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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The Hyatt Corporation was founded by Jay Pritzker in 1957. The first hotel purchased was located in Los Angeles‚ California. Hyatt is a management company that runs the operations of each hotel even though most of the Hyatt hotel properties are privately owned. They currently have two hundred sixteen hotels around the world and recently purchased one hundred forty three AmeriSuite hotels which were renovated and are being operated under their new name‚ Hyatt Place. Hyatt is known for specializing
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market for my chosen business‚ Hyatt Hotels‚ is large and very diverse. Just about every person finds themselves in the position of seeking overnight‚ or longer‚ accommodations at some point in their life. The challenge will be to target the most profitable customers and know them and their needs in enough detail to justify the expenses. With its plethora of properties‚ each catering to a different segment‚ Hyatt is perfectly positioned to do just that. DISCUSSION Hyatt provides overnight accommodations
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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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July 17‚ 1981‚ in Kansas City‚ Missouri‚ the Hyatt Regency Hotel held a tea-dance party in their atrium lobby. As the many party-goers stood and danced on the suspended walkways‚ the connections supporting the ceiling rods that held up the second-floor and fourth-floor walkways across the atrium failed. The fourth-floor walkway collapsed onto the second-floor walkway‚ while the offset third-floor walkway remained intact. Both walkways collapsed onto the crowded first-floor atrium. During the time
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How has Dubai leveraged on the tourism aspect to develop the infrastructure of the country? Discuss the multiplier effect. MARKETING PROGRAM INVESTMENT Product: Dubai is a lively‚ cosmopolitan city with unbelievable modern facilities and tourist attractions available at every turn as key products. Be it it’s amazing architecture such as Burj Khalifa (the tallest building in the word)‚ Burj Al Arab (most luxurious hotel in the world)‚ Hydropolis (Underwater Hotel) or or man-made islands such as
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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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increase of pollution and a decrease in natural resources of the country. Dubai is good example to take in order to analyze the impacts of tourism on the short and long runs‚ taking into account its advantages and disadvantages on the economic and natural environment of the country. Dubai is a fast growing country which will welcome 15 million tourists by the year 2010 according to Salem bin Dasmal‚ Chief Executive Officer of Dubai Tourism Development Company (DTDC). (1) Hence‚ a huge number of investments
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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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