Emirates has rolled out a new online platform where travellers can build their owned tailored itinerary to Dubai, and the United Arab Emirates.

LXR Hotels & Resorts has signed its first property in the United Arab Emirates, a brand-new private island resort in Abu Dhabi. Al Nawras Island, LXR Hotels & Resorts will offer 80 beach and water villas as well as a 450-square-metre, two-bedroom Royal Villa.

A month after Middle Eastern real estate development company, Select Group let the cat out of the bag, Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas has confirmed it is indeed launching its first property in the United Arab Emirates, in Dubai.

The St. Regis Downtown, Dubai has opened as the newest jewel in the St. Regis Hotels & Resorts global portfolio, and second in the emirate in five months.

Anantara Hotels, Resorts & Spas is set to open the first resort on the manmade World Islands archipelago in Dubai in Q4 2021.

Sofitel Dubai The Obelisk is earmarked to welcome guests from October 2020, the latest luxury property in the Accor portfolio to open in the United Arab Emirates.

Minor Hotels has boosted its presence in the United Arab Emirates, taking over the management of the five-star Ibn Battuta Gate Dubai Hotel, and positioning it under the Oaks Hotels, Resorts and Suites brand, the second Oaks property in the emirate.

Six months after opening in the heart of this city’s historic district, the Al Bait Sharjah is emerging as one of the region’s most ambitious new properties, renowned for the five historic homes at its foundation.

The UAE Space Agency has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Virgin Galactic and The Spaceship Company that outlines cooperation across different areas including plans to bring Virgin Galactic spaceflights to the UAE for education, science, technology research as well as potential space tourism flights in the future.

Tourists visiting the United Arab Emirates will be able to apply for a refund on the 5% VAT (value-added tax) when exiting the country from the beginning of the fourth quarter of 2018.

The ’Dubai Cruise Terminal’ at Dubai Harbour will become Carnival Corporation’s primary hub for its homeporting and transit operations in the region. The partnership will also result in both parties working together to identify and grow the cruise tourism business in the Arabian Gulf region.

When Ritz-Carlton went into Ras al Khaimah it actually signed two luxury hotels, or rather, two amazing tented camps.