Like many top international golfers, Shiv Kapur has also been smitten by the desert charm and is planning to base himself in Dubai to facilitate his travel between the Asian and European Tours.
"Dubai is right in the middle, in a way of speaking. It is easy to get to Asian events and also to Europe and the conditions to play and practice are superb. I plan to look for a place and make it as one of my bases," Kapur said.
Kapur, who is playing at the Abu Dhabi Open golf championships here, is planning to divide his time between Asian and European Tour events with more accent on big-money events in Europe.
Dubai of late has become a popular base for many European golfers. The weather and golfing conditions with some of the finest courses around are attracting big stars.
Swedish trio Thomas Bjorn, Henrik Stenson and Johan Edfors have all made Dubai their home, as has Gregory Havret of France and Yasin Ali, a Kenya-born golfer.
With a slew of brilliant golf courses in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, the Middle East is indeed turning out to be a paradise for international golfers.
Even Tiger Woods has penciled Dubai as one of his more regular non-US spots and has signed up to design his first ever golf course.
Colin Montgomerie, Ernie Els and the legendary Greg Norman have all lent their signatures to various courses in the region.
Sri Lanka's first budget airline aborts maiden take off
Publish Date : 3/5/2007 7:07:00 AM
Sri Lanka's first budget airline ran into a rocky start when its maiden test flight to India was grounded today due to technical problems, airline officials said.
Tourism promotion can create new job opportunities in Pakistan, says MInister
Publish Date : 3/3/2007 7:06:00 AM
The development and promotion of tourism in Pakistan will not help to improve career opportunities, but also decrease the poverty level in the country, said Tourism Minister Nilofar Bakhtiar on Friday.
Employees of Indian airlines to strike work on March 12
Publish Date : 2/28/2007 8:29:00 AM
Flight services of national carrier Indian are likely to be hit on March 12, as a section of its employees threatened to strike work demanding higher wages among other things.
Kingfisher to fly new routes, add more flights
Publish Date : 2/24/2007 8:34:00 AM
Vijay Mallya-promoted Kingfisher Airlines plans to launch more flights on new routes in its summer schedule, beginning March besides introducing services connecting Tier-II cities in the western and southern regions.
India is 4th largest tourist generating market for Singapore
Publish Date : 2/24/2007 8:33:00 AM
Singapore is emerging as one of the most favoured destination for Indians, with the country receiving around 6,59,000 visitors from India in 2006.
KLM increase flights to India
Publish Date : 2/23/2007 6:27:00 AM
KLM will add one more flight to Hyderabad taking the total number of return flights to 43 to India every week.
Kapur planning to set base in Dubai
Publish Date : 1/20/2007 8:11:00 AM
Like many top international golfers, Shiv Kapur has also been smitten by the desert charm and is planning to base himself in Dubai to facilitate his travel between the Asian and European Tours.
Stranded for 36 hours, air passengers at Vizag get no help from officials
Publish Date : 1/20/2007 8:07:00 AM
For the air passengers stranded at the airport here for the past 36 hours, the nightmare has not ended as they have to consistently face ill mannered officials.
India Tourism invites Goody and friends to India
Publish Date : 1/20/2007 8:07:00 AM
India Tourism office here today invited beauty therapist Jade Goody and her friends who have been tormenting Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty in a British reality TV show to visit India and experience the "healing nature" of the country.
Indian introduces e-ticketing facility
Publish Date : 1/19/2007 10:09:00 AM
Indian Airlines Thursday said it was introducing e-ticketing facility for its customers to simplify procedures for issuing tickets.
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