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Istithmar and Europe’s easyHotel.com to open chain of budget hotels across MENA and the Subcontinent
Istithmar Hotels, a subsidiary of Istithmar PJSC – an international investment house based in the United Arab Emirates, has signed a Master Franchise Agreement with easyHotel Limited to open a chain of budget hotels across Middle East, North Africa, India and Pakistan. It recently announced its plans to open eight new budget hotels across... »
Mott MacDonald to engineer Jumeirah Golf Estates
Nakheel have announced the appointment of leading UK consultancy firm Mott MacDonald Ltd. to undertake the engineering consultancy services on the first phase of their prestigious Jumeirah Golf Estates development. Mott MacDonald is a wholly independent global company with more than 9,000 staff working in more than 100 countries. Notable projects worldwide include the... »
Nakheel Hotels & Resorts announces first international development
Nakheel Hotels & Resorts, the UAE’s premier property developer, working in partnership with Kempinski, will open its first international hotel in Djibouti on the East coast of Africa, representing the company’s first overseas property development. Situated on the east coast of ‘the horn of Africa’, the hotel will be located in Djibouti’s capital –... »
Sir Richard Branson ‘stakes his claim’ on The World
Sir Richard Branson today planted the Union Jack and ceremoniously ‘staked his claim’ to Great Britain on The World, at an event celebrating the debut of Virgin Atlantic Airways’ direct flights between the United Kingdom and Dubai. The island of Great Britain is one of 300 super luxury man-made island developments that collectively make... »
Nakheel’s tunnel vision gains international recognition
Nakheel experts have been invited to share their expertise and experience gathered on The Palm Jumeirah at the World Tunnel Congress being held in Seoul, Korea, from 24 – 27 April 2006. A technical paper entitled ‘Design and Construction Challenges of Sub-sea Directional Drilled Crossings on The Palm Jumeirah, Dubai’ prepared by Jack Gahir,... »
Chairman HH Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum