Hong Kong property tycoons on Friday joined forces to hold a grand lottery, dangling a top prize of HK$10.8 million (S$1.8 million) in the world’s costliest housing market as an incentive for hesitant residents to get vaccinated against Covid-19. A lack of trust in the government and concerns over rare side effects have led to a sluggish vaccination roll-out in.
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Hoteliers and restaurateurs predicted a summer boost as the government of Dubai relaxed Covid-19 rules.
Hotels can now accept weddings with as many as 100 guests, up from 10 members of one family before. Officials said the one-month trial would remain under review.
Capacity across the industry was cut in January.
That one metre change represents an increase in business of 20 per cent. That’s the difference between going from break-even to making a profit
Naim Maadad, Gates Hospitality
“Every single metre matters. That one metre change represents an increase in business of 20 per cent,” said Naim Maadad, founder of Gates Hospitality, told
Dubai: Restaurants charge up to Dh300 for no-show dhanusha@khaleejtimes.com Filed on March 6, 2021
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Restaurant owners told Khaleej Times it is common practice to take credit card details from customers once they have made bookings, in the event of a no-show.
Restaurants are cracking down on patrons who fail to show up after booking reservations by charging up to Dh300 per guest.
Restaurateurs in Dubai have said the pre-existing policy had to re-enforced as new Covid-19 restrictions limit capacity at outlets to 50 per cent, suspend brunches and close by 1am.
Restaurant owners told Khaleej Times it is common practice to take credit card details from customers once they have made bookings, in the event of a no-show. Nicolas Budzynski, global operations director of French restaurant LPM, said: “The practice is not new. We have had it in place since we opened in Dubai 11 years ago. It is also standard practice in cities like London, where our restaurants are ori
After the “criminal” food pairing sent Twitter into a frenzy, numerous restaurants in the UAE started serving up their own versions of the dish.
Garden on 8 at Media One Hotel was one of the first to start serving a Baked Bean Weetabix combo, alongside a challenge: Those who ordered the dish, priced at Dh30, over the February 12 to 14 weekend, and managed to finish it, got a drink on the house.
The challenge turned out to be so popular that the restaurant extended it until the end of month. “It was such a good result, there were a lot of people doing it and posting it on social media,” a spokesperson told