Investors bet on Dubai's strong recovery in 2021

High net worth investors and analysts are betting on a strong recovery in Dubai's economy for 2021, led by strategic sectors such as retail, hospitality, tourism, transport and logistics

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How Dubai defied the odds to bounce back from the coronavirus crisis

How the UAE’s commercial capital keeps defying critics is a complex story involving many different factors

Business, Opinion, Property, COVID-19 DubaiSteven Leckie28 December 2020Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) in Dubai, Dubai land department, UAE economy, Property Watch, EXPO 2020 UAE, COVID-19Comment

Dubai approves free Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines

Vaccinations will start on Wednesday December 23

COVID-19 DubaiSteven Leckie23 December 2020Coronavirus Dubai, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Dubai vaccineComment

Dubai remains open to UK flights but for how long?

UAE is likely to “wait until the last possible moment to ban UK travellers” due to importance to tourism

COVID-19 DubaiSteven Leckie22 December 2020COVID-19, Coronavirus Dubai, travel to the UAE, travel to Dubai, travel to Abu Dhabi, UAE tourism, Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing, Emirates Airlines, Dubai to London flightsComment

Dubai's Route 2020 metro extension to start operating on January 1

The initial phase will cover four stations - Jebel Ali, The Gardens, Discovery Gardens and Al Furjan

Lifestyle, EXPO 2020Steven Leckie20 December 2020metro Dubai, Dubai Metro, metro station Dubai, Expo 2020 Dubai, EXPO 2020 UAEComment

Address Hotels + Resorts opens first beachfront property

77-floor twin towers, connected with the world's tallest inhabited skybridge

Property, LifestyleSteven Leckie18 December 2020The Address Beach Resort The Address JBR, luxury hotels, Jumeirah Hotels, luxury residential property dubai, luxury property in DubaiComment

Dubai Luxury Property Tour - 3 January 2021

If you would like to join us, please contact me so I can share the itinerary for the day

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Morgan Stanley, Nomura say it's time to bet on Dubai tourism

The rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, a thaw in relations with Israel, and the rescheduled Expo 2020 exhibition will benefit Dubai

Business, COVID-19 Dubai, EXPO 2020, OpinionSteven Leckie17 December 2020tourism, UAE tourism, Dubai tourism, COVID-19, Coronavirus Dubai, Coronavirus, TourismComment

UAE a leader in mitigating impact of COVID-19, says World Economic Forum

UAE’s strong financial system and planning helped correct policy response

Business, COVID-19 DubaiSteven Leckie16 December 2020COVID-19, Coronavirus Dubai, world economic fundComment

Dubai property sales break 7-year record, top areas revealed

Real estate recovers steadily from the impact of COVID-19 and oversupply.

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Dubai issues new law on unfinished and cancelled building projects

A special tribunal will oversee the liquidation of unfinished and cancelled schemes, replacing a committee set up in 2013

UAE Laws, PropertySteven Leckie15 December 2020Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) in Dubai, RERA, laws in Dubai, Dubai laws, Dubai land department, Property WatchComment

A new Nation in Town

There is a new nation in town for the first time, and they are eager to bag some bargains.

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