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• Living in Abu Dhabi: How a Growing Capital Plans for Modern Life
  Abu Dhabi closed its first Liveability and Investment Exhibition, LIVEX 2026, at ADNEC Centre Abu Dhabi on 1 October. Behind three days of projects and announcements sat one question: how does a capital growing at this pace keep living in Abu Dhabi comfortable and modern for the people arriving every year? The answer matters to […]
• Dubai Longevity Moves Into the Floor Plan
  When Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed approved the strategy and operating budget of the Dubai Longevity Authority on 27 September, the city gave healthy ageing a regulator. The authority, established in June under Law No. 17 of 2026, will license providers, set minimum standards and supervise a pilot programme spanning research, clinical trials, manufacturing and longevity […]
• Dubai Real Estate Now: A Global Assessment
  Dubai ranks third in the world for prime price growth, fourth for bubble risk and among the cheapest major cities to buy relative to income. Citywide values sit 10.2% below their February level. This assessment places Dubai among the world’s leading housing markets, drawing on data published in September 2026. The global backdrop: a split […]
• Dubai MICHELIN Key Hotels: When the Stay Becomes the Destination
  For years, choosing a Dubai hotel meant comparing pool sizes, room counts and beach frontage. The destination came first, the room second. That order is reversing, and the Dubai MICHELIN Key selection explains why. The MICHELIN Guide describes its 2026 hotel selection as reflecting a hospitality landscape shaped by increasingly immersive, personalised and experiential stays, […]
• Dubai Hotel Occupancy Comes Back As The City Heads Into Winter
  Emaar’s hotels are running at around 60 percent occupancy, founder Mohamed Alabbar told Reuters on September 21, and he expects a return to normal levels over the coming 12 months. Dubai’s tourism authority reports a citywide figure of 66 percent for August, on the back of 869,000 international visitors, the strongest monthly count the city […]
• Global Economy Stabilizing, But Economists Warn Recovery Remains Fragile
  The global economy is stabilizing. This finding comes from the World Economic Forum’s newest Chief Economists’ Outlook, published on 22 September 2026 at the Sustainable Development Impact Meetings in New York. 56% of economists surveyed expect the global outlook to stay stable or improve over the next year. In May, 89% expected conditions to worsen. […]
• Dubai’s October Lineup: Family Days Out and Weekend Plans
  Dubai gives families two big reasons to plan a weekend out this October. Dubai Parks and Resorts reopens on 7 October, and Global Village follows on 14 October. Both dates sit inside the October mid-term break, so you get a full stretch of days to spread activities across, rather than cramming everything into one Saturday. […]
• What Is Changing in Dubai Fashion
  Dubai Fashion Week Enters Its Business Era Dubai’s fashion scene has a lot to talk about this week. Vogue just reported that the Arab Fashion Council has a new chairwoman, Emirati executive Amina Taher, and with her comes a bigger shift. Dubai Fashion Week is moving its dates. The Spring/Summer 2027 show will run October […]
• Why E-Invoicing Could Rewire the GCC Economy
  Dubai has nailed its colors to the mast: by 2033 – the emirate’s bicentennial – it wants to be among the world’s top three cities to live, work and invest, and to have doubled the size of its economy. Those aims, gathered under the Dubai Economic Agenda (D33), are not marketing slogans; they are a […]
• Dubai’s Real Estate Pulse Beats Strong as IPS 2026 Draws the Crowds
  The 22nd edition of the International Property Show closed this week at Dubai World Trade Centre, and the energy on the floor left little doubt that Dubai’s real estate market is alive and thriving. Over three days, from September 7 to 9, developers, brokerages, banks, and proptech firms filled the halls across five pillars, Real […]