Dubai Real Estate Becoming Home To Celebrities

By Author: William King
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Not that Dubai needs some celebrity endorsement to gain popularity; the "city of gold" is a star in itself. When a celebrity purchases some villa, island, or just put his/her name to some building, it's hard to determine who's being promoted? Dubai? The star? or both of them? Dubai has got a celebrity status, that is why celebrities are more than happy to attach their names with the developments going on, some have done it by purchasing a piece of property, others by giving their names to some development, while some are trying their luck in designing hotels or golf courses. Although, the property has got to deliver what it is supposed to deliver (yields on investments, luxurious lifestyle or world class business facilities), still nobody minds paying a little more when they know they will be getting a villa in the neighborhood of David Beckham or Brad Pitt.

Big names from Sports world:
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum presented a whole island (in "The World") to Michael Schumacher at his retirement, probably one of the most expensive publicly known gifts to an individual in recent times. Schumacher ...
... involvement doesn't end there; we have got a whole Michael Schumacher Business Avenue at Business Bay as well. Similarly Boris Becker has a 19-storey building named after him. ACI Real Estate recently launched "Boris Becker tower" in the same district. Talking of tennis celebrities, everybody knows the famous friendly match played between Roger Federer and Andre Agassi at the helipad of Burj Al Arab hotel. Then we have "Tiger Woods Dubai", a golf resort designed by non other than Tiger Woods himself. David Beckham represents the football stars at Dubai, who owns a luxurious Villa at Palm Jumeirah (though for the time being, his in-laws are more likely to occupy it).

Showbiz Biggies:
Dubai government is trying to make Dubai the prime destination for tourists, and what better way to attract people all around the world than bunching up some of the most famous showbiz names in Dubai, one way or another. Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Hillary Swank, Kylie Minogue, Giorgio Armani, Carlos Santana, Shah Rukh; the names are big enough to pull crowds on their own. One of the hottest couple in Hollywood (at least among those, who are still together) Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have reportedly bought an island in "the world" Hillay Swank and Shah Rukh Khan are endorsing some property developments (While SRK owns an address in Palm Jumeriah as well). More than 2000 celebrities from all over the world flocked to Dubai for a grand opening ceremony of Hotel Atlantis, where Kylie Minogue and Michael Jackson performed.

With so many celebrities, VIPs and super starts showing up at Dubai, Dubai will soon become an ideal spot for investors, businessmen and tourists alike (oh and paparazzo's as well).

William King is the director of Pakistan Real Estate & Pakistan Property Portal: http://www.zameen.com , UAE Dubai Property & Dubai Real Estate Properties Portal: http://www.bayut.com and Dubai Property Rentals & Dubai Rents : http://www.bayut.com/rent.html . He has 18 years of experience in the marketing and trading industries and has been helping retailers, entrepreneurs and startups with their product sourcing, promotion, marketing and supply chain requirements.

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