Tag: Mall of the Emirates

A colony of snow penguins from Sea World in San Antonio will move into Ski Dubai in Mall of Emirates starting in February 2012.

Long before sky-touching towers reshaped the horizon, Dubai has always been a trading hotspot.

Dubai-based Damas has signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a joint venture with Tiffany & Co, one of the world's premier jewellers.

Weekend shopping hours have been extended to midnight in many malls including Al Ghurair Centre, Arabian Mall, Deira City Centre, BurJuman Centre, Reef Mall, The Dubai Mall, Dubai Festival City, Dubai Marina Mall, and Mall of the Emirates, Ibn Battuta, Wafi, Mercato and Lamcy Plaza.

There is a surreal moment riding the lift to the second floor in Al Ghazal Mall when visitors realise they are being watched by a giant bunny rabbit and a bear.

The Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has announced a 50 per cent discount on the issuance fee of the blue Nol card, which is a personalised travel card to use public transport in Dubai.

Emaar Properties claims Dubai Mall is now the world's most-visited shopping and leisure destination, after the centre attracted 54 million visitors last year.

Mr Merchant expects sales at this DSF to exceed last year's figures by 20 to 30 per cent as tourists flock to the UAE and Pure Gold looks for low-margin, high-volume business rather than high-margin sales.

The Dubai Mall Metro Link, to be constructed by Dutco, will have five travelators, or moving walkways, in each direction – ten in all – with the air-conditioned and automated walkways capable of ferrying more than 13,500 individuals every hour. There will be a central walkway that will give additional space for pedestrian use.

Dubai Duty Free expects to double its sales to more than Dh10 billion (US$2.72bn) by 2018, having reached record heights last year as millions of tourists visited the emirate.