Dubai Travel Guide

The world’s tallest hotel, the Rose Rayhaan by Rotana, is scheduled to open in Dubai by mid-December, UAE daily Emirates Business reported on Monday.

Rotana said it expects occupancy levels at the 481-room hotel on Sheikh Zayed Road of no less than 80 percent, the newspaper reported.

The hotelier’s expectations are a far cry from current hotel occupancy levels in the UAE, which have been hit by the global recession as fewer tourists visiting to the Gulf tourism hub.
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Dubai is set to commission the world’s largest single cut and bend facility for steel rebars costing Dhs350m at Techno Park in Jebel Ali this month, Khaleej Times has reported. The 1.2 million square feet plant, a development by G2 International, a member of Geap International Group, has been under construction since January 2008 and will produce a monthly 60,000 metric tons of rebars cut and bend of international standard.

Dubai was selected to host the 2013 swimming world championships on Saturday. The United Arab Emirates city beat Moscow and Hamburg, Germany.

The announcement was made by FINA president Mustapha Larfaoui on the second day of the current worlds in Rome. Larfaoui said it was still to be determined which period of the year the Dubai championships will be held. They are expected to be held indoors.

Shanghai will host the next worlds in 2011.