Hooters to open in Dubai
US restaurant chain Hooters, renowned for its scantily clad waitresses, could open its first of three outlets in Dubai by the end of the year, the company’s local partner said on Tuesday.“I am trying to secure a location to open one restaurant this year and a year from now I will have two to three potential locations,” Jamal Al Shaheen, a Kuwaiti investor with franchise rights to Hooters in Dubai, told Dow Jones. Al Shaheen said the location of the first restaurant should be finalised by the end of the summer, with it opening around six months later.
The restaurant will open somewhere in the Jumeirah area, he added.The opening would mark the restaurant chain’s entry into the Muslim world, and could spark controversy due to the waitresses’ famous uniforms, which consist of revealing singlets and hotpants.Al Shaheen said he does not anticipate any hostile response over the uniforms, claiming they are no more revealing as what can be seen on Dubai’s many beaches.The first Hooters was originally meant to open on the Palm but delays in the development’s construction have forced Al Shaheen to change his plans, he said. Source
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Dubai has poured cold water on a reported plan by an American restaurant famous for dressing its waitresses in revealing clothes to open in the city.
Hooters wanted to launch outlets in Dubai. A Kuwaiti investor, who has the franchise rights to Hooters, said in recent reports he was trying to secure a location to open a restaurant this year.
But 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.
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