Author: Emirates Insight
It’s officially the season for beach clubs in Dubai as the weather becomes the perfect time to dip, sunbathe, and lounge in the sunHere’s a guide to the hottest beach clubs in Dubai reopening this month and beyond so you can plan your sunny escapes.Swipe through the gallery 3 of 12 SeptemberSummersalt Beach ClubSummersalt at Jumeirah Al Naseem is a dreamy beach club and restaurant perfect for a sun-soaked daycation. Relax by the pool or on the sand while enjoying stunning views of the Burj Al Arab, and savour fresh Mediterranean dishes and cocktails throughout the day.Location: Summersalt, Jumeirah Al…
There are nights when I close my laptop in Dubai and feel the crushing weight of privilege. The Wi-Fi is stable. The light doesn’t cut out mid-sentence. My colleagues and I at Arabian Business file stories late into the night, but always with the certainty that we will wake to another morning. And yet, just a few hundred miles away, Palestinian journalists in Gaza wake not to deadlines but to sirens and smoke. I think of them constantly. I scroll through their names on casualty lists, see their faces in tribute posts. I wonder what it means for me –…
The Big Bad Wolf is heading to Ajman with its book sale, and it’s sure to draw in book lovers from across the UAE with books priced from Dhs2Howling good news! Book lovers in the UAE, particularly our friends in Ajman, this is for you. If you have a bookshelf packed with books, it’s time to add to the overflow, as the Big Bad Wolf Book Sale is coming to Ajman this September.If you haven’t heard of the Big Bad Wolf Book Sale, it’s a sale that features a million books starting for prices as low as Dhs2. You can…
When Katherine Ruiz launched People Haircare, she didn’t tiptoe into the market. She went straight into over 800 Coles stores nationally. No soft launch. No boutique trial. Just premium, high-performing haircare on the shelves of one of Australia’s biggest retailers – right from day one. “From day one, Coles was part of the vision,” she says. “If we wanted to make high-performing, affordable haircare truly accessible, we had to be where people already shop.” That idea – of accessibility without compromise – sits at the core of the People Haircare mission: “To make premium, high-performing, and ethically made haircare accessible…
Strategy, previously known as MicroStrategy, has expanded its already massive Bitcoin holdings. According to a recent SEC filing, the company acquired an additional 4,048 bitcoins for $449 million. That takes its total to 636,505 BTC, each bought at an average price of $73,765. At today’s prices, that pile is now worth more than $69 billion. It also means Strategy controls a little over three percent of the entire Bitcoin supply. STRC Dividend Climbs to 10 Percent Alongside the Bitcoin update, Strategy also increased the dividend for its STRC preferred stock. The annual rate now sits at 10 percent. STRC is…
Using the UAE gratuity calculator will help you find out exactly how much you are entitled to when leaving your jobWhether you are thinking about changing jobs or just want to be prepared, knowing how it works means there are no surprises later, and the UAE gratuity calculator can help you work it out in minutes.What is gratuity payGratuity is money that your employer must pay you when you leave your job, as long as you have completed at least one year of service and meet the conditions set out under UAE Labour Law. It is a way of rewarding…
NCM says expect a gradual dip in temperatures and more comfortable evenings later this month, with autumn officially starting on September 23September in the UAE marks the tail end of summer, and the National Center of Meteorology (NCM) is calling it: nights will start to feel cooler as the month progresses. Autumn officially begins on September 23, when the sun crosses the equator, ushering in a slow but welcome step-down from peak summer heat.What the weather pattern looks like this monthAs we move through September, the influence of the seasonal Indian monsoon low weakens, though the UAE can still feel…
A surge of international investors is bolstering Dubai’s real estate market, with apartments driving sales and rentals in August despite the seasonal slowdown, according to real estate agency Allsopp & Allsopp. The brokerage said demand from buyers in South Korea, South Africa, Australia and Canada helped push apartment sales value up 26 per cent year on year, while it recorded a stronger 31 per cent gain in its own transactions. Apartments accounted for 89 per cent of real estate deals by volume and 71 per cent by value, overtaking villas and townhouses. Figures from the Dubai Land Department (DLD) showed…
The stablecoin market has hit an all-time high of $284 billion. New legislation in the United States supports this increase, and the USDe at Ethena is becoming one of the primary beneficiaries of this trend. As per Dune Analytics data, the dollar-pegged stablecoin, USDe, issued by Ethena, grew significantly during the past month. Its supplies increased by +42% to an all-time high of $12.43Bn. Meanwhile, the protocol revenue grew in August to reach $61M. That was the month that Ethena had the highest this year. The recent growth has also increased the interest in the long-debated fee switch of Ethena.…
What’s new in the UAE for September? Quite a bit actually…If you’re just coming back to the UAE after the summer, you might want to know what’s new in the country, what updates there are and basically what you missed. It’s all here.A new Dubai Metro route has been added to the Red LineDubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has introduced a new Red Line route on the Dubai Metro, aiming to improve travel convenience for passengers.On their official social media channel, RTA shared ‘Metro routes rerouted during peak hours between Centrepoint and Al Fardan Exchange Station’. Read the info…