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Not many people from Danville can say they work in Dubai, rode a camel in Egypt, visited the Dead Sea, and attended the grand opening of the tallest building in the world — the Burj Khalifa (located in Dubai). But Kevin Melton, who graduated from Schlarman High School and attended Danville Area Community College, has done all this in the Middle East, and more.

With branches in 7 cities — including Mexico City, Tokyo, Jakarta, Lisbon and Koshien — KidZania’s latest outlet, which opened in the Dubai Mall on January 10, is the first in the Middle East, and helps children acquire financial skills in an interactive world. Walking down its make-believe streets, Will Edwards, the governor of KidZania Dubai, marvels at the excitement of this land’s “new citizens”.

In preparation for the grand opening of the first Armani Hotel in the world on March 18, 2010, Armani Hotel Dubai has just unveiled their new state-of-the-art online booking system January 31st to begin processing early room reservations. Their new online booking system allows guests to search real-time room availability and book across all room types, including the highly exclusive and one-of-a-kind Armani Dubai Suite.

Last month's gala launch of the Burj Khalifa in Downtown Dubai was a fitting tribute to the skill and professionalism of the assembled event production specialists, lead by Dubai-based outfit Prisme International and French fireworks contractor Groupe F. While it's hard not to imagine the scale of the launch event had the 828 metre tower opened at the height of Dubai's boom years (think Atlantis times 10), the fireworks presentation itself differed little to initial designs drawn up by Groupe F's artistic director and CEO Christophe Berthonneau more than two years ago.

This Valentine’s Day head to The Palace – The Old Town to celebrate a romantic evening like never before. Amongst the numerous offerings the hotel has planned for couples on the day is a tailor-made package called ‘Sweet Suite Package’. The hotel, overlooking Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building, will present ‘Sweet Suite Package’ to three couples only.

In case you weren’t in Dubai last month and you missed Emaar Properties’ announcement that their ‘obelisk’ Burj Khalifa, (the tallest building in the world), has reached completion, we thought we’d tell you all about the party that they threw in celebration! But is Dubai back from the brink with the launch of this tower? Well, one thing is certain, Dubai certainly isn’t going down without a fight!

Dubai Aquarium & Underwater Zoo is managed by Emaar Retail, the leisure and retail arm of Emaar Properties. Other leisure components in Emaar Retail’s portfolio are the Olympic-sized Dubai Ice Rink; the UAE largest megaplex with 22-screens, Reel Cinemas; the region’s largest SEGA indoor theme park, SEGA Republic; and the award-winning children’s edutainment centre, KidZania®.

The spectacular opening ceremony that marked the Burj Khalifa's appointment with history is now receding into memory, but the sense of anticipation has only started to build up for the home and office owners in the skyscraper.

The opportunity to experience the "Stay with Armani" proposition is now a reality. Armani Hotel Dubai has unveiled the online booking system that has gone live yesterday, and bookings can be made in real time at www.armanihotels.com.

Biggest accomplishment for CoxGomyl in the region so far is the hand over of the world's most complicated project: The task to keep the 24,000 window panels' façade of the world's tallest building Burj Khalifa in Dubai spotless. CoxGomyl Integrated Solution Division got involved in the Burj Khalifa project at an early stage in order to offer esthetic solutions by integrating all external maintenance and cleaning facilities into the building design.