Dubai Festival City

Digital Studio talks to the team behind the UAE's first sci-fi film.

Reflets par Pierre Gagnaire at the InterContinental Dubai Festival City uses unique interior design ideas to reflect its French-influenced menu concept.

Aussie pop star will play Nov 21 gig at Festival City a day after Atlantis event, tickets go on sale on Sept 24.

In a frantically paced, multicultural hotel catering environment a reliable means of communication is essential. Hotelier Middle East discovers how F&B teams can use technology to avoid mistakes.

Caterer Middle East finds out how JW Marriott's catering division fed the 15,000 at Santana's Live Your Light concert held in Dubai Festival City last month.

With the Middle East's furniture industry booming, Lucy Taylor considers how hotels can keep up with the times without going over the top, and why demanding clients are a bonus.

With the days of staff in simplistic monotone ‘one-size-fits-all' uniforms a distant memory, uniform suppliers must ensure they consider design as well as practicality if they want to impress clients.

A five-month delay and numerous challenges didn't stop Depa successfully fit-out Al Futtaim's new management offices in Festival Tower.

Cold Stone Creamery President Lee Knowlton explains his step-by-step guide to making Cold Stone the biggest ice cream brand on the planet.

Spread out along on the banks of Dubai Creek, the new events centre at the InterContinental Dubai Festival City is the first waterfront conference venue in Dubai.

Abu Dhabi's desire to become the Middle East's main attraction was clearly illustrated with the announcement of a number of high-profile developments earlier this year.

Festival Centre - the waterfront retail resort at the heart of Dubai Festival City - is set to host the ESPN X Games Dubai next month.

When it comes to traditional Lebanese food, the restaurant rarely misses a trick.

Despite the obstacle of the floating bridge across Dubai Creek, the first couple of yachts have started to arrive in Dubai Festival City Marina as IGY begins soft-trading to alleviate the angst of boat owners without a berth for their dreamboats.

Dubai's new Salik road toll system has yielded positive benefits for Dubai Festival City (DFC).

Gatserelia Design has created a contemporary twist on an oceanic theme for the DFC Al Sultan Brahim.

Changes to infrastructure help Dubai Festival City boost visitor numbers.

As Dubai's decision to ban smoking gets underway, leisure managers are thinking fast about taking non-smoking steps.

For over a century Alfred Dunhill has been at the cutting edge of men's luxury accessories. The founder's great-grandson lets Edward Poultney in on the secret of how targeting the young-at-heart has kept the brand fresh through the years.

The rural roots of the fashion brand Patrizia Pepe is reflected in its latest store opening in Dubai Festival City.

Star chef warns that the rise in new restaurant openings could prevent future access to fresh ingredients.

Building traditional Arabic architecture on a man-made hill of sand requires careful planning.

Lebanon-based Casper & Gambini's has opened its first restaurant at Dubai Festival City.

Dubai's shopping mall managers have stepped up security measures after a gang of thieves stole diamonds worth up to AED 50 million (US $13.6 million) from a Wafi City jewellers last month.

Al Futtaim Carillion has won a US $46 million (AED170 million) contract to build the first phase of 650 villas at Dubai Festival City's Al Badia Hillside Village.

While buildings under construction run off power generators, completed projects are expected to be hooked up to the grid. Monika Grzesik reports on what happens when there is a time lag between completion and connection and what can be done about it.

Kuwait-based Kharafi National has cut drafting time, increased productivity and produced clear construction drawings with its Autodesk building systems design and documentation software.

British retail chain Marks & Spencer opens international flagship store in Dubai.

Sourcing reliable suppliers and finding the right staff are key problems for hotels coming online.

Retail space in the GCC could treble to 15 million sq m by 2016, driven mainly by tourism and population growth, according to IIR Middle East, the organiser of Retail International, a leading retail exhibition and conference in Dubai.

British retail favourite Marks & Spencer has opened a 64,000 square foot store in the emirate.

Kuwait-based construction company, Kharafi National, has boosted the return on investment for its MEP contract at Dubai Festival City after using AutoDesk's Building System Software

As the number of hotels attaching themselves to shopping malls increases, Karien Jonckheere looks at the Middle East’s vast array of mixed-use developments and the advantages they offer

Some of Dubai’s major hoteliers have called for greater transparency in the industry in order to better coordinate marketing strategies and to ensure they retain repeat business when new inventory floods the market

How easy is it for new players to enter the Middle East’s MEP sector? As Australian contractor Hastie International begins work on its first contract in Dubai, chief executive officer Michael Boufarhat talks to Alison Luke about the challenges it has faced and its long-term plans for operating in the region.

Flanking Dubai Creek across an area of 6.4 million m2, Dubai Festival City is one of the biggest design-build contracts in the emirate. In her latest visit to the site, Zoe Naylor reports on the logistical challenges of building a project of this size so close to water.

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