Beach clubs in Dubai go beyond sunbathing, they host music events, fitness classes, fashionable restaurants and chic boutiques. We take a look at the beach club ecosystem and discover the small businesses thriving there.
Bright, shiny and pulsing with energy, Dubai has become the very definition of an urban metropolis. A metallic oasis in the desert, it s a tidy mass of gleaming skyscrapers, glitzy marinas and a spiralling highway network with more boy racer twists and turns than a Scalextric toy set. It s also sparked a row, after Celtic travelled to the UAE for a winter training camp, much to the chagrin of First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and many football fans. So what s the appeal? Constructed with an open mind and an equally limitless wallet, anything is possible at any time of year: air-conditioning bites like an Arctic breeze through malls heaving with thousands of designer stores; caretakers skirt sun loungers to comb sand on the beaches of manmade islands; and even refreshing rain can be produced on cue through the process of cloud seeding.