By Matt Smith DUBAI (Reuters) - Dubai aims to triple its annual income from tourism to 300 billion dirhams ($82 billion) by 2020, which would involve doubling the number of its hotel rooms, a senior official said. Tourism is crucial to Dubai's economy, which had a gross domestic product of around $90 billion last year; it supports the emirate's large retail industry as well as its hospitality sector.

Key issues regarding safety in road transport, more specifically safety issues in truck transport - were in focus at the inaugural meeting of the Automechanika Dubai Network, which took place at the H Hotel, in Dubai on Tuesday, April 2nd.Organised by German trade fair and conference leaders Epoc Messe Frankfurt, the inaugural networking event attracted a number of UAE's leading automobile aftermarket players, manufacturers, suppliers, dealers, service providers and other stakeholders.The Automechanika Dubai Network, which will now be held on a quarterly basis, will focus in

LONDON/DUBAI, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Three Britons held in Dubai on drug charges say they were tortured by police after their arrest while on holiday in July 2012, a human rights group said on Wednesday, drawing a swift denial from authorities in the Gulf Arab emirate. Grant Cameron, Karl Williams and Suneet Jeerh, all 25 years old, say police subjected them to beatings and threatened them with guns, according to Reprieve, a London-based legal charity which campaigns for prisoner rights.

By David French DUBAI, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Dubai Group, a struggling unit of the ruler of Dubai's personal investment firm, has settled with banks who brought legal action against it to secure repayment of their share of $10 billion of debt, raising hopes a wider restructuring can now go ahead.