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Majlis by the sea: Stylish Saadiyat island villa

Majlis by the sea: Stylish Saadiyat island villa

Jawaher Al Saadiyat is a section within the Saadiyat Beach Villa development, the first residential community on Abu Dhabi’s Saadiyat island,” says Nicole Judd, Tourism Development and Investment Company’s (TDIC) design manager.

Abu Dhabi Art is leaving its Emirates Palace nest for Saadiyat Island

Abu Dhabi Art is leaving its Emirates Palace nest for Saadiyat Island

The annual Abu Dhabi Art fair is moving home. When the fair kicks off in November, the manicured lawns and high-ceilinged ballrooms of the Emirates Palace hotel will be swapped for the in-construction cultural campus of Saadiyat Island.

Hawksbill at Saadiyat Beach Golf Club

Hawksbill at Saadiyat Beach Golf Club

When a restaurant is located a little out of the way, when you have to make an effort to reach it, the dining experience needs to justify the effort. Hawksbill at Saadiyat Beach Golf Club is a 20-minute drive from the centre of Abu Dhabi and after a meal there last week, I am not entirely convinced that it was worth the trip.

Monte-Carlo Beach Club, Saadiyat, to open September 1st

Monte-Carlo Beach Club, Saadiyat, to open September 1st

The exclusive Monte-Carlo Beach Club, Saadiyat, announced it will open on September 1st, 2011, making it the first property to become fully operational on Saadiyat Beach – the tourism hotspot of the island. Based on the luxury Monte-Carlo Beach on the French Riviera, the venue is now fully built and is set to offer its members a range of exclusive privileges.

Ancient wonders

Ancient wonders

Anyone who has visited the Splendours of Mesopotamia exhibition at Manarat al Saadiyat in Abu Dhabi, which ends today, will have been transported 5,000 years back to 3300BC, when the world’s first great civilisation was starting to evolve.

TDIC slows roll-out of hotels on Saadiyat

TDIC slows roll-out of hotels on Saadiyat

The developer of Saadiyat Island is to delay several of the hotels it is planning to build there in an effort to make the multibillion-dollar project commercially viable, according to the company’s chief executive.

Emirati artists in collaboration with renowned photographer Stephen Shore to showcase art

Emirati artists in collaboration with renowned photographer Stephen Shore to showcase art

Tourism Development and Investment Company (TDIC) announced that the next Emirati Expressions exhibition will open on the Oct. 19 and will feature the works of art by Emirati photographers collaborating with one of the world’s most renowned photographers, Stephen Shore.

‘Pay for 2 Nights and Stay for 3’ AtLiwa Executive Suites

‘Pay for 2 Nights and Stay for 3’ AtLiwa Executive Suites

This summer book two nights at the ultra-luxurious Liwa Executive Suites Hotel managed by Coral Hotels & Resorts and enjoythe third night absolutely free.This amazing offer is valid until September 30, 2011.