Dubai winter rates are already going up

12 Jun 2026. Short stay hotel company Vacationer says the winter rates it’s booking Dubai apartments for are higher than last year. We find out more with Harrison Moore. Abbas Sajwani’s company AHS has bought the Shangri-La for more than a billion dirhams. We find out why. Two CEOs in studio, property and hospitality. Guido De Wilde of Wasl Hospitality and Jonathan Emery of Aldar Development on how their sectors are bouncing back, and why they’re hopping on bikes this summer. And we speak to cables giant Ducab and CEO Charles-Edouard Mellagui about the strategies they’ve put in place to deal with a still shut Strait of Hormuz.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.