Dubai Shopping Festival 2011

Dubai Shopping Festival, 2011, a shopper’s delight is soon approaching with its exclusive series of events and merchandise. The largest trade fair and shopping festival in Middle East region, this shopping festival brings together shoppers and buyers from across the world. It is time to book tickets to fly Dubai for the gala event to begin on January 20, 2011 and end exactly after 32 days on February 20, 2011. For fun and entertainment, filled days take your family out to buy some of the tax-free items for your home. The fair, since its inception in 1996 attracted at least a million tourists every year. The organizers expect the count to go up with the cartoon shows, concerts, food stalls, and 3D movies being the prime attractions. The Dubai Shopping Festival, 2011 is scheduled from January 20-February 20, 2011.

The first Dubai Shopping Festival took place in the year 1996. It is today, one of the most visited events of Middle East drawing tourists, traders, and shoppers. The event is appealing to global shoppers ever since its inception. The other important feature of the festival is the prices of the products. Foreign travelers can choose from a wide variety of products at a reasonable price, irresistible for shoppers.

 This festival will be a month long affair beginning January 20, 2011 and until February 20, 2011. The duration of the event makes it the nation’s longest running trade festival. The festival is expected to attract at least 3 million visitors this edition that include businessmen and job seekers.

To experience the cutthroat competition that the brand dealers, marketers, and company executives face at this open forum, visiting Dubai Shopping Festival, 2011 is necessary. You will carry back home the spell of fun and frolic other than products ranging from electronic goods to garments. The fair has everything from furniture, electronic goods, spices, food products, designer clothes, home decors, and even cars on sale! You do not have to worry about the prices, as tax exemptions on any product you buy here has made the things reasonable than you have actually thought!

Dubai Shopping Festival, 2011 highlights

  This festival is a tax-free entertainment zone in the country. You can buy, sell, and exchange products of various brands without paying any taxes. The rebate on tax makes your buying a reasonable one. In other trade, expo of the Middle East this privilege is not available for the people. For the benefit of the local people, the best brands of the world are available within the reach.

• There are huge discounts on products and goods like cars, perfumes, handicraft items, electronic products, accessories, home decors, garments, textiles, winter wears, furniture, jewelry, motorcycles, and second hand goods. The discounts make these products reasonable.
• The 2011 edition for Festival is a month long entertainment for your family. Colorful events, competitions, lucky draw wins, cartoon shows, and film screenings will make your visit a memorable one. There is something for every member of the family. Enjoy shopping, food, and entertainment shows.
• To make the event a fun-filled one, the organizers have come up with cartoon shows featuring Pokemon, Casper, Tarzan, Toon Land, Alligator and Dolphin
• Other events such as the fashion week, Al Rostamani, Global Village, Carpet Oasis, Aqua Fantasia take place on the exhibition ground. For attracting the children, the “Children of the World Olympiad” is arranged. Your kids will have lot to indulge themselves in while you are busy shopping for yor home.
• Fine dining facilities are a major draw for food lovers. The food outlets located within the shopping ground will let you savor some exotic Arabian veg and non-veg meals.
• Win millions at the daily car raffle draws at the festival venue. You can also win a high-end apartment and other luxury items.There will be total of 16 million DHs in prizes given out to visitors.
• You can experience the stunning sight of the fireworks lighting the skyline of Dubai.
  
  

  Available brands

  
  Dubai Shopping festival, 2011 would be the best opportunity to indulge in some great shopping at reasonable rates. Started in 2006, the festival has experienced a surge in number of participating brands. The Dirham businesspersons, Arab leaders, fashion designers, and even celebrities attend the event to interact and explore several brands of their interest. The increased participation of various brands has made it the largest shopping destination of Middle East region.
  
  Lexus is an important brand part the Dubai shopping event. Other watches brands too offer exclusive discounts from 5 per cent to 50 per cent. There are car brands such as Mercedes, Lexus, BMW, other cars manufactured in Japan and China. These brands too sponsor some gifts for shoppers.
  
  

  Entertainment facilities

  
  There are many entertainment opportunities at the festival. The kids would have an wonderful time watching the various cartoon shows of pokemon, casper, tarzan, dolphin, and spiderman. Other recreations are the various competitions like the “Children of the World” Olympiad and sport events. Live music performances would mark the day and you can be part of the many dances too.
  
  The car raffle draws are an interesting feature of this shopping festival in Dubai. You can win a grand car, get an apartment, luxury watches, and even gold. There are several such prizes given out every year. The jazz music shows and circus are other facilities of entertainment.
  
  You can also come across a live performance from the following superstars such as Kazim Al Sahir, Nawal Al Zugby, Amr Diab, and Milhim Barakat.
  
  

  Shopping festival sponsors

  
  ? This festival has encouraged many brands and event management companies to sponsor the events. Global companies sponsor different section of the festival. There are raffle tickets sold in the venue that has sponsors from Abu Dhabi. The Dubai government too plays a major role in making the event a successful one.
  
  The Ideal Arab Mother and Ideal Family Awards have a prize award of US$ 10,000 sponsored by Visa, Pepsi, Coca Cola, and Master Card jointly. The airlines have also participated in the festival by making way for cheap travel for foreign and domestic tourists. Rates are often slashed and other offers introduced by airlines such as
• Jet Airways
• Air Arabia
• GoAir Airlines
• Indigo Airlines
• Paramount Airways
• Jet Airways
• Jet Airways Konnect
• JetLite Airlines
• Kingfisher Airlines
• Spicejet Airlines
• Cathay Pacific Airlines
• Malaysia Airlines
• Fly Emirates Airlines
• Etihad Airways
• Delta Air Lines
• Thai Airways
  
  

  What to buy

  
  You can buy global products for your home and family. The buys you can make at the festival of 2011 include the following:
• Watches
• Perfumes
• Cars
• Jewelry
• Accessories
• Furniture
• Gift items
• Imported spices
• Electronic items
• DVDs and CDs
• Motorcycles
• Bikes
• Kitchen wares
• Garments
• Fashion wear
  
  

  Contact details:

  
  Dubai Shopping Festival 2011
  Start Date: 20/01/2011
  End Date: 20/02/2011
  Venue: Different venues around Dubai
  Name of organizer: Dubai Events & Promotional Establishment
  Tel: 00971 4 2235 444
  Fax: 00971 4 2235 888
  
  
  Apart from the 'buying and selling' phenomenon at the festival you can expect to indulge yourself in a whole range of entertainment activities like film festivals, international theater, fashion parades, fireworks, children's shows, etc.
  
  So, if you love shopping, do not waste a minute and plan your itinerary to Dubai at once.

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