The Dubai Mall hosts 3 million visitors over month-long shopping festival

The Dubai Mall, the world’s largest shopping and entertainment destination, hosted three million visitors over the one-month long shopping and entertainment extravaganza, which concludes today (Friday, May 29, 2009). Festival@The Dubai Mall attracted more than 750,000 visitors every week, strengthening sales across the mall’s 900 retail and F&B outlets.Marking the formal opening of the mall by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice President & Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, the Festival@The Dubai Mall offered a diverse bouquet of bargain deals on global brands, ’Win Millions’ raffles, Bid 2 Win auctions for premium products, a Grand Bentley draw and mall-wide entertainment. One of the spectacular attractions during the festival was the unveiling of The Dubai Fountain, the world’s tallest performing fountain.Today (May 29, 2009), one lucky winner will get AED 1 million in cash prize at the ’Win Millions’ raffle. The Grand Bentley draw for the luxurious, four-door Bentley Continental Flying Spur will also be held, adding to the prize bonanzas offered on the final day. The mall will come alive to a spectacular display of entertainment as several performers come together for a grand finale. Apart from daily entertainment programmes, the mall has also hosted more than 100 fashion shows during the festival at the newly inaugurated Fashion Catwalk at the Fashion Avenue.Mr Nasser Rafi, Chief Executive Officer, Emaar Malls Group, said: "We have achieved the objectives of hosting the Festival@The Dubai Mall, which were to enhance visitors and strengthen sales at our retail outlets. To draw over 3 million visitors in one month is a testament to the success of the mall as well as the city’s global reputation as a premier tourist destination."He added: "The Festival@The Dubai Mall has been a confidence booster for the economy, and offered customers a perfect continuum of shopping and entertainment spectacles from Dubai Shopping Festival to the Dubai Summer Surprises, which will start shortly. We are thankful to all our partners for their support, particularly to the Dubai Shopping Festival Office."With a total cash prize of AED 3.1 million apart, The Festival@The Dubai Mall has set a new benchmark in mall-wide entertainment with the spectacular array of leisure attractions. The Dubai Aquarium & Underwater Zoo, a popular attraction at the mall, introduced Shark Dives for the adventurous, offering the opportunity to dive into the 11 metre deep aquarium and surf the waters with sand tiger sharks and rays. The Olympic-sized Dubai Ice Rink introduced ’Disco on Ice’ with an in-house DJ belting out popular music and the Fashion Catwalk was abuzz with haute couture events.The Festival@The Dubai Mall is supported by Dubai Media Inc, Arab Media Group and The Address Hotels + Resorts, a part of Emaar Hospitality Group.

Final day prize bonanza at Festival@The Dubai Mall: AED 1 million and Bentley car up for grabs

One lucky shopper will win the grand prize of AED 1 million on Friday (May 29, 2009) as Festival @The Dubai Mall, the month long shopping and entertainment extravaganza at the world’s largest shopping and leisure destination, draws to a close.The Grand Bentley raffle draw for a luxurious, four-door Bentley Continental Flying Spur will also be held on May 29, adding to the excitement of the closing day celebration. Several entertainers will join in the mall-wide entertainment in a fitting grand finale of the family festival that has attracted thousands of visitors over four weeks. Mr Nasser Rafi, Chief Executive Officer, Emaar Malls Group, said: “The Festival@The Dubai Mall is one of the most unique mall-wide retail promotion events ever undertaken in Dubai. The total cash prize package of AED 3.1 million adds to the excitement of shopping with visitors having the extensive choice of 900 retail stores including 160 F&B outlets.” He added: “The closing day will be a bonanza with two grand draws – one for AED 1 million in the Win Millions raffle, and the other for the Bentley car. Two lucky winners will join over 100 lucky customers, who have already won cash prizes ranging from AED 10,000 to AED 150,000.” Visitors to The Dubai Mall can enter the ‘Win Millions’ raffle for the AED 1 million draw and a daily draw of AED 10,000 on Thursday, by spending a total of AED 500 in any of the retail and/or F&B outlet, while also availing of bargain deals from the participating outlets. They can collect the raffle coupons from the customer service desks. Raffle coupons for the Grand Bentley draw are sold out. Only 5,000 tickets, each priced AED 200, were on sale to win the coveted Bentley Continental Flying Spur. Ticket-holders also have access to the Dubai Aquarium & Underwater Zoo walk-through tunnel for closer encounters with the 33,000 aquatic animals. The Festival@The Dubai Mall also featured Bid 2 Win, an innovative auction for premium products; bargain deals on various global brands and mall-wide entertainment. It is supported by Dubai Media Inc, Arab Media Group and The Address Hotels + Resorts, a part of Emaar Hospitality Group.

Grand Bentley Raffle Draw On Closing Day Of Festival@The Dubai Mall

The much-awaited Grand Bentley raffle draw will be held on the closing day of the Festival@The Dubai Mall on May 29, 2009. The Grand Bentley draw is one of the key attractions of the month-long shopping and entertainment extravaganza at the mall.

Only 5,000 tickets, each priced AED 200, were offered for sale for the Grand Bentley raffle. The lucky winner will get a luxurious, four-door Bentley Continental Flying Spur, which is currently displayed in the mall. Winners can also opt for a buy-back guarantee on the car.

Mr Nasser Rafi, Chief Executive Officer, Emaar Malls Group, said: “The Grand Bentley raffle was one of the talking point events of the Festival@The Dubai Mall. With all 5,000 tickets already sold out, we will host the draw on the closing day of the festival.”

He added: “The Festival@The Dubai Mall has been a strong crowd-puller to the mall drawing over 750,000 people every week. The various opportunities to win millions of dirhams apart from the Bentley further added to visitor appeal.”

The Grand Bentley raffle ticket also offered the free access for ticket-holders to The Dubai Aquarium & Underwater Zoo walk-through tunnel for closer encounters with the 33,000 aquatic animals.

Mr Bob Ferguson, a Scottish visitor to the UAE, is looking forward to the results of the Grand Bentley raffle. “I bought the raffle coupon as a birthday gift for my friend. I have not won at raffles but I believe that my friend, who lives here, will be lucky and get to take home the Bentley.”

A self-confessed luxury-car enthusiast and Egyptian expatriate resident in Dubai, Mr Sami Elgabri has also entered the raffle on behalf of his friend. “The Bentley Continental Flying Spur is a dream car, and all its aspects are perfectly finished. It will make a perfect car to own,” he said.

The Festival@The Dubai Mall also features Bid 2 Win, an innovative auction for premium products; bargain deals on various global brands and mall-wide entertainment. It is supported by Dubai Media Inc, Arab Media Group and The Address Hotels + Resorts, a part of Emaar Hospitality Group.

Bargain Deals, Raffle Draws And Colourful Shows Mark Spectacular Start Of Festival@The Dubai Mall

Hundreds of bargain deals on the world’s most coveted brands, five daily raffle draws and colourful roaming entertainment marked the spectacular start of the Festival@The Dubai Mall on Thursday. The festival is the world’s largest in-mall retail shopping and entertainment extravaganza bringing together over 900 retail stores including 160 F&B outlets, that will run through to May 29, 2009.Mr Nasser Rafi, Chief Executive Officer, Emaar Malls Group, said: “Visitor response to the Festival@The Dubai Mall on the opening day was beyond our expectations. We have lined up an array of exciting shopping deals and leisure attractions, true to the theme of the festival – ’30 Days, Many Ways.’ There will be novel attractions every day, adding to the surprise factor for visitors, and encouraging them to return to the mall.”Organised in collaboration the Dubai Shopping Festival Office, the Festival@The Dubai Mall featured several entertainment attractions on the opening day, including mime acts, jugglers, ribbon dancers, and a colorful festival carnival. The Dubai Ice-Rink hosted special skating displays, while shoppers were treated to the colorful spectacle of The Dubai Fountain, the world’s tallest performing fountain that is currently being tested.The Grand Bentley raffle, a key attraction of the festival, drew a strong response with several hundred tickets being sold on the opening. There are only 5,000 tickets on offer, each priced at AED 200, to win a luxurious, four-door Bentley Continental Flying Spur. The raffles are available at all 18 Customer Care outlets and four special Bentley Raffle Kiosks located across the mall.Festival@The Dubai Mall is also offering a total prize money of AED 3.1 million during the 30-day period. On the opening day, five raffle draws were held at 2pm, 4pm, 6pm, 8pm and 10pm; and lucky winners were presented AED 10,000 each. The Dubai Mall visitors can get raffle coupons for an aggregate purchase worth AED 500 from any of the participating outlets including the food court.On Saturday, a draw for AED 100,000 will be held at the mall, with the winner standing to gain another AED 50,000 if they are present at the mall during the draw. The draw for the grand prize of AED 1 million will be held at the end of the festival.The first ‘Bid 2 Win,’ a live auction to win a range of products, will be held on Friday for an Apple Combo, priced at AED 14,498. Visitors only have to check the product code from the display at the mall and SMS it to 4643 after registering for the bid at the same number. Bids will start at AED 1 and will continue till 9pm, with bidders being informed of the status of the bid in real-time. Live updates of the auction will also be displayed in the multimedia screens across the mall.Festival@The Dubai Mall is supported by Dubai Media Inc, Arab Media Group and The Address Hotels + Resorts, a part of the Emaar Hospitality Group.
 

Dubai Duty Free Finest Surprise Draw Car Series 1390

The winner of Bentley Continental Flying Spur was announced yesterday, 28 March at the Dubai World Cup 2009, where Dubai Duty Free, one of the founding sponsors, conducted its Finest Surprise Draw in Series 1390 immediately after the Dubai Duty Free Race.

Mr. Ali Hasan received an early morning call, notifying about his great win. “It’s fantastic news to begin my day”! – he exclaimed. “My thanks to Dubai Duty Free for such a great prize”! Mr. Ali, a British national, based in London, England, always dreamt to have such a luxury car and bought his winning ticket no. 0354 to try his luck on his way back home from Dubai. He is a regular patron of Dubai Duty Free’s Finest Surprise Promotion.

The winning ticket was drawn by George Horan, Deputy Managing Director and Sinead El Sibai, Manager Events, Advertising and Media Relations.