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32Group celebrates Snowdome ground breaking at Dubailand

On Sunday morning of February 12, 2006, groundwork started for the Snowdome, with its hotels and lodging, a leisure winter wonderland with all the adventure attractions of a snow and ice leisure park.

  • United Arab Emirates: Saturday, March 04 - 2006 at 09:39
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Salem Bin Dasmal, CEO of Dubailand and Amir Pishyar, 32Group's Vice President Marketing and Sales
Salem Bin Dasmal, CEO of Dubailand and Amir Pishyar, 32Group's Vice President Marketing and Sales

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The USD1 bn project will be completed by end 2008. Boreholes of close to two hundred meters deep are made to the use of geothermic energy and to allow support of the enormous load of the biggest free standing dome in the world.

Mr. Majid Pishyar, President and CEO of the three-Continents based 32Group commented from the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games in Torino: 'His Highness proves that everything is possible in Dubai. We are proud to be part of the future of Dubai. Snowdome is posed to become one of the main anchor attractions of Dubai in 2008.'

Messrs. Salem Bin Dasmal, CEO of Dubailand and Amir Pishyar, 32Group's Vice President Marketing and Sales, along with the rest of their teams, all joined in on this major event.

The Snowdome project, unique in the world will offer a leisure winter wonderland experience with attractive features for visitors of all ages.

Speaking at the occasion, Amir Pishyar said, 'Today, with the ground-breaking ceremony, the work at the site of Snowdome has got into full swing. The project is expected to attract a large number of tourists from all over the region, in particular those who used to travel overseas during the summer to escape the Middle Eastern heat.'

He added, 'Creativity has always been central to the success of any of our projects. We are delighted to announce that the scope of the project has been expanded since its announcement to the public in the year 2000 to include more attraction, entertainment, high quality residential apartments and condominium hotel units. All components of the project will be linked to the dome by a so-called the link building - the 'Volcano' - featuring retail, food and beverage outlets, etc.'

The project, extending over 1.4 million square feet, consists of a dome - a selfstanding structure with + 220M diameter and 75M height - that will include a huge revolving ski slope, going through and around an artificial mountain range. The Snowdome complex also includes a deluxe hotel designed to look like an iceberg thus creating an authentic winter feeling for the tourists. The project will also include several other attractions that would make the project a unique tourist destination.

The entry road takes the visitors down to themed car parks - deep blue grottos with ice lifts - around the Snowdome. Lifts bring them to a series of train stations around the Snowdome at ground level. A themed tramway/mini train - The Shuttle - then brings them to the Volcano.




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Genuine experience
As for Snowdome's interior design Pishyar said, 'All facilities, attractions and lodging components will be architecturally integrated within the entire concept of winter experience'.

The Snowdome will feature only real snow - no chemicals. Skiing will be made possible in a pleasant ambient temperature of around +10 degrees Centigrade. Skiers will be taken up with a cable lift to the top of a ski slope where they can enjoy the beautiful view. The exceptional technology makes the project much more unique than any other.

'The Snowdome will use several state-of-the-art patented solutions, which will complement other projects in Dubailand, which is expected to be the one of the world's most comprehensive and largest tourism, leisure and entertainment developments,' said Pishyar.

32Group
32Group is a diversified multinational company with its regional headquarters in Dubai. It derives its name from its 32 fields of activities that include education, manufacturing, construction, land development, agricultural projects, financing & investment management, turn key projects, project development, venture capital, and international trade.

A substantial part of the company's activities are focused around real estate holdings and developments throughout the world. Currently the company is engaged in several major real estate residential and mixed use property developments. Projects are being pursued in Canada, the United States, Europe, the United Arab Emirates and other GCC countries, Iran, the Kingdom of Morocco, Ukraine, etc.

The company slogan, 'Global Company, Global Vision' best describes its corporate philosophy. Each individual business and / or division is a link between 32Group and the local communities; yet as a whole the synergy between its various business interests allows it to efficiently serve the global community.

Dubailand
Dubailand managed by Tatweer includes many attractive features that cater to the needs of all members of the family and make it a unique project that will attract millions of tourists annually from all around the world. Several projects in Dubailand are under construction with investments by UAE, GCC and international investors in the existing projects reaching AED 35 billion. It is expected that the total investments will reach AED 65 billion during the next 18 months with the announcement of more projects which are under study.

The diverse projects under Dubailand include leisure, entertainment, theme parks, eco- tourism, shopping malls, restaurants and residential units. Dubailand will play an important role in catalyzing the position of Dubai as an international hub of family tourism attracting 15 million tourists annually by 2010.

For further information, please contact:
JIWIN,
The Public Relations arm of
Dubai Press Club
Ph: +971-4-3616666
Fax: +971-4-3688000
www.dpc.org.ae
Lara Lynn Golden Posted by Lara Lynn Golden, News Editor
Saturday, March 04 - 2006 at 09:39 UAE local time (GMT+4)

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