The Burj Dubai is a super tall skyscraper currently under construction in Dubai‚ United Arab Emirates. The lead architect is Adrian Smith formerly of the Chicago office of Skidmore‚ Owings and Merrill and now partner in the firm Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture. Its final height is officially being kept a secret due to competition; however‚ figures released by a contractor on the project have suggested a height of around 808 metres (2651 feet). Based on this height‚ the total number of habitable
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Dusbai international airport. Dubai international airport was built in 1959‚ when Sheik Rashid bin Saeed Maktoum first ordered construction. It was inaugurated in 1960 with Dc-3 plane flights and was home to nine airlines. Today the airport accepts all kinds of jets. On 3 July 1988‚ Iran Air Flight which was on a Tehran-Bandar Abbar-Dubai route was shot down by USS Vincennes between Bandar Abbas and Dubai due to the aircraft overflying a combat zone. An estimated 300 people were killed in the incident
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28‚ 2010 My Trip to Dubai Our first day of the trip consisted making sure we had everything we needed packed in our luggage. We arrived at the Greenville Spartanburg International Airport at nine-thirty‚ about an hour and a half prior to our plane taking off. When we did finally depart from GSP airport we took a two hour ride to Newark‚ from there we got on another plane and went to Frankfurt am Main changing planes once again and finally arriving at our destination Dubai. (Expedia‚ 2010) The
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As I sat in the car waiting impatiently to reach there‚ I though about my all-time dream coming true‚ visiting the modern wonder‚ Dubai. Since the United Arab Emirates were formed in 1971‚ Dubai has always been the most resourceful‚ united and modern of all. It has been very famous for a lot of tourist attractions like Burj Al Arab and Emirates towers. Additionally‚ the highest tower in the world‚ Dubai tower is currently being built and an above-ground metro is being designed for safe‚ fast
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CASE STUDY ON DUBAI – A CRISIS UNFOLDS SYMBIOSIS LAW SCHOOL‚ PUNE CONSTITUENT OF SYMBIOSIS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY Anirudh Ahuja1‚ Hussain Patel2‚ Saumya Singh3‚ Shalini Singh4‚ Rushil Deshpande5‚ Tanya Nagi6‚ Vaibhav Handu7. ABSTRACT Boom! That’s the sound of Dubai going from prosperity to penury. In November 2009 a financial crisis surfaced in Dubai‚ the symbol of luxury‚ where Sheikh’s drove around in Ferraris‚ visited mega sized malls and dined at the 7 stared hotel‚ The Burj
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Economic Impact: Dubai Dubai is the largest of the seven emirates in the United Arab Emirates. It is quickly growing into a huge tourist spot and prides itself on having some of the world’s greatest attractions. However‚ sometimes having the best comes with consequences. Despite the Middle East’s relatively low tourist rate‚ Dubai had been able to attract many “big spenders‚” which has enhanced its economy‚ but can also take a toll on the people. In her article‚ “Tourism in Dubai‚” Joan Henderson
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Dubai: Globalization on Steroids by William Morehouse in The American Scholar‚ Winter 2008‚ 1st December Promotions for Dubai on CNN‚ BBC World‚ and other satellite channels show a shimmering skyline of glass and steel office towers with their graceful curves and aquiline shapes‚ suggesting a distant galaxy where all the unpleasantness of urban life has been airbrushed away. But advertising almost always offers more promise than reality‚ whether the product is potato chips or a city or a country
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The Palm Islands are artificial islands in Dubai‚ United Arab Emirates on which major commercial and residential infrastructure will be constructed. They are being constructed by Nakheel Properties‚ a property developer in the United Arab Emirates‚ who hired Belgian and Dutch dredging and marine contractor Jan De Nul and Van Oord‚ some of the world’s specialists in land reclamation. The islands are the Palm Jumeirah‚ the Palm Jebel Ali and the Palm Deira. Each settlement will be in the shape of
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RESIDENTIAL RESEARCH Summer 2013 DUBAI PRIME RESIDENTIAL REVIEW Highlights • Prime residential prices have risen since the beginning of 2012. In 2013 the price of luxury villas have increased by 11.4% and prime apartments have risen 15.1% in value. • The year-on-year increase from June 2012 to June 2013 for prime residential property stands at 21.4%. The price of luxury villas picked up post January 2012‚ whilst the price of top-end apartments gained momentum from September
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Under Pressure‚ Dubai Company Drops Port Deal 1. Discuss the role of political factors-both in the united states and in Dubai- played in the reversal of the port deal. Solution: This case talks about the disparity of the American political parties against the ownership of port operation by the state owned Dubai company. The republicans and Democrats being the opposition party were disfavoring the sale of some terminal port operation to DP World an Arab state company. Even though
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