The Happiness destination

Dubai. Once more, building cranes prevent nice pictures of the changed skyline, and again, people get stuck in traffic jams. After the first day in Dubai, you know one thing: the city is still booming. It is heading on to the next mega event at top speed: EXPO 2020. Only three years to go. And that is why there was a strange mood at this week's "Arabian Travel Market", which switched between total optimism and noticeable nervousness. The hotel construction boom goes on and on, and operators have already dropped 2016 as a poor year. The first quarter 2017 was brilliant again, after all. These hoteliers consider the glass half full. But for many others, it is half empty.