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Dubai’s hotel inventory surpassed 158,000 rooms in 2025, with nearly 70% of properties now classed in the luxury tier, according to Cavendish Maxwell’s Dubai Hospitality Sector 2025 Market Performance report. Between January and December 2025, Dubai added 3,400 rooms across 10 new hotels, including Jumeirah’s Marsa Al Arab and the city’s second Mandarin Oriental, marking annual growth of 2.2% and a 1.3% […]

Dubai-based, leading real estate advisory and property consultancy, Cavendish Maxwell, today announced a strategic partnership with global integrated facilities management and asset operations company, International Real Estate Partners (IREP), to bridge the gap between asset strategy and operational delivery across the full lifecycle of built assets. The partnership brings together Cavendish Maxwell’s expertise in property valuation, building consultancy, and development […]

Weeks into the regional war, recruiters and employers say hiring across the UAE has not frozen, expats are not rushing for the exits, and international mandates are still moving. The harder question is whether that holds if disruption starts looking structural rather than temporary. In context: For years, Dubai and Abu Dhabi have been trying to turn transient expat inflows into something […]

There are moments when a region’s character reveals itself, not during calm but when uncertainty tests how people respond. Across the GCC, recent regional tensions placed businesses, brands and communications teams in exactly that position. News cycles accelerated, public sentiment shifted quickly, and many organisations had to decide in real time how to respond. What emerged across Dubai, Riyadh and Doha was not panic or retreat but a quieter form of resilience. Teams prioritized the safety and wellbeing of employees, shifted operations to remote work when needed, and stayed closely connected to clients and communities. Campaigns were reviewed with greater care, messaging softened where appropriate, and media strategies adjusted to reflect changing audience behavior. At the same time, many leaders shared a similar belief. Going silent is rarely the answer. Instead, brands must remain present while communicating with empathy, clarity and responsibility. This special feature from Communicate brings together voices from across Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE—CMOs, brand leaders, agency founders, and marketing strategists—who continued to operate, advise, and communicate in the midst of uncertainty. We asked them:• How did your city show resilience in advertising, marketing, or media during recent regional challenges?• What did you or […]

Dubai is expected to add 9,300 new hotel keys between 2026 and 2028, creating thousands of new jobs in the hospitality sector. According to Cavendish Maxwell, the emirate is projected to add 4,600 new hotel rooms in 2026, compared to 3,400 last year, with 21 new hotels scheduled to open this year. Data shows that Dubai will add 2,900 new […]

Dubai’s hotel inventory reached 158,700 rooms across 770 establishments in 2025, with high-end properties accounting for nearly 70 percent of supply. According to a recent report by Cavendish Maxwell, the emirate added 3,400 rooms during the year, marking annual growth of 2.2 percent, while 10 new hotels opened, up 1.3 percent compared with 2024. A further 4,600 rooms are scheduled for delivery […]

Dubai, United Arab Emirates – Abu Dhabi’s residential real estate sector secured a record-breaking USD 19.93B (AED 73.2 billion) worth of sales in 2025 as transactions rose 55% year-on-year to reach 22,400, says leading real estate advisory and property consultancy Cavendish Maxwell. Off-plan sales dominated the market, accounting for 71% of sales activity, supported by strategic project launches offering attractive payment […]

Dubai office sales values more than doubled to reach AED13.1bn ($3.57bn) in 2025, marking the sector’s strongest annual performance since 2014, according to leading real estate advisory and property consultancy Cavendish Maxwell. According to Cavendish Maxwell’s 2025 Dubai Office Market Performance Report, transaction volumes, prices and off-plan activity all recorded sharp increases, underscoring robust investor and occupier demand. Office sales […]

Dubai’s office sales value more than doubled to Dh13.1 billion in 2025, the strongest performance in more than a decade, according to a report by a leading real estate and property consultant. The report, published on Monday by Cavendish Maxwell, said office sales values surged by 102% compared to 2024, while transaction volumes rose more than 53% to reach 4,600 […]

Dubai – Dubai office sales values more than doubled to reach AED13.1 billion in 2025, as the sector delivered its strongest annual performance since 2014, says leading real estate advisory and property consultancy, Cavendish Maxwell. Offices sales values surged by 102% compared to 2024, while transaction volumes rose more than 53% to reach 4,600 last year, according to Cavendish Maxwell’s […]