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			<title>Papering over the cracks</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[In researching this month's State of Play feature, which details the key issues threatening Dubai's position as the region's premier destination for international live entertainment events, your humble editor uncovered a deep sense of malcontent lurking beneath the seemingly sunny facade of the emirate's live events production industry.]]></description>
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			<title>Tourist numbers up 4% in Dubai in Q2 - DTCM</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Tourism authority's new figures show UK visitors account for largest number.]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai tourists up 5% in H1 - official</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Tourism chiefs say 3.85m visited the emirate in H1, beach hotels at 90% occupancy in August.]]></description>
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			<title>The riskiest business of all</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The media furore following Akon’s latest performance in Dubai belies the cultural sensitivities that must be considered by Western-style event promoters operating in the GCC region.]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai flexes muscles</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[DTCM and Emirates Airline bosses believe negative press reports can be overcome by an aggressive marketing offensive, says Gemma Greenwood.]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai hotels 'to emerge quicker' from global turmoil</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[DTCM chief says recent heavy investment will help spur recovery in tourism industry.]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai can achieve 15m tourist target by 2015 - expert</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[But tourism chiefs should switch marketing focus from Europeans to Indian, Arab visitors.]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai to host Mideast tourism summit</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Top-level talks designed to help tourism marketing chiefs to cope with global slowdown in industry.]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai shopping festival boosts hotel occupancy</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Occupancy levels increased by up to 10% in the first week of the shopping festival.]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai sees more Asian tourists as Arabs decline </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Growing numbers of visitors from affluent Asian countries flock to Dubai on holiday. ]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai occupancy rates fall 14% in Q3 of 2008</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Latest hotel data from tourism bosses reveal rate fell to 75%, down 8% on previous year.]]></description>
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			<title>Destination marketing survey: A call to action</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Travel industry professionals urged to take part in survey in the run up to METMS: 2009.]]></description>
			<category>Travel &amp; Hospitality | News</category>
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			<title>No business like shows business</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  The UAE is investing billions of dollars to cement its position in the global events business.]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai hotel vacancies 'higher than normal'</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Industry experts point the finger at rapid increase in new hotels opening in emirate.]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai hotel revenues up 22% in Q1</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Department of tourism claims figures show Dubai hotel guest growth is fastest in world. ]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai tourist numbers to hit 10mn by 2010</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ATM: Dubai tourism authority predicts hotel numbers to rise to 488 in two years.]]></description>
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			<title>Agents angry over DTCM booking system  </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Travel agents are concerned that the Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing's (DTCM's) new online travel reservation system will take business away from them.  ]]></description>
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			<title>A numbers game</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[This month, I was surprised to find out that Dubailand's visitor target was 15 million tourists by 2010, to coincide with the launch of Phase 1 of the development on December 10, 2010.  ]]></description>
			<category>Travel &amp; Hospitality | Comment</category>
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			<title>New Dubai hotel classification focuses on leisure</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Dubai's hotel classification system is set to undergo an overhaul in 2008, with several new leisure-based categories to be introduced.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai’s cruise tourism booms</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Number of cruise tourists to visit the emirate set to almost double in 2008  ]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai hotel revenues soar</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Dubai Hotel revenues up by 15.7% percent.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Emiratisation increases presences in Dubai hotels</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Latest figures from Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing show more than 700 nationals working in emirate’s hotels.]]></description>
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			<title>UAE reaffirms status as regional tourism hub </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Tourism and investment guidebook and online portal Eye of Dubai has announced it will be working in conjunction with the Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) to further boost the USE's tourism sector.]]></description>
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			<title>TDIM special seminars to feature global attractions industry experts</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Representatives of international tourism destinations and global attractions industry specialists will lead a special seminar programme at the inaugural edition of the Tourism Development Projects and Investment Market (TDIM 08) exhibition in Dubai.]]></description>
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			<title>Time for Bed</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Today's guestrooms embrace experimentation and promote eccentricity. By Charlotte Butterfield.]]></description>
			<category>Construction &amp; Industry | Features</category>
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			<title>Dubai to receive cruise passenger boost this winter</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[More than 200,000 cruise tourists expected to hit Dubai's shores this cruise season.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai hotel revenues top AED 8.7 billion</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Official figures show 7% increase in guests at Dubai hotels for first nine months of 2007.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Boost for Emiratisation</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) held the eighth graduation ceremony for the Maharat job-linked training programme this month, with 49 UAE nationals graduating from the nine week course.]]></description>
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			<title>Mobile phone virus warning a hoax</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Windows discovers that an e-mail currently circulating in the UAE on a new mobile phone virus is a hoax.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Beyond Dubai’s perfect storm, will rates still be great in 2008?</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hoteliers and industry analysts are still unsure whether the predicted surge in Dubai's room supply next year will have a big impact on the city's high rates.]]></description>
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