From fantasy to fake reality
If there weren't already enough Z-list celebrities flocking to the sandlands, boyband member-turned solo star Jamie Kane has apparently been staying at the Royal Accord Hotel in Dubai:
"The Royal Accord, Dubai's most luxuriant hotel, welcomes you! At the Royal Accord we offer you a stay that is second to none. With our wide range of luxury suites, spas and specialist facilities we can cater for your every indulgence."
But Jamie Kane is not just a Z-list celebrity, he is a fake Z-list celebrity, part of a BBC interactive game, staying in a fake hotel existing only in cyberspace.
The surreal irony of non-existent people staying at non-existent hotels in Dubai is enough to make anyone book into the Accord's US$1450 a night Royal Suite and never come out.
"The Royal Accord, Dubai's most luxuriant hotel, welcomes you! At the Royal Accord we offer you a stay that is second to none. With our wide range of luxury suites, spas and specialist facilities we can cater for your every indulgence."
But Jamie Kane is not just a Z-list celebrity, he is a fake Z-list celebrity, part of a BBC interactive game, staying in a fake hotel existing only in cyberspace.
The surreal irony of non-existent people staying at non-existent hotels in Dubai is enough to make anyone book into the Accord's US$1450 a night Royal Suite and never come out.
8 Comments:
Just how postmodern can it get?
sandsoftime: fantastic to get another emirati blogging (especially in English so we can all understand it!) I've added your blog to my UAE Bloglines guide, when I get round to the next edit of the other guide I'll put it there too (also I'll know a bit more about it then!)
Do you plan to enable comments on your blog?
Do you think a branding agency got paid millions of dirhams to "conceptualise" it?
Hello People,
How do I link my blog to someone else? Sorry, bit of a luddite here, you will have to bear with me?
Cheers
www.dubaiirish.blogspot.com/
Damn good website though - gonna 'borrow' some of that!
Drat You All!
Now I have YAB (Yet Anohter Blog) to read!
I am a former resident of Al-Ain from '92-'98.
hmm maybe the dubaian government could sue the show for it ? lol
I don't think Jamie Kane is fake...check out what I found on another blog site: Narcoleptic Barracuda. I don't know, I'm scratching my head a little on this one now that I've read this guy's responses.
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