A follow up to the earlier post on Hooters.
After generating much talk of - Will they? Can they? If so, when will they open? Hooter's plan to open in Dubai seems to have got the boot.
Today's Gulf News reported the following:
"Ali Ebrahim, deputy director-general for executive affairs at the Department of Economic Development (DED), said Hooters has not been registered with the department. The local laws will not allow restaurants that are in violation of "religion, traditions and culture," he said, according to a report in Al Khaleej. He said the DED is closely following the US firm's plans to open an outlet in Dubai."
So much noise and so much news print for mere speculation... Considering the fact, this is the "nth" article published by local papers, you may be mistaken to believe the arrival of Hooters was the next big thing after the first landing on the moon. If there is any journalist reading this - why don't you start a series of interviews, public polls and featured articles if the "Bunny" will get a chance to debut in the Middle East.
After all, in the end when the topic cannot be stretched any further - kill the story with the standard line stating that it is "inconsistent with the religious, cultural, political and moral values of the United Arab Emirates."
Simple! Just can't wait to read these articles filled with speculation and hype and experience the climax of the story being nailed shut of being inappropriate.
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No place for Hooters in Dubai ~ Gulf News
After generating much talk of - Will they? Can they? If so, when will they open? Hooter's plan to open in Dubai seems to have got the boot.
Today's Gulf News reported the following:
"Ali Ebrahim, deputy director-general for executive affairs at the Department of Economic Development (DED), said Hooters has not been registered with the department. The local laws will not allow restaurants that are in violation of "religion, traditions and culture," he said, according to a report in Al Khaleej. He said the DED is closely following the US firm's plans to open an outlet in Dubai."
So much noise and so much news print for mere speculation... Considering the fact, this is the "nth" article published by local papers, you may be mistaken to believe the arrival of Hooters was the next big thing after the first landing on the moon. If there is any journalist reading this - why don't you start a series of interviews, public polls and featured articles if the "Bunny" will get a chance to debut in the Middle East.
After all, in the end when the topic cannot be stretched any further - kill the story with the standard line stating that it is "inconsistent with the religious, cultural, political and moral values of the United Arab Emirates."
Simple! Just can't wait to read these articles filled with speculation and hype and experience the climax of the story being nailed shut of being inappropriate.
“The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything. Except what is worth knowing. Journalism, conscious of this, and having tradesman-like habits, supplies their demands.” ~ Oscar Wilde (Irish Poet, Novelist, Dramatist and Critic)
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No place for Hooters in Dubai ~ Gulf News
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