Hello and welcome to this first online edition of the Dubai Update newsletter, brought to you from the UK and Ireland representative office of Dubai Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM). The decision to go monthly and to deliver news straight to your inbox comes from the constant progression in Dubai and your need to be kept informed more frequently.

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Ian Scott

What’s the big idea?

When Travel Trade Gazette (TTG) decided to launch a competition to find the next big idea that could shake up the travel industry, DTCM was on hand to offer its support ... read full story

Zibrant
“The smarter hotels now ask more questions at the enquiry stage, and then secure the business from UK Venue-Find agencies like Zibrant who have a number of annual enquiries into Dubai, some that will be large enough for properties like Atlantis” ... read full story

Dubai currently leads global hotel statistics with an average room rate of $283 in 2007 ... read full story

Medical tourism is poised for a boom in Dubai as the UAE is expected to receive 11.2 million medical tourists by 2010 ... read full story

Emaar Bawadi, the joint venture between Emaar Properties and Bawadi, a member of Tatweer Group has announced the mixed-use components of its first project, Asmaran ... read full story

Al Futtaim Group and Marriott International yesterday said they will establish Marriott Vacation Club at the Dubai Festival City ... read full story

Landmark Hotel Group has opened its third deluxe serviced hotel in Dubai’s top tourist and business district ...
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Following debate at the recent World Travel & Tourism Council Summit concerning shortages of trained and qualified hotel sector workers, a new hotel school is expected to open next year in Dubai ... read full story

Emirates Hotels and Resorts, has opened the doors to its Green Lakes Serviced Apartments ... read full story

The Square Media One, named for its location at the forefront of Dubai Media City, is to be a fully connected and integrated corporate four-star hotel ...
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Emaar Hospitality Group, a division of Emaar Properties, will develop a luxury hotel at Downtown Burj Dubai at a height that will make it the second tallest building in the development ... read full story

Marriott International will manage its fourth Courtyard by Marriott in Dubai at Jebel Ali under a long-term contract signed at the Arabian Travel Market with Integra International FZCO ... read full story

The Palm Jebel Ali, is to have a 380-acre development at its top called The Crown, developed by Nakheel and Busch Entertainment Corporation, aimed at families and conservation ... read full story

At the end of 2011 Dubai is set to get its own Legoland ... read full story