Nobu opens three hotels
Nobu Hotels has opened new properties in Malibu, London and Ibiza. The California hotel, on the site of a retro motel on the Pacific Coast Highway, called the Nobu Ryokan Malibu, offers 16 private beachside rooms featuring hot tubs, indoor/outdoor fireplaces and patios. In peak periods there is a minimum two-night stay, with rates starting at $2,000 (Dh7,347) per night.
In London, the Nobu Hotel Shoreditch has 143 rooms, a 240-seat restaurant and a 10-seat sushi bar (rooms from GBP280 [Dh1,325] per night including taxes). In Ibiza, Nobu Hotel Ibiza Bay in Talamanca has 152 rooms and suites, restaurants and a spa. Rooms cost from 230 euros (Dh963) per night including taxes, off-peak, if booked in advance, and from about 425 euros (Dh1,780) per night in peak season.
Nobu Hotels is part of the New York-based Nobu Hospitality company, which operates restaurants, hotels and residences and is part-owned by Japanese chef Nobu Matsuhisa and actor Robert De Niro. The group plans to open a Riyadh property in October.
Seventh Conrad hotel opens in China
The first Conrad hotel in Guangdong and the hotel group's seventh property in China, the Conrad Guangzhou, has opened, close to Hong Kong and Macau. A modern 27-storey tower overlooking the Pearl River, the hotel is located in the Zhujiang New Town CBD (Central Business District). Rooms cost from 1,120 yuan (Dh605) per night including taxes.
New Yotel opens in Boston
The Kuwait-owned Yotel hotel group has opened an establishment near Boston's waterfront. It has 326 "cabins", a 12th-floor rooftop restaurant and a club lounge. Located in the Innovation District of the Seaport area, the hotel will appeal to business and leisure travellers. It has an opening offer of $137 per night including taxes, on certain dates. Yotel also has city hotels in New York and Singapore, and airport hotels at Amsterdam Schiphol, Paris Charles de Gaulle and Gatwick and Heathrow in London.
Ritz-Carlton opens in Kazakh capital Astana
A second Ritz-Carlton has opened in Kazakhstan. The Ritz-Carlton, Astana follows the opening of the Ritz-Carlton, Almaty in 2013. The new hotel is located in the mixed-use Talwan Towers project, occupying the top 20 floors of the 27-storey development. It has 157 rooms and suites, a selection of restaurants, a spa and indoor swimming pool. Rooms cost from Kzt 165,000 (Dh1,855) per night including taxes.
How much sugar is in chocolate Easter eggs?
- The 169g Crunchie egg has 15.9g of sugar per 25g serving, working out at around 107g of sugar per egg
- The 190g Maltesers Teasers egg contains 58g of sugar per 100g for the egg and 19.6g of sugar in each of the two Teasers bars that come with it
- The 188g Smarties egg has 113g of sugar per egg and 22.8g in the tube of Smarties it contains
- The Milky Bar white chocolate Egg Hunt Pack contains eight eggs at 7.7g of sugar per egg
- The Cadbury Creme Egg contains 26g of sugar per 40g egg
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In numbers: PKK’s money network in Europe
Germany: PKK collectors typically bring in $18 million in cash a year – amount has trebled since 2010
Revolutionary tax: Investigators say about $2 million a year raised from ‘tax collection’ around Marseille
Extortion: Gunman convicted in 2023 of demanding $10,000 from Kurdish businessman in Stockholm
Drug trade: PKK income claimed by Turkish anti-drugs force in 2024 to be as high as $500 million a year
Denmark: PKK one of two terrorist groups along with Iranian separatists ASMLA to raise “two-digit million amounts”
Contributions: Hundreds of euros expected from typical Kurdish families and thousands from business owners
TV channel: Kurdish Roj TV accounts frozen and went bankrupt after Denmark fined it more than $1 million over PKK links in 2013
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Key facilities
- Olympic-size swimming pool with a split bulkhead for multi-use configurations, including water polo and 50m/25m training lanes
- Premier League-standard football pitch
- 400m Olympic running track
- NBA-spec basketball court with auditorium
- 600-seat auditorium
- Spaces for historical and cultural exploration
- An elevated football field that doubles as a helipad
- Specialist robotics and science laboratories
- AR and VR-enabled learning centres
- Disruption Lab and Research Centre for developing entrepreneurial skills
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Position: legal consultant with Al Rowaad Advocates and Legal Consultants.
Real estate tokenisation project
Dubai launched the pilot phase of its real estate tokenisation project last month.
The initiative focuses on converting real estate assets into digital tokens recorded on blockchain technology and helps in streamlining the process of buying, selling and investing, the Dubai Land Department said.
Dubai’s real estate tokenisation market is projected to reach Dh60 billion ($16.33 billion) by 2033, representing 7 per cent of the emirate’s total property transactions, according to the DLD.
