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Three Dubai hotels to join JW Marriott and Autograph brands – Business Traveller

29Dec

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Three Dubai hotels to join JW Marriott and Autograph brands – Business Traveller

Abu Dhabi National Hotels (ADNH) has announced plans to reflag three of its Dubai properties under Marriott’s JW and Autograph Collection brands. From 1 January, 2024 The Address Dubai Marina will be known as the JW Marriott Hotel Marina, while the Vida Downtown Dubai Hotel will become Hotel Boulevard, Autograph Collection, and Manzil Downtown Dubai Hotel will be rebranded as The Heritage Hotel, Autograph Collection. ADNH said that as part of the rebranding process “each property will undergo carefully planned enhancements to deliver tailored and world-class experiences”. The group owns other significant properties in the region through its hotel division, including The Ritz-Carlton Abu Dhabi Grand Canal, Park Hyatt Abu Dhabi Hotel and Villas, Sheraton Abu Dhabi Hotel and Resort, Le Meri...

Virgin to increase flights to Dubai, the Maldives and Barbados for winter 2024 – Business Traveller

23Dec

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Virgin to increase flights to Dubai, the Maldives and Barbados for winter 2024 – Business Traveller

Virgin Atlantic has announced plans to boost its routes to Dubai, the Maldives and Barbados next winter. The carrier launched thrice weekly flights from Heathrow to the Maldives in October, and said it would increase this service to daily for the winter 2024-2025 season. Meanwhile Virgin’s route between Heathrow and Dubai – which resumed in October after a four-year hiatus – will also increase to daily next winter. Finally the carrier’s flights to Barbados – which first launched in 2017 – will operate twice daily from Heathrow throughout winter 2024, in addition to a four-times-weekly service from Manchester. The new frequencies were set to go on sale today (Saturday 23 December, 2023), with daily flights between London and Dubai operating from 26 October, 2024, Heathrow-Barbados operati...

14Dec

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Entertainment

What Did COP28 Really Accomplish?

Three decades after agreeing to avoid “dangerous” warming, the nations of the world today acknowledged that this would involve “transitioning away from fossil fuels.” This can be found on page 5 of the final document that emerged from the latest round of climate negotiations—COP28—which just ended, in Dubai. Depending on how you look at things, the statement represents either a genuine breakthrough that will allow the globe to avert catastrophe or a point so obvious that what it really reveals is how far offtrack things have veered.First up, possibility No. 1: This year, greenhouse-gas emissions from fossil-fuel use are expected to total 36.8 billion metric tons. Emissions from changes in land use, mostly from chopping down forests, are expected to add another four billion tons. Meanwhile...

British Airways returns to Stansted and unveils Avios-Only Dubai flights – Business Traveller

12Dec

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British Airways returns to Stansted and unveils Avios-Only Dubai flights – Business Traveller

Dubai announced as Avios-Only flight destination In long-haul news, the airline has announced that Dubai will be the next destination for its Avios-Only flight initiative, where every seat onboard is available to purchase using Avios. Normally BA guarantees a minimum of 12 and 14 reward seats on short- and long-haul flights respectively. The BA105 route from London Heathrow to Dubai will offer 214 reward seats across three cabins on 26 October, 2024. BA108 will return a week later on 2 November, 2024 with 256 reward seats available across four cabins. These are available to book from £100 + 60,000 Avios. The carrier first launched the Avios-only service in April this year, initially with routes from Gatwick to Sharm El Sheikh and Heathrow to Geneva, followed up by a second round of fligh...

3Dec

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Money

Where Will All This Money Come From?

Charles III meets with Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan President of the United Arab Emirates at a bilateral meeting at Expo City in Dubai, during the Cop28 summit on November 30, 2023 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The King is visiting Dubai to attend COP28 UAE, the United Nation's Climate Change Conference. (Photo by Andrew Matthews - Pool/Getty Images)Getty Images As the UN convenes its COP28 Conference in Dubai amid the conclusion of another year during which the global community used record amounts of coal, oil and natural gas, concerns are mounting about the future direction and prospects for success of the energy transition. Much of the concern centers on the rising cost of capital and whether the world can even afford the stunning price tag of the transition. Cost estimates range ...

COP28: Why the Climate Summit Matters and What’s at Stake

30Nov

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World

COP28: Why the Climate Summit Matters and What’s at Stake

Updated Nov. 30, 2023 12:10 am ETListen to article(2 minutes)More than 190 governments are gathering in Dubai starting Thursday for the United Nations’ annual two-week summit where nations attempt to forge a collective response to the problem of climate change.This year, four topics are expected to dominate the negotiations: a report on the worldwide implementation of the landmark Paris accord called the “global stocktake,” the future of fossil fuels, climate finance for poorer countries and the setting up of a fund to pay for climate damage.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8

29Nov

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‘Net Zero’ Fails the Cost-Benefit Test

Nov. 29, 2023 12:52 pm ETWorld leaders are gathering in Dubai for another climate conference, which will no doubt yield heady promises along the lines of the 2015 Paris climate agreement to keep the global temperature’s rise “well below” 2 degrees Celsius and pursue efforts to limit it to 1.5 degrees. But they’d be wiser not to. New research shows how extravagant climate promises are far more wasteful than useful.A new special issue of the journal Climate Change Economics contains two ground-breaking economic analyses of policies to hold global temperatures to 1.5 degrees and its practical political interpretation, mandates to reach net zero, usually by 2050. Though more than 130 countries, including most of the globe’s big emitters, have passed or are considering laws mandating net-zero ...

A showdown is brewing over money, oil and carbon

29Nov

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A showdown is brewing over money, oil and carbon

In this aerial view water vapour and exhaust rise from the steel mill of Salzgitter AG, one Europe's largest steel producers, on November 22, 2023 in Salzgitter, Germany.Sean Gallup | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesPolicymakers and business leaders from across the globe are set to arrive in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates for the world's biggest and most important annual climate conference.The COP28 summit, which starts on Thursday and is scheduled to run through to Dec. 12, will provide a critical forum for government officials, business leaders and campaign groups to accelerate action to tackle the climate crisis.The pressure to deliver is immense. Global temperatures and greenhouse gas emissions continue to break records, with no continent left untouched by more frequent and intense...

25hours debuts branded residences concept in Dubai – Business Traveller

19Nov

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25hours debuts branded residences concept in Dubai – Business Traveller

Ennismore’s 25hours Hotels brand has unveiled it all-new branded residences concept. It announced that the first project under the new concept will debut in Dubai. 25hours Heimat Dubai, located in Downtown Dubai, is being developed by East & West Properties and presented by D&B Properties. It will include branded residences across 73 floors, comprising studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments and duplex penthouses. The property will have a range of amenities including a hotel lobby with working spaces, a screening room, podcast studio, and launderette. The podium will have a family pool, a music room, a padel court, mini golf area, indoor and outdoor fitness facilities, communal BBQ areas, and outdoor kitchens. The 63rd floor will be an adult-only space with a sky lounge w...

Emirates Airline Orders 15 Airbus Jets for $6 Billion

16Nov

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Emirates Airline Orders 15 Airbus Jets for $6 Billion

Updated Nov. 16, 2023 6:24 am ETEmirates Airline placed an order worth $6 billion for 15 additional Airbus A350-900 jets, part of plans from the state-run airline to bolster its fleet of wide-body planes and serve a range of new markets on long-haul flights amid growing demand for international travel.The companies announced the order on Thursday at the Dubai Airshow, where Emirates earlier this week ordered 95 wide-body jets from Boeing for $52 billion. The companies didn’t disclose financial details, but buyers typically receive steep discounts in such orders.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8