I was in Dubai last year, as the markets were collapsing. If you picked up any map of the city, more than half of what was on it was marked u/d — meaning, under development.

Universal Studios' parent NBC Universal, a unit of General Electric Co., referred questions to Tatweer, which said only that work was progressing.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Walk through the grand arched entrance of Universal Studios’ Dubai theme park, and you step into … wind-swept desert. No Hollywood thrill rides, no ticket ...

DUBAI, UAE - Mohammed Al Habbai, CEO of Dubailand(R), a member of Tatweer, and Laurent Jeanjean, vice president of Universal Studios Dubailand(TM), a member of Tatweer, broke ground today for the seve ...

Dubai, the Western-friendly tourism boomtown, is building its own version of a Hollywood back lot using a familiar name. Tatweer, a United Arab Emirates developer, announced plans for a $2.2 ...

Universal Studios’ parent NBC Universal, a unit of General Electric Co., referred questions to Tatweer, which said only that work was progressing.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, July 29 (UPI) -- A ground-breaking ceremony was Tuesday at Universal Studios Dubailand in the United Arab Emirates, Universal announced. Mohammed al-Habbai, chief ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — America's Universal Studios will develop its fourth theme park with a $2.2 billion project in the Middle East boomtown of Dubai, a government-held firm has announced.

Universal has a long history of announcing or proposing theme parks that never come to fruition -- in South Korea (2007), Dubai (2007), Philippines (2008) and India (2010).

Dubai: 23 February, 2009 - Universal Studios Dubailand™, a member of Tatweer Dubai, today announced it signed a strategic agreement with Sesame Workshop, creators and producers of the award-winning ...

Hollywood-based Universal Studios will develop a theme park in the Gulf emirate as part of a $2.2 billion project, offering adventures based on films such as King Kong, a state-owned Dubai firm said.

Walk through the grand arched entrance of Universal Studios’ Dubai theme park, and you step into … wind-swept desert. No Hollywood thrill rides, no ticket kiosks, no studio backlots.