Dubai is one of the seven city-states that comprise the United Arab Emirates. It is located on the northern coast of the Arabian Peninsula‚ fronting the Persian Gulf. My January 2006 trip to Dubai was unexpected in that I never really imagined myself ever traveling to the Middle East until I got a call from one of my company’s regional administrators about a week before Christmas‚ asking me if I’d travel to Dubai in January to assist with some bus transit planning efforts. I agreed and‚ in early
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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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TRANSPORTATIONS in Dubai Transport in Dubai is controlled by the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA)‚ an agency of the government of Dubai‚ formed by royal decree in 2005. The public transport network has in the past faced congestion and reliability issues which a large investment programme has addressed‚ including over AED 70 billion of improvements planned for completion by 2020‚ when the population of the city is projected to exceed 3.5 million. In 2009‚ according to Dubai Municipality statistics
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INTRODUCTION The UAE is located in the Middle East along the southern most part of the Arabian Peninsula. The UAE spans 83‚600 kilometres and is comprised of seven sheikhdoms: 1) Abu Dhabi 2) Dubai 3) Sharjah 4) Ras Al Khaimah 5) Fujairah 6) Umm Al Quwain and 7) Ajman. The federal capital is Abu Dhabi. The UAE was established on December 2‚ 1971 following Great Britain’s withdrawal from the Arabian Gulf’s coastal region. A large percentage of the population is foreign. The local population
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ComFlor® case study Dubai Metro Project‚ United Arab Emirates Client: Government of Dubai Road & Transport Authority/RTA Project management and supervision: Systra-Parsons Designer: WS Atkins & Partners Overseas -ATKINS Main contractor: Dubai Rapid Link Consortium/DURL (Obayashi Corporation - Kajima Corporation - Yabi Merkezi & Mitsubishi Heavy Industrial) Decking system: ComFlor® 80 Telephone: 0845 30 88 330 The Dubai Metro urban train network is a major transport infrastructure
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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 transport around the
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Bibliography: Benton‚ W. J. (2010). Purchasing and supply chain management (2nd ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill Irwin. Bianchi‚ S.‚ & Critchlow‚ A. (2010‚ January 1). Worlds Tallest Skyscraper Opens in Dubai. Wall Street Journal . Building Design Construction. (2010). Project Management. Retrieved June 4‚ 2010‚ from Building Design Construction: http://building-design-construction.com/manage-projects Carayannis‚ E.‚ Kwak‚ Y.‚ & Anbari‚ F Edwards‚ P.‚ &
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The city of Atlantis. Described by many as the most advanced of the human civilizations. Some believe that the city was destroyed by one of the greatest natural dThe Legend of Atlantis begins with two dialogues: Timaeus and Critias‚ written by a classical Greek philosopher‚ Plato. He describes the inhabitants of Atlantis as a noble and powerful race who lived on the island located in the middle of the Atlantic ocean. Greek myths tell us that Poseidon created a dwelling for a mortal woman he fell
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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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References: Ahmed‚ A. (2013‚ April 28). The National . Retrieved May 19‚ 2013‚ from The National : http://www.thenational.ae/news Badam‚ R Corder‚ R. (2008). Dubai ’s traffic pollution among world ’s worst. ARABIAN BUSINESS. Retrived May 21‚ 22013‚ from Arabian Business GulfTalent.com HOTZ‚ R. L. (2011). The Hidden Toll of Traffic Jams. THE WALLSTREET JOURNAL. Retrieved May 21‚ 2013‚ from The wall street journal
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