Valentine’s Day at Dubai Marina Mall

Dubai Marina Mall celebrates Valentine’s Day from February 8 to 18, by offering visitors a special Valentine themed market located at the heart of the Atrium, a gift catalogue full of ideas, and the chance to win a dreamy bedroom make-over worth AED 15,000 for visitors who spend AED 200 in any outlet in the mall.

Those who leave the choice of the gift up to their Valentine can purchase an Emaar Gift Card available at the Guest Service Desk on Level G. Read more

BurJuman participates at Dubai Shopping Festival

A key sponsor of the 17th edition of the highly anticipated shopping festival, BurJuman has put together a fabulous line-up of entertainment and promotions under its DSF 2012 slogan ‘BurJuman Dazzles.’

Families looking to keep the kids entertained on those marathon shopping sprees can catch the Power Puff Girls live in concert at BurJuman. There’ll be loads of foot tapping activity as Bubbles, Buttercup and Blossom get glammed up to perform chart topping hits, with daily shows at 5:00pm, 6:30pm & 8:00pm followed by a 15-minute Meet & Greet (on a first-come-first-served basis) everyday from January 12th -21st, except on January 17th at the Observatory, BurJuman Mall. A special matinee Power Puff Girls Concert will also take place on January 14th at 12.45pm, followed by a 15-minute Meet & Greet. Read more

Dubai shopping malls extend working hours during DSF

Leading shopping malls in Dubai have extended their shopping hours to midnight in line with a joint initiative announced by the Dubai Events and Promotions Establishment (DEPE), an agency of Department of Economic development and the organizers of the Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF), and Dubai Shopping Malls Group (DSMG) in the wake of a huge influx of visitors to the malls in the first week of DSF 2012. Read more

Dubai Mall celebrates Dubai Shopping Festival with prizes and colorful entertainment

The Dubai Mall, the world’s largest shopping and entertainment destination and flagship mall development of Emaar Malls Group, is celebrating Dubai Shopping Festival 2012, the region’s largest shopping and entertainment extravaganza, by offering lucky shoppers prizes of up to AED 1 million. As a Strategic Partner of DSF 2012, The Dubai Mall’s DSF celebrations are based on the theme, ‘Just Imagine Having Everything You Desire,’ and will host an array of colourful entertainment activities, to be revealed in due course, assured to delight and surprise the visitors, from January 5 to February 5. Read more

The Dubai Mall hosts 54 million visitors in 2011

• Surpasses annual tourist arrivals to New York City in 2011
• Annual footfall to the mall grew about 15% in 2011 compared with 2010
• Retail sales across the various outlets in the mall record about 35% average growth compared with 2010

 The Dubai Mall achieved a record-smashing year in 2011 to become the world’s most-visited shopping and leisure destination, welcoming more than 54 million visitors in 2011. The number of visitors in 2011 is about 15% higher than the 47 million visitors in 2010.

The number of visitors to The Dubai Mall is more than the number of annual tourists to New York City in 2011, reported at 50.2 million¹. The visitor numbers exceed the annual visitors to Las Vegas – expected to welcome 39.2 million people in 2011² and Los Angeles at 26.3 million3 and also surpasses the visitor arrivals to all landmark leisure destinations and theme parks in the world including Times Square (39.2 million); Central Park (38 million); and Niagara Falls (22.5 million) among others.4 Read more

Manazel gears up for Capital Mall opening in 2012

Following a long line of successful endeavors, Manazel concludes its exemplary accomplishments by announcing the opening of its first shopping centre near Abu Dhabi 2030 Capital District and signs a deal with Geant Hypermarket to open their first branch in Abu Dhabi.

Manazel Real Estate, one of the Middle East’s leading development companies, known for being specialized in middle income housing communities, announces the upcoming launch of “Capital Mall”, a project developed by Manazel Real Estate as part of its impressive 230,000sqm master development plan “9712 Capital”, located in the heart of Mohammed Bin Zayed City in close proximity to the new 2030 Abu Dhabi Capital. Read more

Dubai Ice Rink turns into Winter Wonderland for Festive Season

• It’s officially winter and Festive Season at Dubai Ice Rink
• ‘Snow Babies on Ice’ programme teaches children from 18 months to 5 years old how to skate

Emaar Retail LLC, the provider of premium leisure and retail experiences, presents the Winter Wonderland Programme featuring ‘Snow Babies on Ice’ until December 31, 2011 at Dubai Ice Rink, the Olympic-sized ice-skating and events venue, located in The Dubai Mall.

Families will get a real feel of winter and the festive season this year at Dubai Ice Rink, as it transforms into a Winter Wonderland featuring festive music, activities, decorations, a festive tree, sleigh rides, gifts and much more. Read more

New Shopping Mall opens in Jumeirah December 15

• Soak Up Some ‘Sandcastles’ at Sunset Mall
• Sunset Mall to congregate an extravagant show of Sandcastles at its launch

To celebrate the launch of Sunset Mall, Dubai Investment Properties today announced that it is all set to host a 7-days long Sandcastle event. The fun event starts on 15th December, 2011, which is also the scheduled date for mall opening. Internationally acclaimed and multi- award winning Sand-sculptor Jenny Rossen has been roped in to showcase her meticulous talent of building dreamlike sandcastles inside the mall. The event has an interesting lineup of free sandcastle workshops for all the visitors and storytelling sessions for kids. Read more

Gifts & gourmet goodies at Dubai Marina Mall

• Gingerbread making, Cupcake decorating, visits from Georgie the Gingerbread Man, daily train rides and much more

Dubai Marina Mall, the popular lifestyle shopping destination for residents and visitors to the Dubai Marina community and New Dubai, has a cheerful line-up of activities scheduled for festive season, starting December 6 onwards.

Everything will be in place to set the mood for that special time of the year with gourmet goodies and gifts on sale in the Atrium, a gift wrapping station available on Level P and various themed workshops and activities to entertain the children. Read more

The Dubai Mall marks UAE’s 40th National Day with unique ‘Bidaya’

• Launched under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mansoor Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum
• Visitors can post UAE National Day wishes on special ‘Aghsaan’ tree decorated with National Flags
• The Dubai Fountain to perform to the UAE National Anthem

Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mansoor Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, The Dubai Mall, the world’s largest shopping and entertainment destination, is marking the UAE’s 40th National Day with a first of its kind initiative, ‘Bidaya,’ to promote Emirati youth talent.

Flagging off on December 1, 2011 at the Lower Ground area of the mall, Bidaya continues through Dec. 4, and will subsequently be hosted every alternative week. It will serve as a veritable showcase of the UAE national talent across various sectors – from arts to culture and innovative thinking by the country’s youth. Read more

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