Aldar seeks main contractor for Yas water park
Aldar Properties PJSC has already started the prequalification process for its planned water park on Yas Island, its major leisure and entertainment destination.
Mixed fortunes in the Middle East
The change in year-on-year revPAR in Abu Dhabi is on a slide, influenced by the additional 4400 new hotel rooms that opened there last year. The surge of openings came towards the end of 2009 with more than 3900 rooms, mainly on Yas Island, opening in the fourth quarter of 2009 alone.
I’ve just been beamed up to the Yas Hotel
The insane Yas Hotel in Abu Dhabi is a bit like the Starship Enterprise might be — if the spaceship had been built in the desert next to a Formula One circuit. Guests at the five-star hotel, which is hosting the inaugural Abu Dhabi Media Summit this week, can gaze down over a private marina, where glinting yachts form the perfect vantage-point for watching Lewis Hamilton & Co fly past in their McLarens.
Ferrari World Abu Dhabi – Web Exclusive
Ferrari World Abu Dhabi, which is set to open in this year, will be the world’s first Ferrari theme park and largest attraction of its kind. The Park will pay tribute to the passion, performance and technical innovation Ferrari has established. The sleek red roof of the structure is directly inspired by the classic double-curve side profile of the Ferrari GT body. It spans 200,000m2 and carries the largest Ferrari logo ever created.
Grand Prix Insights Abu Dhabi F1 Abu Dhabi Circuit Preview F
Grand Prix Insights Abu Dhabi F1 Abu Dhabi Circuit Preview Formula 1 MotorSports Welcome to the 2009 grand finale in Abu Dhabi, at Formula 1s newest and arguably most spectacular circuit. The experts have been heaping advance praise on the exclusive layout of the Yas Marina Circuit around the city harbour.
Aldar brings Abu Dhabi’s Yas Island to ITB Berlin
Yas Island, surrounded by the azure waters of the Arabian Gulf, is the venue for the Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, which takes place this year on 12-14 November. Ahead of the inaugural race last November, Aldar was responsible for the delivery of the Yas Marina Circuit, 7 brand new hotels, Yas Marina and all the infrastructure and race-related facilities and a number of new entertainment destinations will open to the public in 2010.
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Seven Yas Island hotels nearly sold out for F1
“All of the hotels on the island are virtually full now [for the November F1],” said Stephen Banks, the director of sales and marketing at Aldar Hotels and Hospitality. “It’s obviously a very busy time for us. People want to be right on the track.”
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Developers keep capital’s gas network plan alight
Property companies are pressing ahead with the development of gas networks in outlying parts of Abu Dhabi even though the Government has yet to give the green light to a comprehensive plan for the rest of the city. It is four years since the local gas distribution company Q Energy completed a critical preliminary stage of the project known as a “front-end engineering and design study”.
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Work starts on the Yas Island waterpark
Aldar Properties has announced that construction on the huge waterpark planned for Abu Dhabi’s Yas Island will start this month. The 16.4 hectare water park will feature more than 40 rides and attractions, including four one-of-a-kind rides that have never been seen before in a water park.
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Prince Abdulaziz within reach of glory in Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East
The Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East reaches its climax at Reem International Circuit, outside Riyadh, over the next nine days, with Saudi Arabia’s Prince Abdulaziz Al Faisal on the verge of creating history as the first winner of the drivers’ title. Prince Abdulaziz has won six out of eight rounds since the new one-make Porsche series was launched in Bahrain back in December, finishing second in each of the other two races.
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