Eat Drink Stay Dubai Newsletter 39/w28

Hi Dubai friends,

Welcome to Week 28, Edition 39

So here is this week’s digest of the ‘Dubai news worth knowing’, all in 10 minutes or less of your time.

If you see lots of ‘white space’ in this week’s edition, blame Ollie Watkins and the drinks ⚽️ 😜 

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👇 A few things worth knowing this week 👇

🏆 Michelin Dubai Guide 2024

🏨 Summer Staycation deals

🛬 Aeroplan 125% buy points offer - use on Emirates

🏨 Rove JBR opens

👁 In Focus: Fly4Free (hotel deals)

🗞 Roundup: Jebel Ali beach plans, food tourism, 20 Dubai words, Sole DXB, Ladies pool days.

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KNOW MORE ABOUT DUBAI

All the Winners From MICHELIN Guide Ceremony for 2024

As part of the recent MICHELIN Guide Dubai 2024 ceremony, the winners were announced, including Jason Atherton’s Row on 45 becoming the 4th Two Star.

In the three years the Guide has been published, 106 restaurants are now included compared to 69 in 2022.

Here are the Dubai restaurants awarded stars for 2024.

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1. Il Ristorante-Niko Romito

2. Row on 45

3. Stay by Yannick Alléno

4. Trèsind Studio

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1. 11 Woodfire

2. Al Muntaha

3. Armani Ristorante

4. Avatāra

5. Dinner by Heston Blumenthal

6. Hakkasan

7. Hōseki

8. La Dame de Pic Dubai

9. Moonrise

10. Orfali Bros

11. Ossiano

12. Sagetsu by Tetsuya

13. Smoked Room

14. Tasca by José Avillez

15. Torno Subito

🔗 Michelin Guide Dubai 2024 Restaurants

HOTEL DEALS

Tablet Hotels, inc Tablet Plus for Extra Benefits

On the subject of Michelin, do be sure to check out Tablet Hotels* - it’s basically Michelin’s hotel guide, along with special discounts and extra benefits via their Tablet Plus deals.

Tablet Plus is similar to a ‘VIP partner program’ such as Virtuoso, whereby special rate conditions are offered on certain properties which will offer additional benefits such as upgrades, late check-out, F&B credit or suchlike.

For example, booking with Tablet Plus for Taj Dubai* would offer the following benefits, along with the great rate of £110/night. Tablet Plus is an annual subscription, with free trials available.

• Upgrade to next room category, based upon availability at check-in

• Guaranteed 2pm late check-out

• 20% food and beverage discount

• 20% spa discount

🔗 Tablet Hotels*

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HOTEL DEALS

Summer Staycation Deals

Khaleej Times published this useful list of staycation deals for Dubai.

There’s also this list from Time Out of 36 UAE hotel deals.

🔗 Summer Staycation Deals

EMIRATES

Use Aeroplan for Emirates Award Flights, Not Skywards

Tired of diminishing returns trying to use Skywards for Emirates flight awards? Why not try Aeroplan instead?

In some cases, redeeming Air Canada Aeroplan can work out well for Emirates, as this article mentions.

Where it becomes even more interesting, is when there is a bonus for purchasing such as Aeroplan’s current 125% bonus. Hurry though, as the promotion finishes on 19 Jul 24.

🔗 Buy Aeroplan points via points.com

HOTEL OPENINGS

Rove JBR Opens

Rove have opened their latest property, Rove JBR, bringing their total rooms to over 3,600 across ten properties in Dubai.

Rove JBR is located in Murjan Cluster, so just across ‘The Walk’ from The Ritz-Carlton, Dbai.

🔗 Rove JBR Hotel

HOTEL DEALS

In Focus: Fly4Free

I’m a big fan of keeping track of hotel prices and deals, even if you’re not looking to travel immediately. Not only does it give you a good idea of what the ‘gettable prices’ are for certain properties, but it gives you an idea of how prices move, which properties tend to offer deals more regularly and most of all, where the market really is.

Sites like Fly4Free are terrific for this, and here are some recent examples of deals they found.

🔗 Fairmont Bab Al Bahr in Abu Dhabi from $167/double

🔗 Anantara The Palm Resort Dubai from $157/double

🔗 Intercontinental Abu Dhabi from $110/double

🔗 Radisson Blu Hotel Dubai Canal View for $86/double

🔗 Mövenpick Hotel Jumeirah Beach, Dubai from $97/double

DUBAI NEWS ROUNDUP

Plans for Longest Public Beach in Dubai Announced

As part of Dubai 2040 Master Plan, Sheikh Hamdan announced plans for the longest public beach in Dubai to be developed at Jebel Ali.

🔗 Jebel Ali Open Beach Development Project

🔗 20 words and phrases you may hear in Dubai, and what they mean

🔗 JA Resorts announce key promotions at JA The Resort

🔗 Radisson Blu, Dubai Deira Creek, to celebrate 50th anniversary

🔗 Sole DXB 2024 confirmed for 13-15 Dec 25

🔗 Lena at St Regis Gardens, Dani Garcia’s concept steakhouse

🔗 The best ladies’ pool day deals