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To reduce its dependence on oil, Oman is investing billions in a burgeoning hospitality industry. Eschewing glitter and artifice, the sultanate is betting instead on world-class service set within genuinely spectacular natural surroundings.
As builders once known for pleasure craft move into semi-custom yachts of ever-greater size, we examine how the most understated of the trio, Princess, long valued for solid craftsmanship, is reaching this rarefied market.
Tadashi Yanai started out making fashion at knockdown prices. Then he saw a future in simple, quality clothing. Now the owner of Uniqlo wants to turn his retail company into something that matters. As he approaches an age others may consider retiring at, Tadashi Yanai, the most successf…
A remarkable flying pyramid of a yacht is surely the most futuristic vehicle we have encountered in years. And the Tetrahedron, conceived by an emerging London-based architect, is no mere fantasy: it is coming soon to a marina.
Caught between transformation and disintegration, Lebanon still nurtures the Middle East's most developed artistic community, and the Beirut Art Fair is where its galleries, institutions and rising talents converge each year.
Before 2008, it seemed as though a new and exciting project would be launched almost every day in Dubai. After the bubble burst, so many plans got put on the backburner that it was impossible to tell which projects were put on hold and which were abandoned altogether. The Palazzo Versac…
Sometimes there comes a story of someone overcoming adversity such as war, poverty, and displacement – to achieve beyond expectation. The story of Mark Haidar is one of those. In 2011, Mark Haidar and his business partner Scott Harper pooled their combined savings of just 50 USD to foun…
CEO Sami Khoreibi sheds light on how solar power is taking over the grid. His company, Enviromena, is spearheading the way for this hot technology in the Middle East. The future is now, according to Sami Khoreibi, CEO of Abu Dhabi-based Enviromena. With a growing list of large-scale sol…
Credited with over 3,500 inventions and still going, our subject reflects on a lifetime of relentless ideas, dwarfing even Thomas Edison's tally, and recalls the boyhood spark that started it all.
High in the Italian Alps, a tiny glass-walled cabin set on faux-skis lets guests sleep beneath an unpolluted night sky, betting that experiential value now matters more than square footage.
Solar and wind powered, Nice Architects' EcoCapsule is a cosy abode that lets you live off the grid with an almost zero-carbon footprint. Small enough to ship anywhere, the portable home draws clever cues from boat design.
Slowly, the convoy came to a halt. Headlights flickered off. My first thought was that this was a rotten place to replace another flat tyre. It was dark, we’d been driving all day and there was still a long way to go before we made camp. Then I saw them. Looming out of the gloom, [&hell…