News - Burj Dubai
DUBAI, UAE, December 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Brilliantly draping Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, in the colours of the UAE National flag, Dubai ushered in
DUBAI, UAE, December 31, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Dubai welcomed the New Year with an unprecedented spectacle - the world's highest fireworks at Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building by Emaar Properties. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20101231/429514 ) The 828 metres (2,716.5 ft) high Burj Khalifa was the centre of attention for a global audience as it marked New Year's Eve with a spectacular environment-friendly and satellite-guided laser-lights-fireworks show, telecast live to over 2 billion people. Close to half a million people witnessed the New Year's Eve Gala from Burj Park, an island set on The Burj Lake opposite Burj Khalifa, and from other vantage points across Downtown Dubai. The celebration also marked the first anniversary of the grand inauguration of Burj Khalifa, and enveloped Downtown Dubai, the 500-acre mega development anchored by the tower.
DUBAI, UAE, December 15 /PRNewswire/ -- History is in the making as Seawings is flying high, ensuring that every glass clad meter of the tallest building in the world can be witnessed through the eyes of the public. According to sources at Gulf News Online, "The Burj Dubai will be opened on January 4, 2010, coinciding with the accession to power of His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai. The 160-plus storey structure is considered the world's tallest building. Mohammad Ali Al Abbar, Chairman of Emaar real estate company said the company decided to launch the tower on this date as a gesture of gratitude towards Shaikh Mohammad, who is considered the builder of modern Dubai." Seawings has been flying guests around the Burj Dubai, located in the ever expanding and sought after location of Downtown Burj Dubai, since its infancy in 2007, watching and waiting in awe of the speed at which this maj
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