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UAE’s Season Starts Tomorrow: Your Event Calendar to December

Editor — Fri, 23 Oct 2026 05:05:38 +0000

From tomorrow night to mid December, the UAE stages a UFC card, a DP World Tour championship, the Formula 1 season finale, GITEX Global and more than a dozen headline shows. Here is everything on the calendar, date by date. OCTOBER Saturday 24 October: UFC 333, Etihad Arena, Yas Island The UFC returns to Abu […]

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Dubai’s Economy Slows in H1 as Growth Shifts to Finance and Home Values Hold Steady

Editor — Wed, 21 Oct 2026 10:43:02 +0000

Dubai’s economy produced about AED473 billion in goods and services in the first half of 2026 after adjusting for inflation, according to the Dubai Data and Statistics Establishment at Digital Dubai. The figure sits 2.3% below the same period last year. Before the inflation adjustment, output grew slightly to about AED505 billion. Prices rose across […]

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Gear Up for Dubai Fitness Challenge: What Changes in the 10th Edition

Editor — Tue, 20 Oct 2026 07:53:00 +0000

Dubai Fitness Challenge opens its 10th edition on 31 October, and the biggest change for active residents sits on the city’s northern coast: Dubai T100, the triathlon weekend inside the programme, leaves Jumeirah 3 Beach and Meydan Racecourse for Al Mamzar. The challenge runs from 31 October to 29 November. Its premise holds from 2017. […]

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Where UAE Travellers Go Next, and Why

Editor — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 04:48:49 +0000

UAE searches for Van, a lake city in eastern Türkiye, rose 2,607% in a year, the steepest climb Skyscanner recorded from this market. Van sits on a new travel map. Residents here plan more trips, pick each place for one clear reason, and pay more for the seat to get there. A survey of 1,000 […]

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Dubai Draws Next-Generation Wealth as Global Capital Grows Selective

Editor — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:41:42 +0000

Dubai and Abu Dhabi both rank inside the global top 10 of the Savills Next Generation Wealth Hubs Index, published this week, as two international forums in Dubai described global capital as available but increasingly selective about where it goes. Between 13 and 15 October, the World Economic Forum and the UAE Government held the […]

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UAE Wealth Reaches US$3.6 Trillion as Middle Tier Gains

Editor — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 11:58:52 +0000

UAE Wealth Is Growing Fastest Among Households With US$1 Million to US$20 Million Households holding US$1 million to US$20 million will control 31.5% of UAE financial wealth by 2030, up from 29.3% in 2025, according to Boston Consulting Group’s Global Wealth Report 2026. No other segment gains as much share. Tomorrow, the RISE Summit opens […]

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Monthly Rent in Dubai: Flexibility Comes at a Cost

Editor — Sun, 11 Oct 2026 06:08:07 +0000

Monthly rent in Dubai lowers the entry cost of a home, but it moves risk onto whoever carries the payment schedule. Landlords collecting instalments directly take on more exposure to unpaid rent. Tenants paying through a financing provider take on fees and repayment pressure. Before you agree to monthly payments, understand what each arrangement leaves […]

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Dubai Shopping This Autumn: Skylight Mall, New Flagships and a Football First

Editor — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 08:33:44 +0000

Dubai shopping keeps changing, and this autumn brings a long list of arrivals. Some are entire malls. Others are flagships, refreshed stores or a single corner in a hotel tower. Taken together, they show you where the city’s retail scene is heading. Skylight Mall Brings a 360 Store Destination to Al Khail Road Start with […]

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Living in Abu Dhabi: How a Growing Capital Plans for Modern Life

Editor — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 12:04:33 +0000

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 […]

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Dubai Longevity Moves Into the Floor Plan

Editor — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 16:06:49 +0000

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 […]

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