A brilliant parody of the Dubai-bashing genre of article of which we’ve seen a spate recently in the US, UK and Australian media, has been published by The Independent called The Dark Side of Dubai by Johann Hari. (To save me linking to all the stories, see this accurate analysis of the process ‘reporters’ visiting … Read more about The Dark Side of Dubai: a hilarious must-read parody of the Dubai-bashing genre
I thought the day would never come so I was over the moon to learn that at last a hotel is offering a full 24 hour stay. You can check in anytime you want – yes, that’s right – A-N-Y-T-I-M-E – and check out again a whole 24 hours later! At long last guests will … Read more about At last, a hotel offers a full 24 hour stay – hurray for The Address in Dubai!
I find it curious how reporters work sometimes. I answered a few questions last week for a reporter who was writing a story on Dubai for a travel news syndication site that produces ‘news’ stories that are then picked up (or not) by their subscribers. Although I answered just a couple of questions from a … Read more about “More to Dubai than Glamour Alone”: when an answer becomes a story
Read Terence’s take on yet another racist and sensationlist story on Dubai today over at Wide angles, wine and wanderlust. The Australian media’s abysmal coverage on Dubai has stooped to new lows today where a so-called ‘investigative’ journalist writing for The Age newspaper demonstrates that in the eyes of the Aussie media Dubai is clearly … Read more about Ausssie Aussie Aussie! Arrested Arrested Arrested!
Don’t you think there are some destinations where a guidebook is invaluable? There’s been a backlash against guidebooks in recent years, since the rise of freely available online travel content. And while there are certainly cities I’ll go without a guidebook, cities where you can stroll around and stumble across places of interest pretty easily, … Read more about There’s more to beaches and malls in Dubai: the case for using a guidebook