Dubai is an international business hub, complemented by some rather amazing tourist attractions.
A serviced apartment in Dubai can provide exactly what corporate travellers are looking for. Facilities in our serviced accommodation in Dubai include fully-equipped kitchens, washing machines, spacious dining and living rooms, homely bedrooms, free wi-fi, on-site housekeeping, and laundry services. A luxury apartment in Dubai is also an option.
Situ’s serviced apartments are designed to be a genuine ‘home-away-from-home’, where travellers can live and work self-sufficiently and independently. Personal choice is an important factor here. You can choose a city-centre apartment or one in a slightly quieter location with a sea view.
Staying in an aparthotel in Dubai is also a good choice, where there is likely to be a gym, meeting facilities, and reception.
Dubai is located in the northeast of the United Arab Emirates, on the southern coast of the Persian Gulf. The population is approximately 3.4 million, making it the most populous of the seven emirates that make up the UAE. Abu Dhabi, the capital of the UAE, is 76 miles southwest of Dubai.
An estimated 85% of Dubai’s residents were born overseas. While the official language of the UAE is Arabic, English is used widely. Most signs are also written in both Arabic and English. The currency in the UAE is the dirham, with 100 files making up one dirham.
You can fly to Dubai from almost every region of the world. Then, once you’re here, there’s a fast, frequent, and ultra-modern metro and tram network to get you to any area of the city.
The UAE is one of the 30 largest economies in the world, despite having a population of less than ten million.
Although much of the nation’s wealth comes from oil revenues, this isn’t the case in Dubai, which is one of the richest cities in the Middle East region. Here, oil makes up only a small part of the city economy, with significant business sectors including automotive manufacture, aerospace, petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, advertising, financial services, information technology, real estate, tourism, and hospitality.
Some of the many international companies with a presence in Dubai are Emirates Airways, Unilever, General Electric, Nestle, PwC, Procter & Gamble, Deloitte, IBM, Microsoft, and HSBC.
Dubai was chosen as the venue for the six-month-long Expo 2020 (although the event was delayed until October 2021), the world’s largest business convention. The Expo was predicted to create 300,000 new jobs in the city.
For whatever reason you are visiting the city, whether it is for a small networking event or for relocation, there are many high-standard, corporate Dubai apartments available that can cater for your business travel needs.
Rising to 830 metres, the Burj Khalifa is the tallest building in the world. There is nothing that quite matches the experience of riding the lift to the observation deck on the 160th floor of the Burj Khalifa! The fountains at the foot of the building are also well worth seeing, where the water and lights are coordinated with the music in an incredible synchronised display.
The city offers several other experiences with incredible views. The Dubai Frame has been described as the world’s largest picture frame at 150 metres high, where you can walk along the glass walkway at the top.
You can watch horse racing in many parts of the world. However, this unique city hosts regular camel racing events as well at the Al Marmoom track.
In a city where so many buildings are ultra-modern, it’s well worth seeking out something different and wandering through the Al Fahidi district, which was constructed in the 19th century.
Unless you’re a Muslim, the only mosque you can visit in Dubai is Jumeirah Mosque. Its breath-taking white stone exterior, imposing minarets, and enormous central dome are well worth seeing.
Although our self-catering accommodation in Dubai has cooking facilities, in this multi-cultural city you can sample almost any type of international cuisine in its varied restaurants. Some of the best can be found in the Dubai Mall, and include Pan-Asian, Italian, Indian, and Middle Eastern food.
Dubai has much to offer, and staying in a serviced apartment in Dubai is ideal for the corporate traveller You’ll have enough space and privacy to work as well as to re-charge once the day is over. Do get in touch with our friendly team to explore your options for serviced accommodation in Dubai.
One of the advantages of Dubai is that everything is so close. Dubai International Airport – one of the busiest in the world – is just three miles south-east of the city centre.
There are direct flights to and from Dubai from more than 200 cities across all six continents. Airports with connections to Dubai include several of the London airports, Birmingham, Dublin, Paris, Brussels, Munich, Rome, Madrid, Moscow, Cairo, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Chennai, Shanghai, Tokyo, Sydney, Sao Paulo, New York, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Toronto and many more.
There are plans to connect Dubai to Abu Dhabi and other parts of the UAE by high-speed rail. Until that service is operational, the only trains in the city are those on the Dubai Metro.
This ultra-modern network of driverless trains has three lines: Red, Green, and Route 2020. Stations on the Metro include the airport (with separate stations for Terminals 1 and 3), Jumeirah Golf Estates, the Expo 2020 site, Dubai Investment Park, Dubai Marina, Internet City, the Bus Station, Burj Khalifa, and World Trade Centre.
Trains operate every four minutes in peak hours and every seven minutes at other times. The network operates from 5 am to midnight or 1 am on all days except Friday, when the system opens at 10 am.
There are more than 100 bus routes in Dubai, in addition to inter-city bus services connecting it with other parts of the UAE, such as Abu Dhabi and Sharjah.
To travel by any form of public transport in Dubai, you will need to buy a Nol card and top it up with credit as necessary.
In addition to the Metro, Dubai has an even more modern tram network. Since 2014, trams have operated along a nine-mile route connecting the Marina, Jumeirah Beach, Media City, and Al Sufouh.
Trams run every 10 minutes in peak hours and every 12 minutes otherwise. Again, services commence later in the morning on Fridays, but otherwise, the system operates from 6 am to 1 am daily.
Both trains and trams typically offer first and standard class carriages, and carriages reserved for women and children.