THE LOUVRE TO OPEN IN ABU DHABI WITH $654 MILLION PRICETAG
A consortium led by Dubai-based Arabtec Holding will build the Louvre Abu Dhabi art gallery for $654 million, the developers of the project announced on Tuesday. Abu Dhabi Tourism Development and Investment Company said construction would start immediately with the aim of opening the museum in 2015. The contract was awarded to an Arabtec-led joint […]
IT’S A GOOD YEAR FOR SCARCE BUBBLES
First the bad news: there is going to be a lot less champagne to go round this year. The good news: what there is could be outstanding. After one of the worst spring growing seasons on record, producers of champagne are bracing themselves for one of the smallest harvests in the last 20 years. But […]