The Dubai-it Award has announced that nominations for its first edition are open from 10th August to 10th September 2026, inviting individuals, projects, companies, organisations and entities that have worked and achieved results in line with the ‘Dubai-it’ approach and philosophy to participate in the award’s various fields. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al […]

Dubai Chambers is overseeing elaborate preparations to host the Dubai Business Forum – China in Shenzhen on 14th October 2026 as part of its sustained efforts to deepen engagement with the Chinese business community and support companies seeking to establish and expand their operations in Dubai. Being held under the theme ‘Momentum at Scale: Accelerating […]

Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) opened a four-lane bridge Sunday 9th August 2026, on the southern, right-hand side of the intersection of Al Qudra Road and Sheikh Zayed bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Street, as part of the project to upgrade the intersection. Extending 700 metres with a capacity of 6,000 vehicles per hour, the […]

The Dubai real estate market remains on course in 2026 to set a new all-time high for rental contracts recorded in one year. A market analysis from fäm Properties today shows that 38,197 rental contracts were registered in July, 18,431 of these new agreements, with 19,766 renewals. This takes the total number of rental contracts recorded […]

Under the directives of H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defence, and Chairman of The Executive Council of Dubai, Dubai Municipality has begun implementing the Dubai Creek Lights project. With an investment of AED80 million, the project will create an integrated visual and […]

In line with the Dubai Quality of Life Strategy, Dubai Culture and Arts Authority (Dubai Culture) continues to celebrate Dubai as a global city of creativity, innovation, and cultural diversity through its School of Life initiative. Throughout August, Dubai Public Libraries will host 39 workshops and creative sessions inspired by the Dubai-it initiative launched by His Highness […]

Dubai is ranked second globally in the Intelligent Cities Index published by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), which evaluated 61 cities across 39 countries. The ranking reaffirms Dubai’s global leadership in harnessing advanced technologies and AI to enhance quality of life, elevate government services, and facilitate business, reflecting the emirate’s success in building a human-centric, […]

Dubai Duty Free has officially launched Crypto.com Pay™, becoming the first airport retailer in the Middle East to introduce the regulated digital payment solution. Eligible customers can now use Crypto.com Pay™ when shopping at Dubai Duty Free both in Dubai International Airport (DXB) and Al Maktoum International Airport (AMIA), as well as online at dubaidutyfree.com . With […]

Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation PJSC (Empower) highlighted that its operational performance and projects reflect the principles of the ‘Dubai-It’ approach launched by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai. Representing a distinguished Emirati success story, reflecting the UAE’s vision and ambition […]

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has attracted more than AED47.4 billion cumulatively, in total project investments over the past 12 years through its independent water and power producer (IWPP) model, a key strategic enabler for delivering energy and water projects in partnership with the private sector. Developed and continuously enhanced by DEWA, the model […]

Dubai Founders HQ has partnered with Mastercard, supported by Pemo, to launch a new founder finance solution designed to help startups and SMEs save money, strengthen cashflow, and operate more efficiently. Eligible businesses can access over AED10,000 in first-year value, including up to 2 percent cashback on eligible foreign exchange and advertising spend, complimentary access […]

Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), the leading global financial centre in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA) region, today announces updates to the Prescribed Company (PC) Regulations, which are designed to broaden the use of PCs, DIFC’s equivalent of Special Purpose Vehicles or SPVs. The updated PC Regulations significantly expand and simplify the […]

The preliminary results of the “Our Flexible Summer” 2026 initiative have reinforced the success of Dubai Government’s flexible work model, achieving high levels of employee happiness while maintaining productivity and ensuring the continuity of government services. The initiative demonstrates the government’s ability to balance employee wellbeing with institutional performance, reflecting Dubai’s vision of creating flexible […]

Dubai Future Foundation (DFF), in partnership with global autonomous vehicle technology company Oxa, announced the launch of the Autonomous Logistics Future Lab in Dubai through a joint venture named SHIFFT. The initiative aims to accelerate the development and deployment of next-generation autonomous logistics solutions, reinforcing Dubai’s position as one of the world’s leading hubs for […]

Following the approval by His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defence, and Chairman of the Executive Council of Dubai, of the “Dubai Population Now” Real-Time Population Census and Population Growth Monitoring Initiative, Digital Dubai, through the Dubai Data and Statistics Establishment, announced […]

The Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism (DET) has recognised 237 hotels in the third cycle of the Dubai Sustainable Tourism (DST) Stamp for their outstanding commitment to sustainability and responsible hospitality practices. Marking a 55% increase on the 153 hotels honoured in the second cycle and more than triple the 70 hotels recognised when […]

Samsung Gulf Electronics has taken the launch of the new Galaxy Z Fold8 to new heights, collaborating with Skydive Dubai on an aerial stunt that saw a team of professional skydivers recreate the device’s all-new shape thousands of feet above Dubai’s skyline. In a striking celebration of Samsung’s latest foldable innovation, 20 professional skydivers jumped from […]

There is a sentence that would have sounded like wishful thinking just a decade ago and reads today as plain fact: satellites are now being manufactured in the UAE. Not assembled from foreign components in a symbolic gesture. Not built in partnership with a larger nation that retains the real intellectual property and the real […]

Rankings are everywhere, and most of them are easy to skim past. But every once in a while a number lands with enough weight that it is worth pausing on, sitting with, and actually thinking about. The UAE’s 23rd place ranking in the 2026 Best Countries Index for quality of life is one of those […]

There is a list that aviation data firm OAG – the UK-based company that tracks every published airline schedule on Earth – releases each month, ranking the world’s airports by international seat capacity. It tells you, in the clearest possible terms, which city the world is flying to and from more than any other. For […]

Emirates has officially launched Crypto.com Pay™, allowing its customers to use the digital payment solution on the airline’s website and app platforms. Customers with a Crypto.com account booking on emirates.com and the Emirates App can now select Crypto.com Pay™ at checkout, with transactions processed securely and in compliance with UAE regulatory standards. Crypto.com Pay™ is […]

Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), the leading global financial centre in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA) region, today announced its industry-leading performance, driven by continued global confidence in Dubai as a destination for finance, business and innovation. The number of DIFC active registered companies rose to 10,018 at the end of the […]

The ability to transform the future and build resilient, innovation-driven, and knowledge-based ecosystems is one of the cornerstones of national progress and crisis readiness. In this regard, Dubai and the UAE as a whole have established an advanced model for leveraging science, technology, and data to develop innovative solutions. The unique UAE model is built […]

The Department of Economy and Tourism (DET) has announced Dubai’s ambitious 2026-27 promotional roadmap, highlighting the city’s integrated approach to retail, tourism, hospitality and entertainment, during a high-level forum hosted on Monday by IBPC Dubai. The expanded calendar includes the launch of a dedicated 10-day Electronics Festival in April 2027, following industry feedback calling for […]

Dubai has established an integrated model that combines the authenticity of traditional sports with the dynamism of modern disciplines, underpinned by a development vision that has made sport a key pillar of its tourism, economic and investment ecosystem. The emirate has introduced a globally distinctive approach to redefining sport. Rather than limiting itself to hosting […]

If you filled up your car in Dubai at the end of June and then filled it up again in the first week of July, you would have noticed something pleasantly surprising on your receipt. The price at the pump dropped – noticeably, immediately, and across every grade of fuel available at UAE petrol stations. […]

Most cities dream about becoming more walkable. They add a pedestrian street here, a bike lane there, and hold a press conference about sustainable urban futures. Dubai, characteristically, has decided to build an entirely new category of infrastructure – a 93-kilometre climate-controlled loop that runs through the city, connects its key destinations, and makes walking […]

Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority has signed off on a sweeping new Soft Mobility Plan, a five-year initiative that will transform the areas around 63 public transport stations into more walkable, cyclable spaces by 2030. The move is one of the clearest signals yet of the emirate’s intent to loosen its historic reliance on private […]

The UAE has a reputation for luxury and price tags with a lot of zeros. But tucked beneath the glossy headlines are a handful of genuinely useful perks that cost nothing at all, and most residents have never heard of them. A recent LinkedIn post by career consultant Vadim Kouznetsov, which quickly drew over a […]

Every summer, Dubai does something that goes against the natural logic of a city where July temperatures regularly touch 45 degrees – it leans in. Instead of quietly marking time until cooler weather returns, it launches campaigns, fills calendars, opens promotions, and actively tells the world that summer in Dubai is not a season to […]

A record 165,000 millionaires are projected to relocate across international borders in 2026, according to the Henley Private Wealth Migration Report – the most comprehensive annual study of global high-net-worth individual movement. That number is up from 142,000 in 2025 and 134,000 in 2024, meaning the pace of global wealth migration is accelerating at a […]

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, today reviewed the results achieved by the UAE’s non-oil foreign trade in the first half of 2026. His Highness stated: “Today, we reviewed the UAE’s non-oil foreign trade results for the first half of 2026 […]

Seen from above, Palm Jumeirah looks almost unreal: a giant palm tree stretching into the Arabian Gulf, its trunk lined with towers and its seventeen fronds packed with villas. It remains one of the most recognizable pieces of land reclamation ever built, and more than two decades after construction began, it’s worth revisiting how – […]

Few buildings in the world generate the kind of instant recognition that Dubai’s Museum of the Future does. Its torus-shaped silver exterior, wrapped in Arabic calligraphy quoting the words of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has become one of the most photographed structures on the planet since it opened in 2022. But beyond its […]

DP World, through Air Cargo Hub Punta Cana, joined forces with UniWorld Air Cargo, Grupo Velutini and Athiopica to deliver more than 27 tonnes of humanitarian aid to communities affected by the recent earthquakes in Venezuela. The collaborative effort demonstrates how integrated logistics capabilities can support rapid emergency response. It is part of DP World’s […]

Dubai has a habit of solving problems with solutions that sound mildly absurd until you realise they actually work perfectly. The problem this time is a familiar one: how do you keep a city of four million people physically active during a summer where the outdoor temperature makes exercise genuinely dangerous? The Mallathon answered part […]

On the second of July 2026, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defence, and Chairman of the Executive Council of Dubai, chaired a meeting at Emirates Towers and approved a package of new government strategies and infrastructure projects worth AED 18 billion. Eighteen billion […]

Words carry weight. The language we use to describe people shapes how society sees them, treats them, and ultimately values them. For most of modern history, the words used to describe people living with disabilities have reflected limitation – what a person cannot do, what they lack, what sets them apart from an assumed norm. […]

Dubai-born AVENEW Development announces plans for The Ritz-Carlton Residences Dubai, The World Islands, the latest addition to its growing portfolio of distinguished addresses and its second collaboration with Marriott International. The project reflects AVENEW’s founding principles of thoughtful design, distinctive location selection and timeless quality. The World Islands form an archipelago of approximately 260 man-made […]

Emirates is revealing another world first in the sky, transforming journeys for Economy Class passengers with the introduction of the U-Dream Headrest – a game-changing new seat addition that enables Economy Class customers to experience a whole new level of support and comfort inflight. Backed by a significant investment, installation is already underway across Emirates’ fleet, reinforcing […]

Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has announced that it has approved a five-year plan to expand the emirate’s soft mobility network through 2030. It is aimed at strengthening links between residential areas and public transport stations and to build an integrated urban mobility system that supports first- and last-mile journeys, making travel easier and […]

The FIFA World Cup 2026 is being played across cities in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Dubai is approximately eleven thousand kilometres from the nearest stadium. This has not discouraged Dubai in the slightest. The city has set up dedicated World Cup fan zones, integrated the matches into its Summer Surprises programme, drawn tens […]

Most airports have a quiet season. Dubai International does not really do quiet. But even by its own extraordinary standards, what happens inside Terminal 3 during the first half of July each year is something that deserves a moment of appreciation. Dubai International Airport has announced it is bracing for approximately three million passengers in […]

The Icons of Porsche festival in Dubai has confirmed its 2026 dates. The sixth edition of the biggest automotive festival in the region will be held on 21-22 November 2026. Ticket sales will commence later this year, when more event information will also be announced. “The sixth edition of the Icons of Porsche festival in […]

What if the last decades of your life felt less like a slow decline and more like a continuation of everything that came before? That question has moved from philosophy into serious policy – and Dubai has answered it with something concrete. On 10 June 2026, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum issued Law No. […]

If you looked at the Dubai Golden Visa a couple of years ago and concluded it was not for you, look again. The categories have expanded significantly, the rules around property investment have been relaxed, and what once felt like a programme for wealthy investors with serious capital has quietly become accessible to a much […]

A trillion dirhams. Not a country’s GDP. Not a tech giant’s market cap. The brand value of a single city. According to a new study by Brand Finance -the world’s leading brand valuation consultancy -Dubai’s place brand value has surged to nearly Dh1 trillion, ranking it fifth among the most powerful city brands on Earth. […]

The Museum of the Future has announced the beginning of a new phase in its journey, launching work on a new generation of future experiences inspired by ideas and suggestions shared by individuals from around the world. This initiative is part of the museum’s preparations to deliver a renewed experience reflecting the latest scientific, technological, […]

Every city has its list of things to do. Dubai has a list of things that, once you experience them, make every other city’s list feel slightly ordinary. This is not about the Burj Khalifa or the gold souk – those are famous and they deserve to be. This is about the experiences that stop […]

Somewhere between the moment you settle into a fully reclining leather seat, accept a warm blanket from a butler, and order a three-course meal from a Michelin-inspired menu before the trailers have even started – somewhere in that moment – it occurs to you that what you are doing has almost nothing in common with […]

The global airline industry is, by almost any measure, one of the most brutally difficult businesses on Earth. Fuel prices swing wildly. Geopolitical events can shut down entire airspace corridors overnight. Passenger demand is sensitive to everything from economic downturns to pandemics to regional conflicts. The margins are wafer-thin, the costs are enormous, and the […]

The business aviation community will reunite in Dubai when the 11th edition of the MEBAA Show opens on 8th December at Dubai World Central.  Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, Chairman of Dubai Airports, and Chairman and Chief Executive of Emirates Airline […]

Nobody taught most of us how to read a payslip, understand a mortgage, or manage a budget when we were at school. We learned quadratic equations and the causes of the First World War and how to dissect a frog, and then we were released into an adult world of tax returns, insurance premiums, and […]

If you have been paying attention to Dubai news in the past few weeks, you might have noticed that the city seems to be running several major announcements simultaneously, the way a conductor leads an orchestra – everything happening at once, everything contributing to a single overwhelming impression. Flying taxis are launching. The country’s first […]

Let’s be honest – when someone tells you they went for a run inside a shopping mall at seven in the morning, your first instinct is probably to laugh. It sounds absurd. A little mad, even. But then you hear that over 40,000 people did exactly that last summer, that they collectively logged 120 million […]

You know that moment when you are trying to pay for something online, and you sit there waiting for a text message with a six-digit code, and the website’s thirty-second timer is counting down, and the code has not arrived yet, and then it arrives but you mistype one digit, and the whole thing times […]

Then: When Single-Use Plastic Was Simply Part of Life There was a time in Dubai’s recent history when the question of how something was packaged, disposed of, or recycled was barely a question at all. Plastic bags were handed out at supermarket checkouts without a second thought, in quantities that bore no rational relationship to […]

Then: A Working Culture Shaped by Necessity and Endurance In the decades before Dubai became the global city it is today, work was not something that came with boundaries, policies, or flexible arrangements. It was a matter of survival, and the culture that surrounded it reflected that reality with complete honesty. Fishermen rose before dawn […]

Then: When Dubai’s Roads Were Barely Roads at All It is difficult to overstate how primitive the road network of old Dubai truly was. In the 1950s and well into the 1960s, most of what passed for roads in the emirate were nothing more than compacted sand tracks worn into the desert floor by the […]