The Dubai Expat Diaries

Barasti at Le Méridien Mina Seyahi Beach Resort & Marina is back on tour once again, with the first set of Barasti on Tour winners returning slightly hoarse from a three-day rugby spectacle after attending the Wales Vs France Six Nations match in Cardiff on March 15.

Charl and Eugene Roberts, Robin Ali, Nigel Smith, Stuart [...]

Hotel eMarketing and Internet ‘e’volution – Creating an Online Culture at Hotels: Are you a hotel eMarketer looking for ways to better communicate, educate and develop the role at your property/ies? This article explores some of the issues surrounding these efforts, complemented by a dose of perspective and a generous helping of best practices, all [...]

While rumors were flying thick and fast, the official take on the ”worst car crash / pile-up in the history of the UAE” was that 3-4 people were killed and more than 350 injured in a devastating 60 vehicle pile-up (caused by fog and reckless driving, it is presumed) on the Abu Dhabi-Dubai highway near Ghantoot on Tuesday (11th March 2008). The [...]

WATER BUSES READY FOR TOMORROWS OPENING OF DUBAI INTERNATIONAL BOAT SHOW 2008: Larger Parking Facility and Water-Based Transportation Available for Thousands Expected to Visit Region’s Most Impressive Line Up of Boats, Marine Supplies and Services. Dubai International Boat Show (DIBS) 2008 has adopted an on-water traffic solution for the thousands of visitors expected at the event opening [...]

Here are a couple of interesting and entertaining videos from the Mina Seyahi complex in Dubai (home to the popular Barasti Bar and the upcoming flagship Westin Dubai Mina Seyahi hotel). The first is of a recent show-around of the Westin hotel to 120 members of the American Women’s Association in Dubai (appropriately termed Hard [...]

The Westin welcomes groups ‘all aboard!’
Hotel to offer unique meetings and incentives options at sea: The Westin Dubai Mina Seyahi Beach Resort and Marina, scheduled to open May 2008, is set to offer the ultimate in team building activities with the recent acquisition of a stunning, Archambault 35 racing yacht.

The flagship Westin property will offer [...]

2008 Maktoum Sailing Trophy hailed a success: New-format thrills spectators and competitors. The 2008 Maktoum Sailing Trophy, sponsored by Emirates Airline, has taken sailing to new heights in the UAE after a week of top class international action off the coast of Dubai. The five-day event attracted some of the world’s leading yachtsmen who competed [...]

Dubai: Finally the bitter-sweet relationship between the Union Internationale Motonautique (UIM), World Governing Body for Watersports and the World Professional Powerboating Association (WPPA) has been cemented by an agreement between them that was announced yesterday by WPPA President and founder, Saeed Hareb in the presence of the newly elected President of the UIM, Raffaele Chiulli [...]