Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Dubai Mall (originally known as The Dubai Mall, until 2023) (Arabic: دبي مول "Dubai Mall") is the largest shopping mall in Dubai.It is the second largest mall in the world by total land area after the Iran Mall, and the 26th-largest shopping mall in the world by gross leasable area, with a total retail floor area of 350,000 m 2 (3,800,000 sq ft).
The name of the fountain was chosen after a contest organized by the developer Emaar Properties, the result of which was announced on 26 October 2008. [3] Testing of the fountain began in February 2009, [4] and the fountain was officially inaugurated on 8 May 2009 along with the official opening ceremony of the Dubai Mall.
When it opened in 1999, the all-suite Burj Al Arab set the bar for luxury hotels in Dubai – and still offers an experience that (whisper it) not even its ritziest rivals can emulate.
Downtown Dubai or The Dubai Downtown [2] is a large-scale, mixed-use complex in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It was developed by the Emaar real estate development company. Before 2000, this area was called Umm Al Tarif [3] It is home to some of the city's most notable landmarks, including Burj Khalifa, Dubai Mall, [4] and The Dubai Fountain.
The Michelin Guide for Emirati city of Dubai originally launched in 2022, funded in partnership with Dubai's tourism arm, Visit Dubai. [1]As of the 2024 guide, there are 19 restaurants in Dubai with a Michelin-star rating, a rating system used by the Michelin Guide to grade restaurants based on their quality.
The Dubai Fountain is the world's largest choreographed fountain system set on the 30-acre manmade Burj Khalifa Lake, at the center of the Downtown Dubai development in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It was designed by WET Design , the California -based company responsible for the fountains at the Bellagio Hotel Lake in Las Vegas .
Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!
Dubai has a free trade in gold and, until the 1990s, was the hub of a "brisk smuggling trade" [59] of gold ingots to India, where gold import was restricted. Dubai's Jebel Ali port, constructed in the 1970s, has the largest human-made harbour in the world and was ranked seventh globally for the volume of container traffic it supports. [164]