Last year, we wrote about the very last voyage ever for the famous Cunard QE2. This magnificent vessel was purchased for $82 Million by Dubai developer Nakheel. The plan was to dock the ship, and convert her into a luxury hotel. As it turns out, that very last voyage ever is ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Final resting place for the QE2 not so final after all
Last year, we wrote about the very last voyage ever for the famous Cunard QE2. This magnificent vessel was purchased for $82 Million by Dubai developer Nakheel. The plan was to dock the ship, and convert her into a luxury hotel. As it turns out, that very last voyage ever is ...Swim with sharks at Dubai mall
Dubai just changed how we'll all look at malls forever. The Dubai Mall could have changed the rules simply by installing an aquarium and zoo ... or gone even crazier by putting sharks in the water. Hell, watching sharks swim is a great way to eat your Auntie Ann's pretzel. ...Flight attendant pleads guilty to bomb hoax
It was a bad week for Australians, it seems. A naval officer was physically restrained on a flight to London. Not too long after, Matt Carney, a flight attendant from Melbourne, was sentenced to 18 months in jail in England. It was his own fault: he left not one but two(!) ...Dubai plans to cut up the Concorde like the QE2
Dubai has a thing for buying British vessels and cutting them up. Not long ago, it snapped up the retired cruise ship the QE2 with plans to cut it in half, add a section to the middle, and turn it into a floating hotel. The latest buy it and slice it plan is with one of ...A&K and Fairmont Earth Hour ideas will have tangible results
Earth Hour is on Saturday, March 28 at 8:30 PM. The hospitality and travel industry seems to have embraced this commitment to environmentalism. There are plenty of noteworthy initiatives out there intended to show support for a planet that could probably use our help. Of ...Livin' la vida expat in Dubai isn't as snazzy as it used to be
Forget New York City - the world capital of spend, spend, spend has long been Dubai. This is literally where the sky was the limit, and when they ran out of sky, they simply built out into the ocean. Thousands upon thousands of foreigners made their way to Dubai to grab ...New York for sale, $35 million
It's not as cheap as seashells, but New York is on the block for a new low price! Put up $35 million (though I'm sure there's room to negotiate), and you could own the city free and clear. You can start smoking indoors and decide whether alternate side parking should have a ...QE2 to be cut in half in Dubai
We've written about QE2 before. The last post was Jeffrey's report that the ship had made it to Dubai with great fanfare.
When I read yesterday that the QE2 was to be cut in half, I pictured two halves of this magnificent ocean liner floating around its palm shaped, manmade ...Dubai cancels all New Years celebrations
Tonight was supposed to be quite a party in Dubai, but the ruler of the nation has decided to cancel all celebrations out of support for the Palestinian people. Dubai has long been a prime destination for some of the elite in the world, and the perfect location to celebrate ...In Dubai, money can buy you a room on a refrigerated beach
Sometimes the creativity that blistering hot weather breeds is truly mind-boggling: Pallazo Versace Hotel has decided to create a temperature controlled beach extending out and around its new hotel in Dubai, so that the "top people" (ugh) don't burn their feet. "We will ...Dubai hotel offers meals to those made redundant
This is definitely one of the most innovative promotions I have seen coming out of Dubai: 3-star Arabian Park Hotel in Dubai is offering free meals to anyone who has lost their job because of the credit crunch. The promotion is not only open to Dubai residents, but anyone ...Leave the poppy seed strudel at home if you're heading to UAE
Yesterday, while wandering through Westside Market in Cleveland, I passed by several stalls laden with baked goods, some sporting poppy seed. The poppy seed strudel was mighty tempting. This brought to mind the sidebar I saw that was attached to the article about Michelle ...Sex on the beach couple out of jail in Dubai
Remember the names Michelle Palmer and Vince Acors? They are the two Brits who weren't really a couple until they met at a champagne brunch in Dubai, got drunk, and then proceeded to get frisky on a beach. Before that party, they didn't know each other. After they became ...Gadling Take FIVE: Week of Nov. 8--Nov. 14
Today Gadling welcomed our newest blogger, Brenda Yun. Yun, who is tapped into the thrill of world travel without guidebooks, has looked for surf in a remote spot in Vanuatu and has traveled to where many haven't tread.
Keeping with a theme of thrills in mind, here's ...Sharks Get Violent at Dubai Mall Aquarium
Come shop in the mall recently built in the shadow of the Dubai Burj, the world's tallest building. You will enjoy over 1,200 of the world's finest shops and a huge, glittery gold market...and see a 10-million liter aquarium in which divers and small fish are ravaged by ...From the 140th floor: Hope you're not scared of heights
That's the view from the 140th floor of Burj Dubai, which will become the tallest building (that's even including communication towers) in the history of mankind when it's completed sometime next year. There will be a total of 160 floors and some 3.5 million square of ...Dubai Metro to feature the worlds first corporate branded station names
Nowhere in the world is anyone working harder on their infrastructure than in Dubai. Mall after mall is being erected, new office buildings are breaking world records, and when they run out of land, they simply build out into the ocean. One thing missing so far, was a large ...Yet another gallery of the craziness that is Dubai
We should have a permanent feature that just consists of jaw-dropping, gushy posts praising the delights of Dubai, with a footnote about their rather over-the-top penal code. Anyways, this is the shot of the marina from a few years in the future. Other monuments to come ...Dubai Sex-on-the-Beach Couple Sentenced to Three Months in Jail
It has not been a good summer for Michelle Palmer and Vince Acors. The couple's seaside tryst has turned into a courtroom drama complete with medical evidence and appeals. The two British citizens, despite the best efforts of their lawyers, and despite the black-eye it will ...Terminal 3 of Dubai International Airport opens. Wow?
The exclusive Emirates Airline terminal of Dubai International Airport opened its doors yesterday. The airline projects catering to 40 million passengers annually, so an exclusive terminal was a necessity. With all the crazy developments in Dubai over the last few years, ...
