Tuning body clock to new rhythm

Dubai: Thursday nights have long been the mainstay of the UAE's social scene the most popular night of the week to be seen at one of the hundreds of nightspots throughout the country.

Now, with the change of weekend, many outlets are expecting to see a boost in business on Friday. According to the management of long-time Dubai haunt the Boston Bar at the Jumeirah Rotana Hotel, while no major changes would be made, the move was expected to be good for business.

"I think we will find that Thursday night will continue to be a big night, and Friday lunch going on to Friday evening will be very busy for us," George Fernandez, assistant manager of the Boston Bar, said. "Throughout Thursday and Friday, people will continue to go out and then relax on Saturday. This will be really good for business. We will have to wait and see how things pan out, but I expect Thursday and Friday to be busier than normal."

Other outlets also indicated that they expect that the public is not ready to abandon their Thursday nights-out just yet.

"Because people are already of the mindset that Thursday is a big night, they will continue to go out on that night, but Friday will be big as well," said Jason Smith, manager of the Irish Village.

Alison Humpleby, manager of Double Decker pub at the Al Murooj Rotana Hotel and Suites, said that as yet no changes to the pub's schedule have been planned.

"Many of our customers already have a Friday-Saturday weekend, so we recently launched a Saturday brunch," she explained. "I don't think there will be very many changes, especially as Friday nights are already big in Dubai."

Members of the public are also not expecting a great deal of change resulting from the new weekend, as far as their nights out are concerned. Media professional Waleed Ali agreed that if anything, Friday nights will become busier.