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Hot seat: Yousif Mubarak
We talk to the chief operating officer of Dubai Shopping Festival office, organiser of Dubai Summer Surprises, and ask how this year’s jamboree is going and what he’s got in store for us next time.
Read moreHot seat: Malcolm Thorpe
Is talk of Dubai bidding for the Olympics more than mere speculation? Time Out talks to Malcolm Thorpe, marketing director of sports business at Dubai Sports City, to find out.
Hot seat: Ramadan Abdullah Mohammed
Lack of public transport is a daily dilemma for a huge number of Dubai’s residents. So when is this Metro going to be complete? And will it make any difference? Time Out spoke to Ramadan Abdullah Mohammed, the RTA’s director of rail projects to find out.
Hot seat: Jean-Georges Vongerichten
Famous French chef talks exclusively to Daisy Carrington about his plans for a restaurant in Donald Trump’s future hotel on Palm Jumeirah.
Hot seat: Raymond Gaspar
When we heard about a Dubai entertainment venue that could change shape and amenities at the flick of a switch, our ears pricked up. So we asked Raymond Gaspar, the building’s manager, to give us the scoop.
Hot seat: Charlotte Rhodes
Charlotte Rhodes is a sales executive for Edwards and Towers, an estate agent that specialises in selling properties on The Palm.
Hot seat: Razan Khalifa Al Mubarak
Razan Khalifa Al Mubarak, managing director of the Emirates Wildlife Society – World Wide Fund for Nature, talks to Time Out about the future of the wildlife in Dubai and the threat to the UAE’s coral reefs.
Hot seat: Kate Adie
It’s official: Dubai is to have its very own world-class book event, in the shape of the Emirates Airline International Festival of Literature (EAIFL). Dozens of international writers have signed up for the inaugural event, which hopes to put our city on the cultural map once and for all. Mark Smith gets the lowdown from veteran war reporter, bestselling author and EAIFL ambassador Kate Adie.
Hot seat: Dr Sulaiman Al Fahim
Boss of Hydra Properties and number 16 in ArabianBusiness.com’s list of the world’s most influential Arabs, Dr Sulaiman Al Fahim is the star of The Hydra Executives, a new reality TV show based on Donald Trump’s The Apprentice. With the show soon to air in the UAE, he found time to fill Time Out in on the details.
Hot seat: Princess Bee
You’ll be hearing plenty about Princess Bee, the lawyer/charity worker/model/pop singer, in the near future. Born in Italy, she now spends three months a year in Dubai and has even written a song about the city, called, funnily enough, ‘Dubai’. But first she has a UNESCO-backed charity single ‘Angels’ to promote.
Hot seat: Snehal Deshpande
Dubai Municipality is launching a public awareness campaign to prevent heat related hazards this summer in co-operation with National Trading & Pharmaceutical Est. Jeremy Lawrence spoke to Snehal Deshpande, a pharmacist and manager of NTPE to find out what is being planned.
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