Festival Centre attracts half a million visitors during EiD 2009

Notes and media contacts

Note:
Dubai Festival City is an Al-Futtaim Group Real Estate development project. Al-Futtaim Group Real Estate is part of Al-Futtaim Group, one of the region's most progressive businesses with more than 80 years operating experience in Asia, Africa and Europe. Dubai Festival City is a world-class waterfront mixed-use urban community encompassing the finest, easily accessible shopping, dining, entertainment, homes, schools, hotels, offices and leisure in one place. Dubai Festival City covers 1300 acres and stretches 3 kilometres along the historic Dubai Creek. It epitomises the thriving and visionary spirit of Dubai. This self-contained metropolis will be the centrepiece of the new Dubai - a progressive urban community offering a lifestyle unmatched in terms of luxury, comfort, exclusivity, convenience, and value.

The award winning Festival Centre is a landmark 2.8m sqft urban retail resort which forms the epicentre of Dubai Festival City now acknowledged to be one of UAE's most exciting retail, dining and leisure attractions. Set on the historic Dubai Creek, Festival Centre, which celebrated its second anniversary in March 2009, offers over 400 world class retailers, 60 restaurants, cafés and bistros, a 12-screen Grand Festival Cinema complex and parking for more than 10,000 cars. It also boasts a stunning Marina. Festival Centre is home to Dubai's premier concerts and festivals and has hosted world class entertainers such as Carlos Santana, Maroon 5, Tamr Hosni, Shah Rukh Khan and Kylie Minogue. It has also presented Dubai with a wide array of festivals from the Emirates Airlines International Festival of Literature through to Dubai Desert Rock and Dubai Bike Week. Festival Centre hosts events, parades, entertainers and musicians each week ensuring families are always engaged and rewarded for their visit.

For more information, please contact:
Martina Boor
Marketing Manager
Festival Centre, Dubai Festival City Dubai - United Arab Emirates
Fax +971 4 232 5667
P.O Box: 49776 Dubai, UAE

or

Linda Ghanem
Media Relations Executive
GMASCO Marketing Communications
Al-Futtaim group company
Tel : +971 4 2282101- Ext 163
Fax :+971 4 2279801