Launched a news aggregator mail out yesterday: The Dubai Daily. A morning round up of the day’s headlines, it will comprise links, commentary and some sarcasm. Once we get to a certain number of sign ups, we will be expanding it into some interesting areas, so stay tuned.
Where would we be without the Khaleej Times? Probably in a much better place, but, having said that, the paper continues to batter the English language like it was a baby seal. Take the screen shot to the right. It shows just some of the ways English dies just a little, every day on the KT homepage. This is a world where pressure is piled, where governments duel, where debates stir, where PMs slam and where tongues are colourful.
The cliche is alive and well in Al Quoz.
God help us all.
Our new cheap flight website will be launching this week – we will be bringing you the best cheap flights from Dubai to around the world. This is a mailing list only service, so sign up and get booking. Stay posted for the web address….
The Africa issue of Open Skies will be on the plane in a few days. Really excited by the cover, executed brilliantly by Simon Page. If you are flying Emirates in May look out for it.
WNDR Media has launched a new project: Dubai Daily Deals. A group buying aggregator site, we felt this was sorely needed with the increasing number of group buying sites in Dubai. This is version 1; expect lots of upgrades in the coming months. Sign up and get all Dubai’s bargains your inbox every morning.
The Express Tribune, a relatively new paper in Pakistan, recently ran a piece by George Fulton, a minor celebrity in the country. As I mentioned before it was a bizarre piece of reporting and the Tribune has now published my response to the piece.
Got a piece on the Foreign Policy website about some of the changes affecting Dubai at the moment. Also just came back from a trip to Alexandria – very interesting place. Watch out for a travel piece in What’s On in the coming months. Also may be taking part in a rather bizarre but interesting experiment. Watch this space.
Our new project URBN got a mention on the best evening radio news show last week. Eamonn spoke about why what we are doing makes sense and some future plans. There is also an interview with him about URBN in this Friday’s Irish Times.
If you get a chance to pick up Communicate this month, I have written two pieces: one on Emirates’ and Ethihad’s use of sports marketing and a piece on a local PR firm who are sponsoring a Dubai-based rally driver. Managed to get Hunter S. Thompson and Playboy mentioned in the intro which is nice.
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