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Arabtec Construction has been awarded an AED1.8 billion contract to build a mixed-use high-rise tower on Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai.

Last year marked the opening of the Armani Hotel in Dubai, Maison Moschino in Milan and Hotel Missoni in Edinburgh. Other examples include Paris's Hotel du Petit Moulin designed by Christian Lacroix, the Bulgari Resorts and Spas, and Armani's hotels, residences and resorts.

For the very first time, these designers will exhibit their design concepts side by side on the runway in a fashion event that is certain to amaze and inspire.SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS will present ‘Sens e of Two’ at the prestigious Armani Hotel in Dubai, UAE, on November 30th, 2011.

Emirates Airline has teamed up with Armani Hotel Dubai and The Address Downtown Dubai to offer its First and Business Class passengers flying to or via Dubai, who hold a valid return ticket, complimentary hotel stays. The offer is valid till August 31, 2010.

Dubai-based property developer Emaar, the group behind the world’s tallest tower Burj Khalifa, has registered a net profit of Dhs421m ($115m). The first quarter also included continued delivery of residential units in Burj Khalifa and the handover of commercial offices in The Eighth Gate, Syria.

On Jan. 4, the new decade's first day of business, grand openings of two extraordinary real estate projects were widely reported: the $8.5 billion, 18.5 million square-foot City Center complex in Las Vegas; and the $1.5 billion Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the world's tallest skyscraper, standing more than a half-mile high on the east coast of the Arabian peninsula. Media commentators noted that both celebrations seemed like punctuation marks signaling the end of a decade of real estate investment excess and architectural extravagance.

The 828-meter-high Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), currently the highest skyscraper in the world, also has state-of-the-art disaster prevention measures. The 160-story building has four safety zones on the 42nd, 75th, 111th and 138th floors. These shelters can accommodate up to 6,500 people and are designed to last for two hours after a fire has broken out.

The tallest building in the world is, by definition, quite visible. So it makes some sense that the creators of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai were fastidious about the look of the tower—right down to the font faces in the parking garage. Austrialia's Emerystudio, the firm designing the building's wayfinding systems—the signage that directs visitors around the huge structure—wanted to employ Arabic typography that'd be distinctive, legible, and harmonious when placed next to Latin lettering.

Dubai may be the preserve of the rich or the playboy or the paid-for, because if you want to live like a King or Sheikh here, you can. The sky is literally the limit and you can even see that, the world's tallest building The Burj Khalifa, which towers over the Seawings seaplane piloted by Captain Per Korsvold flying at 1,500 ft and which takes off out of the Jebel Ali marina. But you get what you pay for and Dubai doesn't do second-rate.

Middle East aviation executives James Hogan and Samer Majali were amongst the winners at this year’s CEO Awards in Dubai. The event, which took place at The Armani Hotel on 20th September, brought together over 240 senior figureheads to recognise the outstanding achievements of industry leaders, entrepreneurs and innovators in the region. Meanwhile, Gulf Air boss Samer Majali – also in attendance – picked up the award for “Aviation CEO of the Year,” with the judges saying Majali “has probably had to make more difficult decisions than anyone else in this room tonight.”