Nicolas Lannuzel
At 2722 feet in height, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai is the tallest building in the world and quite an impressive feat of modern engineering. Since its opening in 2010, the glass and metal spire has become an iconic structure, even managing to stand out in a ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Explore The World's Tallest Building In Google Street View
Nicolas Lannuzel
At 2722 feet in height, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai is the tallest building in the world and quite an impressive feat of modern engineering. Since its opening in 2010, the glass and metal spire has become an iconic structure, even managing to stand out in a ...Middle East Battles For Rights To Angry Birds Theme Park
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Angry Birds theme parks have already taken off in Finland, Singapore and the United Kingdom, and now three cities in the Middle East are competing for the rights to build another video game-themed park in the region.
According to CNN, Abu Dhabi, Al Ain and ...Skateboarding Through India
Extreme sports videos don't get enough credit as artistic travelogues. For all the flinch-inducing, jaw-dropping athletic skill on display, the real star of extreme sports videos is often not the stunt-happy main character – it's the backdrop. Take for instance Danny ...
Video Of The Day: Sunrise In Cloud City
Today's Video of the Day could pass for footage from a futuristic sci-fi movie, but it was taken recently in Dubai by photographer Sebastian Opitz. Opitz's surreal, almost comic book-like images were shot on a rare foggy morning as the sun rises. The time-lapse video was ...
Photo Of The Day: Saturday With The Giraffes In Abu Dhabi
Today's safari-themed Photo of the Day was taken with Instagram and submitted by The Purple Passport, a travel start-up that publishes web-based guidebooks on the world's most exciting cities. The Purple Passport already has guides to New York, Los Angeles, Palm Beach, ...Airline Adds Live TV To In-Flight Entertainment Choices
Emirates Airlines has raised the bar on in-flight services for quite some time, offering over-the-top amenities like a shower in first class, Bvlgari amenity kits, dine-on-demand service and more. Now, Emirates has figured out how to add live TV from a variety of ...Dubai International Shows Off New Facility
Dubai International Airport (DBX) has just completed the launch of Concourse A, part of a $7.8 billion expansion plan aimed to increase airport capacity to 90 million passengers by 2020. Home to Emirates airline's Airbus A380, 20 gates have been equipped to handle the ...Video Of The Day: Fireworks Lighting Up The World's Tallest Building In Dubai
Leave it to Dubai to ring in 2013 right. The city's magnificent New Year's Eve fireworks display illuminated the world's tallest building, the iconic Burj Khalifa skyscraper, stretching more than 2,716 feet into the city sky. Sparks flew from the base all the way to the ...
Win A Trip To Dubai From Friendly Planet
Tour operator Friendly Planet Travel is giving one lucky person, along with a guest, a once in a lifetime opportunity to experience the legendary luxury and grandeur of Dubai. The company has launched its Be Dazzled by Dubai sweepstakes on its Facebook page, and entering ...$1 Billion Dollar Taj Mahal Replica Planned For Dubai
Dubai is already known as a hub for glamorous hotels and over-the-top architecture, and it's not stopping now. With hopes to build the emirate's reputation as a wedding destination, a replica of India's beloved Taj Mahal is now being built.
Called the "Taj Arabia," ...Only In Dubai: World's First Hello Kitty Spa Opens
A hot pink spa with a Parisian theme in the middle of Dubai designed by someone in Japan – it sounds like a spot with an identity crisis, but for lovers of the cult favorite Hello Kitty brand, it's practically purr-fection.
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...Emirates comes to Seattle, launches nonstop Dubai service
Living in Seattle has its trade offs, travel-wise. You're closer to Alaska and Hawaii and Japan and places you'd never thought you'd visit, like the Yukon. But it takes an incredibly long time to get to the Caribbean, Europe or almost anywhere else, and there aren't as many ...The continuing rise of Gulf state carriers
The rise of Gulf state carriers continues to impress. These airlines, which have defined themselves in part as hub-and-spoke carriers linking Europe (and the eastern coast of North America) to Asia, have developed exciting route maps over the last several years with a ...10 St. Patrick's Day alternatives to Dublin, Ireland
While travelers often think of Dublin, Ireland, as the must-visit place for St. Patrick's Day, there are many other excellent destinations all over the world to celebrate the festivities. To help you decide where to spend March 17 this year, check out this list of ten ...Video of the day: Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque projections
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque Projections from Obscura Digital on Vimeo.
Ready to see a beautiful video that will brighten your afternoon? Then check out this gorgeous video featuring the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi, the capital city of the United Arab ...
The malls of Dubai: Skiing, scuba diving, and shopping
Every country has its own culture of shopping. Italy has the pedigree, with worn estate leather goods from Tuscany and glittering catwalks fueling Milan's couture. America boasts 5th Avenue, the biggest week in fashion, and the cookie-cutter malls of middle-America. ...New world's tallest building planned for Saudi Arabia
Less than two years after the Burj Khalifa opened in Dubai, Saudi Arabia's Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has announced a new world's tallest building to be built on the Red Sea resort town of Jeddah. The Saudi building is planned to be 172 meters (564 feet) taller than the Burj ...An Island of luxury in a sea of desert: Al Maha Desert Resort in Dubai
Every city needs a quick getaway spot, even global centers for tourism. Parisians head for the lakes and beaches of southern France, Hong Kongers ferry to Macau for quick gambling fixes, Bostonians head for the cape to be seen and sun, and the people of Dubai escape the ...Exploring the world's tallest structure - the Burj Khalifa
The tallest building in the world does not appear made for this earth. By day it looks photoshopped into its downtown Dubai surroundings, and by night, the hulking spire looks like a rocket bound for the furthest reaches of our galaxy. And like a giant middle finger to its ...Seven courses at the highest restaurant in the world - At.mosphere in Dubai
Dubai is a city of realized hyperbole. It has the tallest building in the world, man-made islands shaped like the world's continents, and a restaurant high high above the towering skyscrapers below. At.mosphere, a restaurant in Dubai's towering Burj Khalifa, provides a ...
