Newsletter 4 Corners Events May 2011

Come May, 2011, 4 Corners Events successfully completed its first year of operation. It has been a journey of a nascent child being looked after by well-experienced parents, an experience that was gained through years of dealing in the Tourism and Hospitality Industry.

During this one year, 4 Corners Events has been on a rollercoaster of touching new heights in the field of tourism and events management. From arranging leisure and business tours for tourists from Far East and Asia, managing a loud corporate event for RAKBANK, adding new members to its family, and successfully launching its website, 4 Corners Events has now been aiming to explore and capture new markets in Europe.

From a bud, we have grown into full bloom with trustworthy connections with tourist locations, hotels, travel agents and other personnel in the tourism industry.

Just recently at the Arabian Travel Market, commonly known as ATM, the 4 Corners Events team met a lot of concerned persons related to hotels, airlines, representatives from different Arab countries and a lot of other tourism experts in order to establish cordial business relations and spread a word of awareness about our services. The ATM was held at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre, Dubai 2 - 5 May 2011.

Our future endeavors include visiting IMEX 2011 in Germany where we are representing our company at our exclusive booth numbered as F692. Through this visit, we also plan to strengthen connections with our German representatives and discuss a lot of future opportunities. Not to forget, we already hosted a FAM Trip from UK, which was a huge success and the guests enjoyed the colors of UAE.

4 Corners Events is now running a successful Facebook page, tweeting often on Twitter, connecting to professionals on LinkedIn, publishing its stories on Scribd, and YouTube-ing its videos.

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4 Corners Events team attended ATM 2011 and will present at booth F692 at the IMEX 2011 in Germany, 24- 26 May!

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DUBAI: Art, and the galleries it was housed in, used to be reserved for the super-elite members of society. However, a stalwart service has changed this perception, literally providing a way for all to access art, culture and history across the UAE.

The ArtBus operates

ArtBus takes people on unique cultural journey Vehicle provides transportation to exhibitions

numerous gallery visits along with the stop to the fair and museum. The cost is minimal at Dh50 —and you don’t have to worry about navigating and parking. A lot of thought has been put into the stops and picking of a variety of galleries that would appeal to people of all ages.

Dubai really is "what money would look like if it were left to its own devices". It's a strange place, a giant example of what money can buy.

Dubai is a fascinating place in its own bizarre way. It's not a "destination" destination, but it's certainly worth a stop and a look around on your way to wherever it is you're really going. This is a city obsessed with having the biggest and

Why Dubai is worth a visit! most expensive of everything, and that alone is worth checking out.

The Burj Khalifa is, naturally, the tallest building in the world. Head up to the 124th floor for a look around, it's amazing. The emirate's shopping malls are like miniature cities in themselves. At the Mall of the Emirates you can go skiing, if that's the sort of thing you feel like doing when it's 45 degrees

outside.

There the desert soars out to the horizon, giant sand dunes rolled out like a yellow blanket with toys swept underneath it. It's stark, lonely, and far more beautiful than any shopping mall or high-rise hotel.

The way Dubai's going, though, you better get there while you still can.

“It's not a "destination" destination, but it's certainly worth a stop…”

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The ArtBus has been running since 2007, travelling to key arts fairs and events in Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah, such as the Sharjah Biennial (biannual); Art Dubai (every March); and Abu Dhabi Art (every November).

The ArtBus is run by ArtintheCity, which is an umbrella project uniting arts and culture in the UAE.

EVERYTHING MONEY CAN BUY:

Dubai's three most prominent

architectural icons, Burj Al-Arab

Hotel, Burj Khalifa and Jumeirah

Hotel.

TOURISM

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A shopper browses the internet at

a mall in Dubai. Thanks to the

UAE’s push to be on the cutting

edge of technology, it will be

easier for the country’s economy

to adapt to the new wave of

internet and mobile platforms.

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DUBAI: Three Arab countries — the UAE, Qatar and Bahrain — are ranked among the top 30 countries for harnessing information communication and technology (ICT) to transform society, according to a new report.

The UAE ranked 24th out of 138 countries, Qatar placed 25th while Bahrain was 30th

UAE leads Arab nations among top-30 ICT users in the 2010-11 Global Information Technology Report Transformations 2.0.

Globally, the top five were Sweden, Singapore, Finland, Switzerland and the US. The report is released annually by the Insead international business school and the World Economic Forum.

During the past decade, the UAE has taken bold initiatives in developing its ICT infrastructure as well as many services — especially e-government. Placing great emphasis on technological will increase local buy-in, especially from business, for this ICT-lead policy, moving from e-readiness to higher levels of usage is now a major challenge for the

Emirates."

DUBAI — Luxury hotel

brand Kempinski said

Dubai will be the first

destination of its five new

properties for the GCC

next year.

Saudi Arabia, the UAE and

Bahrain are set to

welcome five new luxury

hotels by 2012, Kempinski

Hotels announced at its

Kempinski eyeing Dubai for new properties next year fifth annual GCC regional

road show. A second hotel

and residence property

located on the West

Crescent of Palm

Jumeirah, Dubai,

Kempinski Hotel &

Residences Palm

Jumeirah, will open in just

a few months, according

to Kempinski. The five

new properties —

Kempinski Hotel &

Residences Palm Jumeirah in

Dubai; Kempinski Hotel,

Jeddah; Kempinski Hotel,

Riyadh and Kempinski Al

Othman Hotel-Al Khobar in

Saudi and Kempinski Hotel

Bahrain City Centre in

Manama — are expected to

set a new benchmark in

luxurious hospitality in the

GCC.

DUBAI -The high-speed bus that could slash journey times between Abu Dhabi and Dubai to 30 minutes went on show yesterday – and its creator said he hoped the UAE would be the first country to introduce the vehicle.

High-speed Superbus debuts in Dubai

ABU DHABI — Mubadala Real Estate and Hospitality, or MREH, has announced that Rosewood Abu Dhabi, the landmark luxury waterfront hotel on Sowwah Island, has reached its final height of 143 metres and is structurally complete. Opening in 2012, Rosewood Abu Dhabi will be a 34-storey hotel offering 189 spacious guest rooms and suites, 131 serviced residences and six penthouses, all with access to Rosewood’s world-class services.

Rosewood Abu Dhabi hits peak height

“The five new properties … are expected to set a new benchmark in luxurious hospitality in the GCC.”

BUSINESS

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4 Corners Events P.O.Box 119961 Dubai UAE

Phone +971 4 357 5747 Fax +971 4 357 4295 Email antonio@4corners-events.com

Professionalism starts from here!

At 4 Corners-events we have got a team of the finest and most

dedicated professionals specialized in the fields of travel and tourism

that pride on providing their optimum expertise with an exceptional

personal touch to offer the most captivating experiences against the

most competitive rates. The driving force behind our company’s

success is this mutually integrated and professional team that not

only showcases Dubai in a matchless manner but also connect with

us our esteemed partners like yourselves with whom we are keen on

establishing and maintaining a mutually beneficial and long-standing

relationship.

We’re on the Web!

www.4corners-events.com

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Disclaimer:

The information in this

newsletter has been gathered

from different news sources and

is not claimed by 4 Corners

Events. Major sources include

Wikipedia, the Gulf News and

the Times.

On the Historical Axis: Dhow of Arabia

For many centuries, boats that sailed on the Indian Ocean were called dhows. While there were many different types of dhows, almost all of them used a triangular or lateen sail arrangement. This made them markedly different than the ships that evolved on the Mediterranean. These ships had a characteristic square sail. The dhow was also markedly different than the ships that sailed on the China Sea. These ships were known as junks.

The dhow was known for two distinctive features. First of all, it's triangular or lateen sail, and secondly, for its stitched construction. Stitched boats were made by sewing the hull boards together with fibers, cords or thongs.

Though earlier the Dhows were used to make commercial journeys between the

Persian Gulf and the East Africa with dates and fish as their cargo, they are now

usually used by the tourists to sail along the creek and see the wonders of the

Gulf.