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A Dubai Adventure A DUBAI ADVENTURE OS77_000 Cover.indd 1 6/20/17 2:44 PM indonesia tourism (LHP).pdf 1 6/15/17 2:55 PM C M Y CM MY CY CMY K indonesia tourism (RHP).pdf 1 6/15/17 2:57 PM C M Y CM MY CY CMY K emirates_260_390_14haziran2017.indd 2 14/06/2017 16:29 emirates_260_390_14haziran2017.indd 3 14/06/2017 16:29 Get double the data and the minutes with Umrah pack Enjoy 2GB data and 400 minutes to make and receive calls Be closer to family and friends during Umrah and enjoy 400 incoming and outgoing minutes and 2GB data for just AED 250. The Umrah pack is valid for 2 weeks from the subscription date and can be used over all networks in KSA. To subscribe: SMS OMRA to 1010 or dial *177# *Limited time offer Experience more convenience 8002300 etisalat.ae/roaming T&C apply EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Obaid Humaid Al Tayer MANAGING PARTNER & GROUP EDITOR Ian Fairservice EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Gina Johnson [email protected] GROUP EDITOR Mark Evans [email protected] SENIOR EDITOR Andrew Nagy [email protected] DIGITAL / PRINT DESIGNER Roui Francisco [email protected] DIGITAL ANIMATOR Surajit Dutta [email protected] VIDEO EDITOR Donnie Miguel [email protected] SUB EDITOR Salil Kumar [email protected] EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Londresa Flores [email protected] CONTRIBUTORS Christopher Beanland, Emma Coiler, Sarah Freeman, Marina Kay Cover: Jade Wills CHIEF COMMERCIAL OFFICER GENERAL Anthony Milne [email protected] MANAGER PRODUCTION S Sunil Kumar GROUP SALES MANAGER SENIOR SALES MANAGER SENIOR SALES MANAGER Michael Underdown Shruti Srivastava Michelle Quinn PRODUCTION [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] MANAGER R Murali Krishnan EDITORIAL CONSULTANTS FOR EMIRATES EDITOR Manna Talib ARABIC EDITOR Hatem Omar DEPUTY EDITOR Catherine Freeman WEBSITE emirates.com INTERNATIONAL MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND Okeeffe Media; Tel + 61 894 472 734, [email protected] BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG M.P.S. 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Any opinion expressed is the honest belief of the author based on all available facts. Comments and facts should not be relied upon by the reader in taking commercial, legal, financial or other decisions. Articles are by their nature general and specialist advice should always be consulted before any actions are taken. 134,109 copies Media One Tower, Dubai Media City PO Box 2331, Dubai, UAE July – December 2016 Telephone: (+971 4) 427 3000 Fax: (+971 4) 428 2261 Email: [email protected] Printed by Emirates Printing Press, Dubai, UAE | 13 | OS77_012-013 Flannel & Editor's Letter.indd 12 6/21/17 11:23 AM EDITor’s lE TTE R ANDREW NAGY ON THE COVER SENIOR EDITOR verybody should have a theme and the only roller coaster was a park story. A gripping tale that subterranean ride called The Rat. It had Einvolves riding a roller coaster or been built underground because the eating way too much food or, ideally, owner’s wife didn’t want it to ruin the doing both at the same time. countryside. None of that mattered to Your first visit is pure rite of passage an 11-year-old me. It was amazing. stuff, like buying your first car, or a first Fast-forward 30 years and a trip to holiday without your parents. Okay, Universal Studios in LA brought that so perhaps not quite as grand, but the feeling rushing back – whether on the memory stays with you for life – much spectacular rides or having a photo taken like the car sticker we were given on with Goofy. Although, on reflection, I’m arrival proved to be (we had to scrape it not 100 per cent sure that he actually in the end). worked there, my levels of excitement A DUBAI ADVENTURE It wasn’t tough persuading photographer HARD WORK, DEDICATION AND BILLIONS Jade Wills to play with Lego for our OF DOLLARS HAS GONE INTO THE STELLAR cover. We think that its low-shot perspective recreates a childlike RESORT RISING OUT OF THE DESERT excitment that everyone will feel walking through those gates. Lightwater Valley had first opened were undiminished. That’s why I’ve been in 1969 as a fruit-picking farm in the so intrigued by the theme park rising out UK. But as local farming struggled, the of the Dubai desert. owners decided to build rides and It wasn’t tough to persuade our writer attractions that could make up for their to go and spend a day at Dubai Parks lost earnings. Fifteen years later, I showed and Resorts, but what he found there up, a Spider-Man T-shirt and a dream. surprised even him. Billions of dollars At this point the country – at least and years of dedication and hard work the part of it that made theme parks – have created what he describes as a: was aiming to emulate the success of “theme park lover’s dream”. While it may Disneyland in the US. ‘We can do that’ have initially taken a little longer than they thought, and so they did, albeit to expected to come to fruition, it’s now varying degrees of success. geared up for stellar success and ready The reality of my day out was fairly to create a few memories in the process. pedestrian – the terrifyingly sounding Hell Slide was about six foot high Enjoy the issue NOW AVAILABLE ON YOUR IPAD facebook.com/ twitter.com/ instagram.com/ LOOK OUT FOR THIS ICON ON EACH openskiesmag openskiesmag openskiesmag STORY IN OPEN SKIES FOR AN INSIGHT INTO THE WORLD OF EMIRATES | 13 | OS77_012-013 Flannel & Editor's Letter.indd 13 6/21/17 11:24 AM Open Skies English FPC.pdf 1 6/8/17 1:16 PM CONTENTS FRONT 18 20 24 32 Experience Stay Neighbourhood Lunch With MAIN 38 46 57 A Dubai The Swim Adventure Bus Club BRIEFING 66 70 72 74 76 Emirates News Inside Emirates Destination Comfort Customs & Visa Information 80 82 88 90 UAE Smart Gate Route Map Emirates Fleet The Guide | 15 | OS77_015 Contents.indd 15 6/21/17 11:11 AM Exuding European grandeur and urban glamour, discover a space that mirrors your sense of style while fulfilling your deepest desire. 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In the 19th century scandal known a few years later on November 20, This month’s Tour features ten new as the Dreyfus Affair, French soldier 1902. The last man to speak was stages and the first time in 25 years that Albert Dreyfus had been accused of 26-year-old Geo Lefevre – the most the five mountain ranges of France – the selling secrets to the Germans. At the junior in the room. Lefevre suggested Vosges, the Jura, the Pyrenees, the Massif time, France’s largest sports paper, Le a six-day road race around France to Central and the Alps – will all play a part. Vélo – which also dabbled in politics – boost sales. If the plan worked, it could In terms of who can win it, last year’s championed his innocence, something well put their rivals out of business. winner Chris Froome is as good a bet as at odds with the opinions of advertisers L’Auto officially announced the Tour de any, but BMC Racing Team’s Richie Porte such as carmaker Comte de Dion and France just two months later. is the man who those in the know are industrialists Adolphe Clément and Despite the first year of the Tour tipping. But don’t let that influence you Edouard Michelin. The three men promptly almost being its last – cheating was rife too much. As history proves, in this race ETTY G : went out and formed their own rival and rival fans often beat up the riders – it nothing is ever a sure thing.
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