Visitors are now invited to enjoy browsing through a whole host of top fashion brands, a Carrefour hypermarket and a wide selection of hand-picked outlets. They can also sample the very best facilities, excellent dining experiences in the first mall in the area open 12 hours a day (10am to 10pm).
Outlets already open at Qurum City Centre, include Mango, Borders, Giordano, Bossini, Monsoon, Next, Promod, GNC, Body Shop, Claire's, Nayomi, Adidas Mothercare, Osh Kosh, among others and the main anchor store Carrefour Hypermarket.
Visitors can expect many more stores to open during the coming weeks at the bustling 20,600 sq. meters of prime shopping space once everything is fully open.
As well as browsing in more than 75 retails outlets, visitors can enjoy a whole host of services and amenities that aim to make shopping a comfortable and enjoyable experience for all. These include eight ATM's, prayer rooms for men and women, currency change outlets, taxi services, wheelchairs and, soon to be available strollers for the tiny tots.
When it's time to take a break and relax during a visit, shoppers can sample a wide range of menus from the seven outlets at the food court, and coffee shops, Costa Coffee and Coffee Republic. A cool ice cream break can be had in Oman's first Cold Stone Creamery outlet.
Qurum City Centre is also well served by its parking facilities, boasting the area's first covered car park, catering for almost 1,000 vehicles.
Ibrahim Al Qasmi, spokesperson for Qurum City Centre, said, "We are delighted to announce that everyone in Oman can now journey through the mall and watch as it grows week by week and month by month.
We are hoping to provide our customers with retail outlets that cater to different niches and, provide them with a friendly shopping experience.
The layout of the mall has been designed with our consumer in mind, the food outlets and retail stores have been evenly spaced out to provide you with comfortable space as you make way around with your families."
Our mall staff, who are trained in providing the very best customer care, are always on hand to give shoppers any assistance they may require and answer queries. Close to 300 Omani nationals have been employed so far and the number is likely to go upto 500 as more outlets open".
Qurum city Centre, the second shopping mall in Oman from the Majid Al Futtaim group is strategically located in the heart of the local community at the Qurum roundabout. Visitors from the Ruwi and Muttrah areas can take the left turn from Qurum roundabout to enter the mall, while those coming from Al Hail and Seeb can either take the southern expressway, or take a right turn from Qurum roundabout. Temporary signage along the route has been provided to enable easy entry to, and exit from, the mall.
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About MAF Shopping Malls:
MAF Shopping Malls is the region's leading shopping mall developer with an established network of operating centres in the Middle East and North Africa. The company is part of MAF Properties, one of the major operating subsidiaries of the Majid Al Futtaim Group. It has seven operating centres totaling over 500,000 square metres of GLA, including four centres in UAE, two in Egypt and one in Oman. MAF Shopping Malls deals with over a 1,200 retailers across the globe and its centres draw combined foot traffic of over 90 million shoppers annually.
MAF Shopping Malls' world-class shopping centres have revolutionised the retail industry over the past 15 years with breakthrough developments such as Ski Dubai, the first indoor Ski Resort, Mall of the Emirates, the first shopping resort in the Middle East and the popular City Centre franchise (which can be found in Dubai, Sharjah and Ajman) that has been exported across the region to Egypt (Maadi and Alexandria), Oman (Muscat), the upcoming Bahrain City Centre and Mirdif City Centre.
For more information, please call:
Ahmed Hamdy
Marketing Manager
Muscat City Centre
Ph: +968 24558888
Fax: +968 24558320
Email: Ahmed.Hamdy@maf.ae
Saloni Suri
ASDA'A Burson-Marsteller
Oman, Muscat
Tel: +968 24562762
Fax: +968 24562763
Email: s.suri@asdaa.com
Shaddad Al Musalmy
ASDA'A Burson-Marsteller
Oman, Muscat
Tel: +968 24562762
Fax: +968 24562763
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