Expo City Dubai’s newly announced Al Wasl Season will open on 31 October with the Harvest Festival – Fall Edition, a two-day celebration running until 1 November. Centred around the theme ‘One Destination, Every Celebration’, the festival will transform the iconic dome into a rustic autumn wonderland with a spooky edge, making it one of Dubai’s most exciting Halloween attractions. From 16:00 to 22:00 on Friday and Saturday, families can enjoy an array of non-stop activities including the Spider Hunt, Ghost Scooter Race, Haunted Bouncy Castle, Pumpkin Sack Race, the Great Mummy Challenge, and even a vampire-led dance lesson featuring…
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Palette Hotels, a nationwide full-service hotel management company, has announced the expansion of its executive leadership team with the appointment of Sarah Miller as senior director of corporate finance. Drawing on her background in auditing and multinational corporations, Miller will help bolster owner confidence with accurate financial reporting, advanced capital management and innovative accounting practices designed to support long-term property performance. “As Palette continues to grow its portfolio, we are expanding and investing in our accounting capabilities,” said Richard Lou, CEO, Palette. “As an owner myself, I know accounting can be a major pain point and an area where I…
The Cultural Assets Group has announced the launch of a private, closed-end investment fund focused on Saudi Arabia’s cultural sectors, with a total value of SAR 850 million. The fund includes SAR 200 million in financing from the Cultural Development Fund (CDF). The announcement was made during the Cultural Investment Conference 2025, held in Riyadh on 29 and 30 September. The fund will invest in a wide range of fields including visual arts, fashion and cultural retail, digital content experience design, interactive media and production, as well as emerging technologies. Its aim is to support the sustainable development of the…
ACCA survey on global trade reveals ongoing business confidence in prospects for international commerce Despite the significant impact of US President Trump’s tariffs on trade flows, business leaders remain broadly optimistic about their companies’ global trade outlook. During one of the most turbulent periods for global trade in decades, business leaders and finance professionals were surveyed and interviewed for a major report, The outlook for global trade: perspectives from business leaders, by the leading global accountancy body ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants). While 85% of respondents expressed concern about the effects of tariffs on their organisations, the findings…
As the first high-end travel destination in the Arctic with a negative carbon footprint, Octola quietly sets new standards for conscious travel at the highest level Science has shown that spending a week in the clean Finnish air can add hours to the average lifespan Octola II also set to open December 2025, with new health and wellness programme ‘Octola Respiro’ Octola Private Wilderness, one of the world’s most exclusive ultra-luxury retreats located in the Arctic Circle in Finnish Lapland, has become the first destination globally to monitor ultrafine air particles using research-grade technology. Installed across its private estate, the…
SOBO, Dubai’s most-loved South Asian music experience, is set to host its vibrant festival on 5 October 2025 at IRIS Dubai, Meydan. The event will feature acclaimed music artist Ritviz, renowned for his global hits Udd Gaye and Liggi, performing alongside SOBO’s resident DJs Nitesh, Gautam and Harry for an afternoon of non-stop music and entertainment. Since its inception, SOBO has grown into one of Dubai’s most sought-after South Asian experiences, evolving from a weekly brunch into a cultural movement celebrating community, music and heritage. Marking its third anniversary, SOBO will bring together the highlights of its journey in a…
DUO Gastrobar at Dubai Creek Harbour has released the Harvest & Harmony menu. The menu supports wellness goals through seasonal ingredients and lighter dishes. This menu appears only at the Creek Harbour site. It builds on fresh produce, simple cooking and balanced taste while keeping DUO’s core principles: no gluten, no sugar, less lactose and refined gastronomy. Harvest & Harmony makes healthy eating straightforward. Chef Dmitry Blinov, Owner and Brand Chef of DUO Gastrobar, said: “The start of the year is the perfect moment to reconnect with healthier habits, and our menu is designed to make that journey simple and…
The presentation suite at Atlantis The Royal filled steadily Tuesday evening as property investors and prospective buyers arrived to hear about a development that wasn’t coming to Dubai Marina, Downtown, or any of the city’s established luxury corridors. Instead, ADE Properties had chosen Majan—a neighbourhood adjacent to the aspirational Al Barari enclave—for its latest residential play. The project, Barari Gate, represents a calculated bet on Dubai’s emerging districts. While competitors pile into saturated prime locations, ADE is positioning itself in areas where infrastructure investment and accessibility are converging with relatively affordable entry points. It’s a strategy that hinges on timing.…
The conference room where Oliver Stauber signed his new contract sits in Vienna’s first district, a few blocks from where he ran KuCoin’s European operations until recently. Now he’s switching sides. Bitget, which bills itself as the world’s largest Universal Exchange, announced Tuesday it had appointed Stauber as CEO of its European division—and confirmed Vienna as the site for its coming EU headquarters. The timing isn’t coincidental. Across the European Union, crypto platforms face a reckoning. The Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation—MiCAR to those who’ve spent months parsing its requirements—is reshaping how digital asset services can operate across the bloc’s 27…
Ninety-eight per cent of ultra-luxury villa buyers in Dubai won’t purchase a property they can’t walk through first. That single statistic, buried in a new market analysis, reveals more about the psychology of extreme wealth than a dozen investor surveys. The completed-property preference isn’t a quirk. It’s a philosophy. A study released this week by fäm Luxe, the luxury division of fäm Properties, tracked the resale market for villas above AED 40 million throughout 2025. The findings paint a portrait of a buyer class that operates by entirely different rules. Across 169 transactions worth AED 11.57 billion, just 15.7 per…