About Us
Explorer Publishing was established in 1995 with the launch of the Dubai Explorer. What started as a simple idea – to provide a one-stop information source for the migratory population – became a global concept just over a decade later | Download our corporate presentation
With over 25 cities around the world covered, Explorer’s Complete Residents’ Guides (Live · Work · Explore) series is the dominating resource for up-to-date and comprehensive information on all aspects of life, both the necessary and the pleasurable.
We believe strongly in authenticity and all our guides are written by a team of local experts, not travel writers. This means we provide real insider information, aimed at people relocating or simply wanting to rediscover the excitement of their own backyard.
In addition to this core series, Explorer has a hugely successful range of visitors’ guides, activity books, lifestyle guides and photography books making us the leading brand in this field within the UAE.
Explorer has rapidly expanded, both our team (currently over 70 staff) and our portfolio (currently over 100 products), and both our understanding of and passion for our local market has strengthened.
Committed to accuracy and information Explorer has not only captured the global market with our guides but we have also become the leading map publisher in the Middle East.
Aside from our retail business we also offer complete creative solutions to the corporate market – be they commemorative books, creative direct marketing, brochures,annual reports, brand identity, digital content, web design and content management, above the line advertisements or exhibition materials.
Whether it is a new guide or a corporate solution, Explorer has the content, the design, the images, the skills and the passion to turn great ideas into great products.
With over 25 cities around the world covered, Explorer’s Complete Residents’ Guides (Live · Work · Explore) series is the dominating resource for up-to-date and comprehensive information on all aspects of life, both the necessary and the pleasurable.
We believe strongly in authenticity and all our guides are written by a team of local experts, not travel writers. This means we provide real insider information, aimed at people relocating or simply wanting to rediscover the excitement of their own backyard.
In addition to this core series, Explorer has a hugely successful range of visitors’ guides, activity books, lifestyle guides and photography books making us the leading brand in this field within the UAE.
Explorer has rapidly expanded, both our team (currently over 70 staff) and our portfolio (currently over 100 products), and both our understanding of and passion for our local market has strengthened.
Committed to accuracy and information Explorer has not only captured the global market with our guides but we have also become the leading map publisher in the Middle East.
Aside from our retail business we also offer complete creative solutions to the corporate market – be they commemorative books, creative direct marketing, brochures,annual reports, brand identity, digital content, web design and content management, above the line advertisements or exhibition materials.
Whether it is a new guide or a corporate solution, Explorer has the content, the design, the images, the skills and the passion to turn great ideas into great products.

