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5/8/2005: The Oz of the Middle East
(NY Times)
Down gleaming silvery escalators they glided, eyes afire and credit cards in easy reach. As a warm Tuesday night hung languidly over the Persian Gulf, a multicultural pageant of shoppers, diners and drinkers fanned out into the majestic, wintry-cool shopping mall beneath the Middle East's tallest building, the 1,163-foot Emirates Office Tower in Dubai...
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Burj Al Arab, Dubai - "The Best Hotel in the World"
(Just slightly out of the price range for AICCSA-06!)
Designed to resemble a billowing sail, the hotel soars to a height of 321 metres, dominating the Dubai coastline. At night, it offers an unforgettable sight, surrounded by choreographed colour sculptures of water and fire. This all-suite hotel reflects the finest that the world has to offer...
[Visit website...] |
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Dubai - the jewel in the crown of the UAE
Set between Europe and Asia, Dubai is the jewel in the crown of the United Arab Emirates. It offers visitors an oasis from the surrounding desert. Dubai is the second largest of the seven Emirates. It is one of the most popular tourist spots in the World, helped by its rapidly-expanding airline Emirates; and is one of the world's fastest-growing commercial centers...
[Visit the Dubai Department of Tourism website...] |
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