be cancelled, rescheduled during runway closure

Up to 48 of Emirates’ aircraft will not be utilised during the 45-day period this year

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Areas in Dubai that saw the biggest rental drops in Q4

With rents continuing to fall, landlords are now eyeing holiday rentals, finds report

RTA to operate ferry between Dubai Mall and Dubai Marina Mall

The ferry service will take about 1 hour 20 minutes one-way

Consortium led by Saudi’s ACWA Power to raise over $2bn for Dubai solar project

The loan will fund the $4.3bn Noor Energy 1 project, expected to become the world’s largest single-site concentrated solar power plant

Video, pics: Palm Tower, with one of Dubai’s highest pools, gets ready to open this year

The luxury tower, which rises 240 metres tall, will include a 289-room St. Regis hotel and 432 residences

Dubai Tourism to return $68m in bank guarantees to local firms

Bank guarantees will be returned to tourism companies in Dubai as the emirate seeks to attract 25 million visitors by 2025

AW Rostamani and Hilton to build a hotel in Bur Dubai

The 458-room hotel is expected to be ready by 2020

In pictures: Dubai’s ruler approves DIFC expansion plan

The new expansion will add a total of 13 million square feet of space to the DIFC

Luxury residential waterfront project launched at Dubai Creek Harbour

The 44-storey Palace Residences tower is the first launch in the Dubai Creek Harbour development in 2019