It began as a desire to become home to the tallest man made structure in the world. With the name being changed from Burj Dubai (Burj meaning ‘tower’) to Burj Khalifa, the world watched as Dubai renamed one of its most prized possessions after the President of UAE and ruler of Abu Dhabi, during the […]
Author: Usman Zafar
Academic city: Classes between the desert and the palms
Dubai’s effort to build a world class city along the lines of Singapore’s model was made unique when they offered free zones not only to business enterprises but also conceived a free zone devoted solely to tertiary education. Thus came up Dubai International Academic city in 2006, the first of its kind in the world. The move was to serve Dubai’s vision of developing a knowledge-based economy and thus implant the much needed pool of talented youth.
Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF) 2010
Dubai Shopping Festival, the city becomes the most in demand shopping pageant in the worlds. A place of attraction where celebrations are endless, festive are jubilant with a crowd colossal. DSF every year gets populated with million of visitors and altogether under a same roof enjoy different brands and shopping venues.
Plugins Electronix in Dubai Festival City
The outlet brand is itself very renowned and is located in many other shopping malls in UAE. The outlet is owned by Al Futtaim group and contains more than electronic 300 product brands. Plug-ins Electronix outlet can be found in following areas.
Burj Khalifa aka Burj Dubai – Inaugration Ceremony Pictures
Before i move on with the stunning pictures of Burj Khalifa, have a breaking news for in-dubai.com readers. On 4th Jan 2009, Burj Dubai has been renamed as “Burj Khalifa” i.e Dubai based tower has been given a name of UAE President and Abu Dhabi ruler Khalifa Bin Zayed.