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Madinat Jumeirah: Dubai’s Stunning Four Hotel Beach Resort Offers Unirvalled Benefits for Summer Staycations

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Explore the ‘Jewel of Dubai’ by staying at any of its four exquisite properties and enjoy a variety of offerings from luxurious spa treatments to diverse culinary experiences via its dedicated summer promotion

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, July 18, 2022/APO Group/ — 

Madinat Jumeirah, Jumeirah Group’s (www.Jumeirah.com ) mega-resort is inviting guests from all around the world to indulge in luxury as they explore the authentically recreated Arabia, with its meandering waterways and Middle Eastern architecture, while they enjoy a memorable holiday.

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Also known as the ‘Jewel of Dubai’ and offering a truly unique experience, Madinat Jumeirah is home to four ultra-luxurious hotels – Jumeirah Al Naseem, Jumeirah Al Qasr, Jumeirah Dar Al Masyaf and Jumeirah Mina A’Salam – all nestled within picturesque waterways connected by traditional abras. Set against the backdrop of the majestic Burj Al Arab Jumeirah, the resort boasts 2km of pristine, private beachfront, the award-winning Talise Spa, state-of-the-art fitness and leisure facilities and exclusive penthouse, suite and private summerhouse experiences with unrivalled benefits. Located close to Jumeirah Beach Hotel and Burj Al Arab Jumeirah, the resort is just 25 minutes away from the Dubai International Airport and is a 15–20-minute drive away from some of the Emirate’s major attractions making it an enticing place for those who wish to experience the city’s scintillating energy while relaxing in a serene environment.

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Jumeirah Al Naseem

A cool and contemporary beachside retreat, Jumeirah Al Naseem offers world-class dining and comfort in spectacular surroundings. Boasting a large inventory of 435 rooms including 44 suites, the resort provides exceptional comfort in a serene environment and is a three-minute buggy ride away from the Wild Wadi Waterpark, Dubai’s most iconic waterpark. Meaning sea breeze in Arabic, Jumeirah Al Naseem boasts five extraordinary dining venues featuring a wide range of cuisines. The hotel’s signature restaurants include KAYTO (Peruvian Japanese), Rockfish (Mediterranean Seafood), Al Mandhar (Lobby Lounge) and The Palmery (International).

Apart from providing guests service beyond expectations and signature dining experiences, the resort is also committed to preserving wildlife, which it does through the Dubai Turtle Rehabilitation Project (DTRP). The resort is home to Dubai’s only state-of-the-art Turtle Rehabilitation Sanctuary including a sea-fed lagoon that monitors the progress and condition of rescued sea turtles before releasing them back into UAE waters. Run by DTRP, the resort plays a key role in the conservation of sea turtles and hosts regular workshops educating communities and guests on marine biology and the local and global plight of sea turtles.

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Jumeirah Al Qasr

Located a few minutes away from Jumeirah Al Naseem is the regal Jumeirah Al Qasr, Madinat Jumeirah’s luxury palatial resort inspired by the fantasies of 1,001 Arabian nights. Nestled within 40 hectares of landscaped gardens, the hotel comprises of 292 rooms including 32 suites offering optimal comfort while reflecting royal Arabian opulence. The captivating lobby is an immediate immersion into the world of the Arabian Peninsula, with exuberant flower arrangements and a 5 tonne crystal chandelier that glitters the sunrise and sunset across the lobby.

The resort is a firm favourite amongst families owing to its proximity to the Wild Wadi Waterpark as well as a Kids’ Club, which offers junior guests all the fun and frolic in a safe environment. Building on its reputation as a family-friendly property, the palatial resort boasts numerous chilled pools including the adults only Celeste Pool, a 22-metre infinity pool where guests can take a dip in tranquil privacy while enjoying picturesque views of the Arabian Gulf, take a stroll on the private white-sand beach as well as sip on delicious bubbly sundowners. Living up to its meaning ‘The Palace’, Jumeirah Al Qasr is also home to the rejuvenating Talise Spa, an award-winning sanctuary for mind, body and soul. Spread across tranquil waterways and tropical landscapes, Talise Spa offers the ultimate in wellness with a curated menu of specialised treatments and exclusive international products to provide guests with a truly blissful experience, and in-house guests have the option of arriving in style using the resorts charming ‘abra’ wooden traditional boats.

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Apart from providing guests service beyond expectations and signature dining experiences, the resort is also committed to preserving wildlife

Furthermore, guests with diverse palates are spoiled for choice with the breadth of culinary options Jumeirah Al Qasr has to offer. Whether it be elegant Parisian cocktails at the Bar Buci Lounge to rich mouthwatering dishes from Pierchic (Italian), French Riviera (French), Pai Thai (Thai), The Hide (American), Al Nafoorah (Lebanese), Al Fayrooz (lobby lounge) and Arboretum (International), guests will always find what satisfies their cravings. Last but certainly not least is The Palace Club Lounge in Jumeirah Al Qasr. Guests staying in the resort’s club rooms and suites can avail exclusive access to the lounge, offering private concierge service, complimentary daily breakfast, afternoon tea and sundowners at select timings, and 15% savings on laundry and pressing services.

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Jumeirah Dar Al Masyaf

Meaning ‘the summerhouse’ in Arabic, the property is designed to evoke the romanticism of the Arabian summerhouses from the nostalgic past. Nestled in a serene green setting along the Madinat Jumeirah waterways, each villa offers guests a special arrival via a traditional Abra and has its own on-call dedicated butler, who is available to assist guests with their every need. Creating a ‘home-from-home’ atmosphere, the butlers are available 24/7 to pack or unpack, make restaurant and tour bookings and help with anything the guests require. Jumeirah Dar Al Masyaf boasts 290 rooms, suites and villas with each summerhouse comprising of 9-11 individual rooms – garden-, canal- or sea-facing –, which can be booked individually or as a group making it perfect for both multigenerational family stays and romantic getaways for couples seeking privacy. Although the summerhouses are designed to be intimate and private, guests are never far from the facilities of the neighbouring Madinat Jumeirah resort. Guests booking stays at Jumeirah Dar Al Masyaf have access to more than 20 restaurants and bars, the mega-resort’s several pools, Talise Spa, Sinbad Kids’ Club, J Club and much more – all just a stroll or an abra ride away.

Jumeirah Mina A’Salam

Meaning ‘Harbour of Peace’, the boutique resort just steps away from the beach pays homage to the seafaring heritage of the UAE and was the first hotel to open in Madinat Jumeirah. True to its name, the hotel is a blissful haven of luxurious charm comprising of 292 rooms including 12 suites promising the warmest Arabian hospitality.

One of the key design features of the hotel’s setting within Madinat Jumeirah is the 3km-long network of winding waterways that connect the four hotels by transporting guests via the traditional ‘abra’ wooden boats to soak in the stunning architecture and lush gardens while indulging in a refreshing afternoon tea or an evening session of bubbles for the authentic Arabian experience. Also, home to the property is J Club, Jumeirah’s premium wellness and lifestyle destination. Those looking to stay fit during their stays at Madinat Jumeirah are welcome to avail the facilities of J Club offering a diverse programme of exercise classes, an indoor swimming pool, three tennis courts, two squash courts, a padel court and much more.

Jumeirah Mina A’Salam offers an opulent escape for families, groups and couples complete with an endless array of dining outlets situated close to the beach. Guests can access the resort’s six signature restaurants including Shimmers (Greek/Mediterranean), Zheng He’s (Chinese), Bahri Bar (Modern Mixology), Tortuga (Mexican), Hanaaya (International) and Al Samar Lounge (Lobby Lounge) to satisfy their culinary desires and leave feeling sated and full. Also, just a few steps away from the entrance of Jumeirah Mina A’Salam are a range of multi-purpose venues designed to deliver understated luxury within exquisite spaces for award-winning events. Offering a wide range of multifunctional spaces, the Madinat Jumeirah Conference Centre boasts the Middle East’s largest and most diverse collection of venues. From private meeting rooms and intimate restaurant locations to large ballrooms and the Madinat Arena, the conference and banqueting options excel in scale, flexibility and quality, setting the stage for world-class events. 

Promising time exceptionally well spent, Madinat Jumeirah is inviting guests from across the globe to enjoy an array of exclusive privileges when they book a staycation at any of its four properties this summer. Through its new Jumeirah Summer Escapes promotion, guests who book before 31st July 2021 for stays up until 30th September 2023 can save up to 20% when staying four nights or more. Alongside this enticing offer, guests will enjoy unique benefits and exclusive privileges with further offers on the Jumeirah Group’s unrivalled wellness and dining experiences.

Available on either a breakfast-only or half board basis, the Jumeirah Summer Escapes offer includes:

  • Up to 20% off our Jumeirah Flexible rate when staying four nights or more (Inclusive of 5% off exclusive for Jumeirah One (https://bit.ly/3yCvqCR) Members)
  • USD 100 per stay resort credit (for Suite bookings)
  • Access to private temperature-controlled pools
  • Unlimited access to Wild Wadi Waterpark™
  • Use of wellness facilities at Talise Spa and J Club
  • Sinbad’s Kids Club access for junior guests
  • Two-for-one Happy Hour from 15:00-19:00 at select venues
  • 30 complimentary minutes at Talise Spa with every 60-minute treatment
  • Daily breakfast when booking Jumeirah Escapes with Breakfast
  • Daily breakfast, and lunch or dinner when booking Jumeirah Escapes with Half Board
  • Complimentary wi-fi to share your special moments
  • Jumeirah One (https://bit.ly/3yCvqCR) members can elevate their Jumeirah Summer Escapes with an inclusive 5% off their stay and a complimentary upgrade (subject to availability)

To find out more about this enticing summer offer, visit https://bit.ly/3yBLfKd. In the meantime, stay connected via our social media channels and don’t forget to tag us in your posts with #TimeExceptionallyWellSpent.
 

Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Jumeirah Group.

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Hainan FTP marks 6-month milestone of special customs operations, signs deals during Hong Kong visit

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HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 29 June 2026 – As the Hainan Free Trade Port (FTP) marked the six-month milestone since the launch of its full special customs operations, a Hainan provincial delegation wrapped up a three-day visit to Hong Kong. During the visit, the delegation signed deepened cooperation agreements with several major local chambers of commerce and promoted the latest policies introduced since the island-wide special customs operations took effect.

According to data released by Hainan Province during the visit, Hainan’s foreign trade has surged since the launch of special customs operations. As of June 17, the province’s total goods imports and exports reached RMB 173.98 billion (approximately US$24 billion), up 54.6% year on year. Imports of zero-tariff goods hit RMB 2.645 billion, a 120% jump that generated tariff savings of RMB 440 million. A total of 172,100 new market entities were registered—a 61% increase—including 1,240 foreign-invested enterprises. Zero-tariff items now account for 74% of all tariff lines, benefiting more than 12,000 market entities.

During the Hong Kong visit, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade Hainan Provincial Committee (CCPIT Hainan) signed separate deepened cooperation MOUs with the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, Hong Kong and the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce. Under the MOUs, the parties will establish a regular liaison mechanism for the periodic exchange of economic and trade information, and will promote collaboration in areas including professional services, green finance, the digital economy, supply chain management, and cultural tourism. Mutual enterprise service desks will be set up to provide consulting services regarding policies and projects. The parties will leverage their complementary strengths to help Chinese mainland enterprises access overseas markets via Hong Kong, while facilitating Hong Kong companies’ entry into the Chinese mainland through Hainan.

The delegation also held talks with the British Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong and the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong, exploring ways for British and American businesses to leverage Hainan’s value-added processing tariff exemptions and multifunctional free trade accounts to position themselves in regional supply chains and cross-border investment and financing. HSBC, De Beers, and other British firms are already active in Hainan, and the UK served as the Guest of Honor country at the 2025 China International Consumer Products Expo.

According to industry analysts, amid the shifting international trade landscape, Hainan is leveraging Hong Kong’s “super-connector” role to accelerate its integration with global capital and business networks, while simultaneously offering the Hong Kong business community a policy testing ground for entering the Chinese mainland market.

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Africa’s Grid Constraints Come into Focus as Regional Markets Push Toward Integration

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Regional power pools are advancing and renewable pipelines are growing, but the regulatory and financial architecture needed to connect them remains the continent’s most critical infrastructure gap – an issue central to the Power Africa Today conference at AEW 2026

CAPE TOWN, South Africa, June 25, 2026/APO Group/ –Africa’s electricity demand is projected to nearly double to 2,291 TWh by 2050, requiring an estimated $30 billion in transmission and grid infrastructure investment to unlock and integrate new generation capacity. Yet across the continent, grid systems are struggling to keep pace with rapidly expanding supply pipelines and rising demand.

In Nigeria, repeated nationwide grid collapses as recently as February 2026 underscore the fragility of aging transmission infrastructure. In East Africa, tower failures along the 428 km Loiyangalani-Suswa line temporarily stranded output from Lake Turkana Wind Power – Africa’s largest wind installation. Meanwhile, demand growth pressures are accelerating across North Africa, where electricity consumption is expected to rise by around 50% by 2035, driven by urbanization, desalination projects, and climate-related temperature increases.

Despite these constraints, generation investment continues to accelerate across Africa, particularly in renewables, gas-to-power and hybrid systems. However, without equivalent investment in transmission and interconnection, much of this new capacity risks being underutilized or stranded. This growing imbalance between generation and grid capacity is driving a sharper focus on system-wide planning and regional market design – issues that will be central to the newly launched Power Africa Today conference at African Energy Week 2026. The platform will bring together policymakers, utilities, investors and developers to explore how regional interconnection, cross-border trading frameworks and financing structures can better align generation growth with grid expansion.

Power Markets Experiment with Reform

Alongside infrastructure challenges, Africa’s electricity sector is undergoing gradual – but uneven – market reform. Most countries still operate vertically integrated systems dominated by state utilities, but a growing number are introducing competitive frameworks to attract private capital and improve efficiency.

Zimbabwe opened its electricity market to full private participation across generation, transmission and distribution in 2025, targeting $9 billion in new investment. South Africa is advancing one of the continent’s most ambitious grid expansion programs, with plans for 14,500 km of new transmission lines and 133,000 MVA of transformer capacity by 2034, alongside mechanisms designed to crowd in private financing. Kenya, meanwhile, has introduced open access regulations enabling independent power producers to wheel electricity directly to multiple off-takers, reshaping how generation assets interface with the grid.

Interconnected electricity markets are the foundation of Africa’s industrial future

Regional Integration Remains Fragmented

Efforts to connect Africa’s fragmented power systems are progressing, though at different speeds across regions. In Southern Africa, the World Bank’s RETRADE SAPP program, approved in 2025, is deploying $12 million to strengthen renewable integration and transmission capacity across 12 member states. In East Africa, the Ethiopia–Kenya–Tanzania Electricity Highway is now in trial operations at up to 2,000 MW, marking a significant step toward a more interconnected regional grid.

West Africa is also moving toward deeper integration, with permanent synchronization of the West Africa Power Pool expected in 2026. Analysts, including the African Finance Corporation, argue that such synchronization is critical to unlocking large-scale hydropower potential and industrial demand across the region. Longer term, full synchronization between the Eastern and Southern African power pools – targeted for the end of 2026 – could create one of the world’s largest cross-border electricity trading corridors.

Building Bankable Financial Architectures

While interconnection is advancing, infrastructure alone is not enough to create investable electricity markets. Investors consistently cite the lack of standardized offtake structures, creditworthy counterparties, and cross-border payment guarantees as key barriers to scaling capital deployment.

New models are emerging to address these constraints. Africa GreenCo, operating across Zambia, Namibia and South Africa, is helping to aggregate independent power producers under a single creditworthy intermediary, standardizing power purchase agreements and reducing counterparty risk. At a broader level, AUDA-NEPAD estimates that Africa requires around $30 billion in additional investment to complete priority transmission corridors and establish three fully interconnected regional trading blocs by 2030.

“Interconnected electricity markets are the foundation of Africa’s industrial future,” said NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman of the African Energy Chamber. “The question at Africa Energy Week is not whether integration is possible – the evidence is already there. The question is which regulatory frameworks and financial structures will get projects to financial close, and which markets will be ready when capital is looking to move.”

The Power Africa Today conference will run alongside AEW 2026, taking place October 12–16 in Cape Town, and will focus on the regulatory, financial and infrastructural architecture needed to build interconnected electricity markets capable of attracting institutional capital and delivering reliable, cross-border power at scale.

Distributed by APO Group on behalf of African Energy Chamber.

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African Development Bank Group and La Francophonie Sign Partnership Agreement to Promote Youth Employment in Francophone Africa

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The agreement was signed during a meeting between the Secretary General of La Francophonie, Louise Mushikiwabo, and African Development Bank Group President, Dr Sidi Ould Tah in Paris, France

PARIS, France, June 25, 2026/APO Group/ –The African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) and The International Organization of La Francophonie (OIF) on Wednesday entered a strategic partnership to strengthen digital skills, employability, and entrepreneurship of young people and women in five African countries: Benin, Cameroon, Guinea, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Madagascar.

 

The agreement was signed during a meeting between the Secretary General of La Francophonie, Louise Mushikiwabo, and African Development Bank Group President, Dr Sidi Ould Tah in Paris, France. The agreement will address a major challenge faced by countries in the Francophone world and across Africa: providing young people with access to opportunities offered by the digital economy and fostering the emergence of a new generation of entrepreneurs.

The partnership calls for the implementation of training programs in digital professions and entrepreneurship, in fields such as web and mobile development, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and data analysis. Participants will also receive guidance toward employment and self-employment, as well as support for innovation and business creation, notably through training camps, prototyping activities, and partnerships with incubators and accelerators.

The African Development Bank Group and OIF will also work with national authorities in these five countries and training institutions to sustainably strengthen local capacities and promote ownership of the programs by national stakeholders. An initial pilot phase, lasting 12 to 24 months, will be rolled out in the five partner countries, followed by a gradual expansion to other member states depending on the results achieved.

The African Development Bank Group is pursuing a bold agenda based on “Four Cardinal Points” developed by Dr Ould Tah, the third of which is ‘Turning Demographics into a Dividend.’ This is about strategically converting Africa’s rapidly growing and youthful population into a decisive engine of inclusive growth, productivity, and innovation through large-scale investment in human capital—particularly youth and women.

 

It sees Africa’s growing young population not as a risk, but as a major asset. With the right policies and investments, this potential can create jobs, help small businesses grow, bring more informal businesses into the formal economy, and equip young people with the skills needed for the future. By investing more in education, science and technology, vocational training, entrepreneurship, finance, and digital tools, Africa can help its people drive economic transformation, stay competitive, and build lasting, resilient growth.

The OIF said the agreement marked the first concrete step in its initiative to mobilize innovative and additional funding for its most impactful projects.

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