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The sprawling Emirates Palace Mandarin Oriental.

Love it or hate it, you’ll never forget a stay at these grandiose digs

Abu Dhabi’s sprawling Emirates Palace hotel is another world but due to its size, it can also feel a little like a lost world.

  • Anthony Dennis

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A newly retrofitted Emirates Boeing 777-300ER.

Qantas rivals offer more long-haul routes as dollar crash looms

Capacity for international travel is rising as airlines experiment with new routes. But the real difference may be felt when Qatar and Virgin’s deal takes effect mid-year.

  • Chris Zappone
Even better than the real thing: Anantara Santorini Abu Dhabi Retreat.

Avoid Greek island’s infamous crowds by visiting the fake one instead

Overcrowded Santorini tops my anti-bucket list: the places I’ve absolutely no intention to visit. Could this little fake version be nicer than the real deal?

  • Hazel Plush
Palestinians walk in the destruction caused by the Israeli air and ground offensive in Jabaliya, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Egyptian answer to Trump’s Gaza ‘Riviera’ doesn’t involve emptying it

Egypt’s three-phase reconstruction proposal comes after international uproar over Donald Trump’s call for the removal of Gaza’s Palestinian population.

  • Samy Magdy
Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump.

Build a Palestinian state in Saudi Arabia? Arab leaders slam Netanyahu idea

The Arab League has pushed back on the Israeli’s PM’s remarks, saying they were “a complete detachment from reality”.

  • Jotam Confino
Emirates Airline president Sir Tim Clark in Melbourne on Friday.

‘Ripping ahead’: Emirates’ premium economy seats too popular for points redeemers

Sir Tim Clark, the head of the world’s fourth-largest airline, says competition from a Qatar-Virgin deal will be good for Australians.

  • Chris Zappone
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Manual Aslim walks through the rubble of her destroyed home in Rafah.

US security contractors going to Gaza to police truce, officials say

Israel hopes that the private security contractors will eventually form the nucleus of a larger international force, backed by Gulf states that will run Gaza.

  • Patrick Kingsley, Ronen Bergman and Aaron Boxerman
A landmark takes shape .. the exterior of Guggenheim Abu Dhabi

This city is about to give Dubai a real run for its dirhams

Abu Dhabi is at last set to compete with its glitzier neighbour Dubai, with its incredible new cultural district finally near completion.

  • Anthony Dennis
The business suites offer a “hotel in the sky” feeling.

This business class seat is a perfect ‘hotel in the sky’

This is one snug designer cubbyhole even if the unusual backwards-facing aspect of the seat takes a little getting used to.

  • Anthony Dennis
Lily Winward says she had a nightmare experience when bumped from an overbooked Etihad flight.

Aussie teen’s nightmare flight puts plane overbooking in spotlight

Lily Winward was returning home from the solo trip of a lifetime when she was bumped from a flight in Abu Dhabi.

  • Jessica McSweeney

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