Armani helped design his namesake hotel in the Dubai's Burj Khalifa. Diane Von Furstenberg has her own designed suites at Claridge's in London. Missoni opened two hotels - Edinburgh and Kuwait - to help promote the line's home decor. The Verscace legend lives in on at his ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Armani helped design his namesake hotel in the Dubai's Burj Khalifa. Diane Von Furstenberg has her own designed suites at Claridge's in London. Missoni opened two hotels - Edinburgh and Kuwait - to help promote the line's home decor. The Verscace legend lives in on at his ...Gallery: More travel sketches from BBC's Tim Baynes
We wrote yesterday about Tim Baynes' delightful travel sketches from around the world on BBC and liked them so much we came back for more. You can (and should!) get lost for hours looking at his drawings on Flickr with fun anecdotes and scribbles bringing depth and humor ...Dubai tour company offers pirate hunting cruises off horn of Africa
After years of murders, kidnappings, and heists, the lawless sea near the horn of Africa seems to be getting worse. A Dubai firm is capitalizing on these pirate infested waters with a strange new form of pirate tourism. The tour company, Dubai based Seahunters LLC, ...Retail therapy: Istanbul ShoppingFest begins March 18
Every year, many people visit Istanbul to shop in the historic Grand Bazaar to haggle over carpets, Turkish tea glasses, and souvenir t-shirts. But most locals do their shopping in Istanbul's many malls, markets, high streets like Istiklal near Taksim Square and Bağdat on ...Blogger Justin Delaney
Introducing a new blogger at Gadling, Justin Delaney...
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This photo was taken in Dahab, Egypt on the Red Sea - one of the coolest places I have ever been. Here I am enjoying a well deserved sheesha after climbing Mount Sinai.
Where do you ...World's highest restaurant opens in Dubai
Want to get high? It won't be illegal if you do it at Burj Khalifa's At.mosphere, which surpasses Toronto's 360 Restaurant as the world's highest restaurant. The downtown Dubai restaurant strands at 1,350 feet high (that's level 123, for those who care).
The restaurant ...Daily Pampering: Dubai Shopping Festival hotel packages
You read the title right, fashionistas: There's an entire festival devoted to shopping that takes place in Dubai, and Emirates Airlines has partnered with hotels and luxury retailers to offer travelers a few good discounts and a place to drop their bags after a long day of ...Ritz-Carlton ready to open first new hotel of 2011: Dubai International Financial Centre
The Ritz-Carlton hotel group is gearing up for an exciting 2011. Amid the flurry of anticipation for the opening of the tallest hotel in the world in Hong Kong, the hotel group is also preparing for its first opening of the year, The Ritz -Carlton, Dubai International ...Abu Dhabi Emirates Palace hotel regrets $11 million Christmas tree
Well - that was quick. Just a couple of days after we reported on its excessive $11 million Christmas tree, the Emirates Palace hotel in Abu Dhabi has confirmed that it may have gone a little overboard in decorating the (fake) evergreen.
The $11,000 ...Abu Dhabi Adventure Challenge underway
The fourth annual Abu Dhabi Adventure Challenge is underway in the United Arab Emirtates. The six-day long, stage based, adventure race pits coed teams of four against one another as they compete on foot, mountain bike, and kayak across a course designed to test their ...Abu Dhabi police find snakes on a plane ... and squirrels and parrots
You know that the United Arab Emirates is not to be outdone, right? So, when an 89-year-old lady's dog gets loose on an American flight, the Middle East has to find a way to trump it. And, you know it was better than a dog and a cat or an angry monkey.
On a flight from ...Ferrari already looking at more theme parks
Ferrari World just threw open its doors in Abu Dhabi this weekend, but already, Ferrari is thinking about expanding its theme park franchise.
Michelle Pignatti Moreno, head of new business for Ferrari, tells Bloomberg that Ferrari World's opening is "a dream come true ...Ferrari World theme park's opening postponed following Sheikh's death
The Ferrari World theme park in Abu Dhabi will not open today as planned.
ArabianBusiness.com is reporting that the theme park's opening has been postponed following the death of Sheikh Saqr Al Qasimi, the ruler of Ras Al Khaimah.
The park was expecting more than ...Ferrari World to open Oct. 27 in Abu Dhabi
Ferrari World Abu Dhabi is on track to open one day earlier than expected.
The world's largest indoor theme park will open in less than four weeks, on Oct. 27.
The theme park on Abu Dhabi's Yas Island has more than 925,000 square feet under a roof shaped like the ...Photo of the Day (8.17.10)
Anyone know how to order a half-caf venti soy no foam latte in Arabic?
As I'm sure you've guessed, today's Photo of the Day comes from the city of immense scale, renowned elegance, & other worldly air conditioning bills; Dubai. Flickr user JonRawlinson snapped the ...Air Berlin's two-for-one promo
Air Berlin, the German low-cost carrier that gets typically great reviews for its various old-school perks seldom associated with budget airlines (assigned seating, checked bags carried through to connecting flights, and free snacks, drinks, and newspapers) is promoting a ...New Abu Dhabi tower and Hyatt hotel crowned "world's furthest leaning"
Usually, when you think "leaning tower", the Leaning Tower of Pisa comes to mind - but a new tower in Abu Dhabi is well on its way to changing that. The 35 story Capital Gate leans an insane 18 degrees - a whole 13 more than the Pisa tower.
The tower was crowned ...Gucci to launch new hotel in Dubai
As is the case in the fashion world, when one designer makes a statement the others will follow.
Enter: Italian fashion icon Gucci, who will launch its own hotel chain in Dubai, only a few months after the opening of Giorgio Armani's hotel in Dubai's Burj Khalifa.
...Dubai based Emirates places $11.5 billion Airbus A380 order
Dubai based Emirates just placed a whopping $11.5 billion order for 32 Airbus A380's. This is in addition to the ten they currently own and the 48 they still have on order - which instantly makes them the largest customer of the super jumbo. Once all their orders are ...AirBaltic expands, spruces up
Yesterday, Latvian airline AirBaltic launched two new routes: Riga-Madrid and Riga-Beirut.
Riga-based AirBaltic is an airline to watch. Little known in North America, the airline is notable for its low starting fares and the inclusion of most of Europe's most popular ...
