Why a Luxury Property Executive Decamped From London to Dubai
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For some, Dubai’s luxury property market has become more enticing than London’s.
Photographer: Bloomberg/BloombergHi it’s Lisa Fleisher, your luxury correspondent in the Middle East. I decided last-minute to book a flight home to the US for the Thanksgiving holiday last week. I thought, surely, prices for a same-day flight would be insanely expensive. But no, my flight was just about the same price I would have expected to see for months. It comports with my colleague Lily Girma’s report in May, that flights in general were expected to get less expensive after a busy summer. Meanwhile, Dubai Airports CEO Paul Griffiths is predicting a surge in travel through the hub to the end of the year, culminating in the busiest-ever year for DXB.
Here’s some of what I’ve been picking up lately.