Showing posts with label Dubai. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dubai. Show all posts

Dubai World Cup 2012: World's Most Expensive Horse Race

Dubai World Cup 2012 (image by Tom Craig)

DUBAI WORLD CUP 2012 is officially the world's most expensive horse race, worth an eye widening $25.26 million. An ultra-glamorous audience of 60,000 fill the Meydan Racecourse to cheer the world’s finest thoroughbreds and nimble jockeys round the track. The 7.5 million sq. m Meydan Racecourse includes Meydan Marina, The Meydan — the world's first 5-star trackside hotel with 285 rooms, 2 race tracks and the Grandstand, which comprises a hotel, restaurants, a racing museum and 72 corporate suites for entertaining throughout the year.

Burj Al Arab: World's Most Luxurious Hotel

Standing proud on an artificial island in Dubai, the Burj Al Arab whose name means "the Arabian Tower" is known as the world’s tallest and most luxurious hotel. A structure designed to amaze and to impress.

Burj Al Arab Hotel