AN INSTAGRAM star who lived the high life in Dubai while conning millions of people has been brought crashing down by the FBI. Nigerian influencer Raymond Abbas, 38, was nicked for his alleged major role in a £350million cyber-scam while asleep in his luxury home in Dubai. 11 Mr Abbas was found with £30million in[…]

Femin Panikkassery was recently appointed as a legal consultant for the Pravasi Legal Aid Cell (PLAC) for Sharjah Image Credit: Supplied With his track record of providing legal aid and assistance to thousands of expats, advocate Femin Panikkassery, an Indian lawyer, has been supporting distressed residents in the UAE since 2005. During the coronavirus pandemic,[…]

A Hartland Townhouse lounge. Sobha Hartland’s housing choices range from one-bedders to six-bedroom luxury villas Image Credit: Supplied While it has been a challenging period for all, Jyotsna Hegde, President of Sobha Group, says the crisis has reinforced the importance of innovative thinking and the need to be solution driven. Here she talks about the[…]

Start-ups should know how to take advantage of opportunities in the current market situation, says Ayub Ahmed Sait, Director and CEO of CIG Image Credit: Supplied There has never been a better time to establish a company in Dubai. Although that would also be true at any time in the past decade or so, right[…]

DUBAI, 28th June, 2020 (WAM) — Dubai Land Department, DLD, in cooperation with Property Finder, has launched the third edition of Mo’asher, Dubai’s official sales price index. The base year for Mo’asher is 2012, while the base month for the monthly index is January 2012, with the base quarter for the quarterly index being Q1[…]

Student housing is an all-weather real estate category – there will be a set number of students wanting to take up accommodation each academic year. Image Credit: File photo Dubai: Sprawling campuses filled with the buzz of the young and their dreams – UAE’s higher education certainly has got what it takes to be a[…]

Buying or renting property in Dubai is never a fun task. There’s the endless driving around trying to set up viewings, apartments that look nothing like the photos, or real estate agents that can’t wait for you to sign on the dotted line. If all of that sounds familiar and is enough to make you[…]

R Hotels has unveiled a new website and mobile app to streamline the booking process on its properties. Named rhotels.ae and ‘R Hotels’ respectively, the platforms allow users to book directly at any of the seven hotels in the UAE. It also shows the latest promotions on short and long-term stays, dining spa and fitness[…]

The UAE has emerged as strong hub for entrepreneurs in the technology sector by developing a state-of-the-art start-up ecosystem to nurture talent in key industries such as real estate, e-commerce, financial, logistics and transport. The country has laid down a solid infrastructure for young entrepreneurs to turn their ideas into realty and start their corporate[…]