The-Accountant-July-Aug-2018
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TRAVEL<br />
Quite apart from<br />
hosting the tallest<br />
building in the<br />
world the Burj<br />
Khalifa, Dubai<br />
has to be the<br />
fastest growing<br />
city on Earth, with<br />
seaside residential<br />
developments and<br />
skyscrapers under<br />
construction round<br />
the clock.<br />
aircraft, fit them out to an impressive<br />
standard of comfort, crew them with<br />
cabin service staff from around the world<br />
speaking almost every known language<br />
between them, and commission chefs<br />
to develop in-flight meals that would<br />
set a new standard for the industry. But<br />
it was the extra wrinkle of routing all<br />
intercontinental flights through Dubai<br />
that turned a sleepy desert port into a<br />
modern commercial colossus.<br />
Instead of just hopping from one<br />
plane to another in the course of<br />
getting around the world, passengers<br />
were encouraged with cheap overnight<br />
hotel deals to break their journey and<br />
spend a bit of time in the city. Truth<br />
to tell, the place did not have much to<br />
recommend it at first – just year-round<br />
scorching temperatures, and sand, sand,<br />
and more sand. But the establishment of<br />
a free port created the chance for savvy<br />
traders to lure travellers with quality<br />
goods shipped in from around the world<br />
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