Modern Dubai is the product of the past 30 years of intensive development. Under the aegis of H.H. Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al-Maktoum, Dubai has witnessed enormous expansion from a small, old-world town to a modern state with exceptional communication, state of the art industrial infrastructure, and all the comforts of modern life.

Dubai has been quick to embrace modernity. The recent years have witnessed some ground breaking developments and awe-inspiring projects. Projects such as Dubai Festival City – a waterfront development that will combine entertainment, dining, shopping, a marina, hotels, offices and residential apartments, Dubai's land-reclamation projects — the Palm Islands of Jumeira, Jebel Ali, and Deira and The World archipelago,  are some of the astounding developments of the modern times.