Deborah O’Donoghue is a reporter at Travel Tomorrow. This British-Irish writer lived in the UK and France before moving to Belgium. She has travelled all over the world and worked in car body repairs, in the best fish ‘n’ chip shop in Brighton, and been a gopher in a comedy club, as well as a teacher. She’s a past winner of the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association Short Story Prize. Her début novel, Sea of Bones, was published by the UK's Legend Press in 2019 and Droemer Knaur Germany in 2021.
In a landmark decision, the United Arab Emirates has issued its first ever commercial gambling licence, for a casino development that hospitality executives have promised will […]
Emirates, the largest airline in the Middle Easter airline, has banned all pagers and walkie talkies from being taken aboard its aircraft, after an attack targeted […]
About to be stitched into Dubai’s skyline, another record-breaking skyscraper set to become the world’s second tallest building when complete, according to developers. Out of two […]
Seven years after the initial announcement of MGM Resorts’ Dubai project, the company has now unveiled the plans for the so-called Dubai Sphere, much reminiscent of […]
A record 44.9 million passengers passed through Dubai International Airport (DBX) in the first six months of the year, an 8% increase compared to the same […]
Dubai is set to gain the world’s “greenest” highway, if plans by city development firm URB go ahead. Aiming to turn the existing Sheikh Mohammad Bin […]
Footballer Cristiano Ronaldo and his girlfriend Georgina Rodríguez have purchased a €25 million piece of land in Dubai. The plot is located on Jumeirah Bay Island, […]
On Sunday 7 July, the plans for the Jebel Ali Beach were officially unveiled. The development project measures 6.6 kilometres in length and, once built, it […]
Emaar Properties, a United Arab Emirates real estate developer, has unveiled plans for the expansion of the Dubai Mall. The world’s second largest shopping mall, after […]
Dubai is set to plant 100 million mangrove trees in a coastal regeneration project at the cutting edge of sustainable urban development. The so-called “Dubai Mangroves” […]
Mercedes-Benz is marking its real estate debut with a luxury residential skyscraper in Dubai. With a location right next to the Burj Khalifa, the 341 metre […]
The world’s busiest international airport in Dubai will see its operations transferred to a new airport five times its size, within the next ten years, the […]
On 9 April, Spanish football club Real Madrid announced the inauguration of its first theme park, Real Madrid World, in the Unite Arab Emirates and with […]
Following the catastrophic rainstorms that closed Dubai International Airport last week, the President of Emirates Airline has issued an open letter to customers offering “our most […]