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Pictures: Aloft City Centre Deira, with movie-themed suites, opens in Dubai

Directly connected to City Centre Deira, the hotel includes 304 rooms and suites

Revealed: Dubai has among the world’s longest working hours

Dubai residents work up to 38 per cent more hours a year than people in some European cities

Emirates grounds 20 planes; facing ‘double whammy’ – Tim Clark

The airline has been hit by rising oil prices and the strengthening dollar

Dubai’s Address Downtown hotel reopens after New Year’s Eve fire

During its closure, the 63-storey hotel and residential tower underwent a major refurbishment

Dubai street art initiative to include Middle East's largest mural

Dubai becomes first UNESCO creative city of design in Middle East

The emirate joins a global network of 180 cities

Mega Dubai Hills Mall takes shape

The mall will feature about 650 retail and F&B attractions when it opens

New five-star hotel, Canal Central, set to open in Dubai’s Business Bay

Canal Central Hotel in Business Bay will have a soft opening during Eid al Fitr

New smart gates opened at Dubai airport’s Terminal 2 to cut queues

The smart gates will allow passengers to pass through immigration in between seven to 10 seconds

Dubai’s Emirates reintroduces discount pass for passengers

Retailers have been added to the programme for the first time this year

Dubai unemployment rate increases slightly in 2017

A total of 2,778,000 people were employed in the emirate last year

Dubai among world’s most expensive cities for expats

UBS ranked global cities based on factors including purchasing power, expat family living costs, millenial products and other data points

Two more senior executives leave Dubai’s Abraaj – report

The resignations come even as Abraaj is facing allegations of misusing investor money

Dubai cancels corporate fines in bid to boost business

New decree cancels fines imposed by the Department of Economic Development through the end of 2018

MBC chairman allowed to travel to Dubai after Saudi detention

Waleed al-Ibrahim was detained in November as part of Saudi’s anti-graft purge

Work progressing on Dubai’s upcoming new tallest tower

The $1bn Dubai Creek Tower is anticipated to be completed by 2020

Dubai gov real estate platform aims to cut out agents

The Real Estate Self Transaction portal will allow landlords to sell and manage their properties online

Video: Dubai’s DIFC reveals new Dhs180m Exchange building

Located at the DIFC Gate Village, the development was completed in March

Dubai postpones new waste disposal fees

The delay has offered some relief to disposal companies, which were trying to pass on the fees to consumers

Emirates Post to offer services in Dubai’s JLT

DMCC said services would be available to the more than 15,000 businesses and 100,000 residents in the JLT community

Dubai Zen Tower fire started at a ground floor business

The May 13 blaze damaged much of the building

Dubai Police honours Starbucks employee who handed in $118,000 of cash

The money was inside a bag left behind by a tourist

Dubai ruler launches $107m bridge project

The Shindagha Bridge is part of the third phase of the $1.37bn Shindagha Corridor project

$2,700-a-year London private members club to open Dubai location

The club will be located in the $1bn ICD Brookfield development in Dubai International Financial Centre

UAE rulers order release of more than 1,000 prisoners for Ramadan

Mass prisoner pardons have become a common practice by rulers in the GCC at the start of the holy month

Dubai Police signs deal for self-driving vehicles

The organisations aims to have autonomous cars in its fleet by 2020

Dubai Police arrest Asian man accused of torching 11 vehicles

The man was apprehended before he could flee the country

Former Gulf News editor denies premeditated murder

Francis Matthew was previously sentenced to 10 years in prison for murdering his wife

Dubai Marina tower catches fire

The building has been described as a new residential tower

Dubai Safari to close for five months

The attraction began welcoming visitors in December after originally being scheduled to open at the end of 2016

Dubai’s Museum of the Future launches start-up challenge

The attraction is scheduled to open in late 2019 after delays