Dubai: In partnership with Dubai Festivals & Retail Establishment (DFRE), Dubai Festival City Mall is gearing up to celebrate Chinese New Year with a special IMAGINE show and an impressive firework display to precede this auspicious Lunar New Year on 25 January at 8:30 PM.

Dubai Festival City Mall will be hosting captivating roaming entertainment for guests to partake in the fête, from the famous Chinese Lion Dance to bring in good fortune, graceful sleeve dances that originate from the Han dynasty to a traditional fan dance which has been part of China’s heritage for over two hundred years. In addition to exclusive offers and discounts by retailers, Chinese tourists and residents will get an additional 10% value on the Dubai Festival City Mall gift card, when buying a gift card worth AED 300 and above.

Commenting on the new year festivities, Steven Cleaver, Director, Shopping Centers Dubai, Al-Futtaim Malls said: “Chinese New Year is one of our most popular events with more than 200,000 Chinese residents living in the UAE and hundreds of thousands of tourists visiting annually. These festivities bring us closer to our Chinese community and our visitors are always thrilled to be celebrating the lunar new year through the rich Chinese customs and traditions. We truly hope visitors enjoy our Asian vibes at the mall and hope this year brings us good fortune as per the Chinese zodiac predictions.”

Chinese New Year celebrations at Dubai Festival City Mall will feature mesmerizing Chinese New Year décor such as a semi-permanent structure of a dragon for some Instagram worthy pictures. Festival Bay will have a traditional Asian market with interesting cultural themed kiosks and carnival games for families to enjoy. Little ones will also be able to enjoy the LEGO Festival’s seven zones spread across the mall and the all-new LEGO NINJAGO IMAGINE show on a daily basis.

Whilst overlooking Dubai Festival City’s impressive canal; Anise restaurant at the Intercontinental is offering a Chinese New Year take-over with their very own immersive chef-to-diner experience on 24th  and 25th  January 2020 from 7pm – 11pm. Guests can partake in this delicious  international buffet where they can indulge in eight live Chinese cooking station offering an Asian infusion of celebration. Guests can enjoy this experience at Anise for AED 195 per person and AED 50 for children aged between 6-12 year, meanwhile children under 6 year get to eat for free.

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About Dubai Festival City Mall

Dubai Festival City Mall is one of the major shopping destinations in Dubai. With over 400 outlets, the mall is home to Dubai’s only IKEA, renowned fashion brands like Zara, H&M, Coach, DKNY, Kate Spade and for the first time in the Middle East, luxury Singaporean department store, Robinsons. The dining destination offers iconic waterfront Dining on Festival Bay, 56 restaurants and café, the largest Food Court in Dubai and first to market F&B concepts like Sugar Factory, Tortilla, and the Middle East’s only Hard Rock Café. The entertainment venue offers a 7-star 18-Screen Novo Cinemas with 4D IMAX, a 70,000 sq. ft. family entertainment centre, Fabyland and Festival City’s newest addition the global attraction IMAGINE.

IMAGINE, the two-time record-breaking visual and sensory extravaganza, plays live every night on the iconic Festival Bay and is free for all visitors. The truly unforgettable experience promises to enthral every time, combining lasers, light, fire and water to tell remarkable, emotive stories. The state-of-the-art show seamlessly fuses technology and art and has earned two Guinness World Records for the largest water screen projection and the largest permanent projection mapping. IMAGINE uses surround sound to deliver a 360-degree story to emotionally connect with audiences and produce a show like never seen before. The multi-sensory, iconic, unmissable show must truly be seen to be believed, leaving a long-lasting impression on all that experience it and live the feeling that is IMAGINE.

Festival Bay is the ‘most instagrammable sunset in Dubai’, meets the waters of the historic Dubai Creek. There are over 15 waterfront dining options at Festival Bay, some of which include, Cheesecake Factory, Eataly, Turkish Village and authentic Emirati cuisine at Al Fanar.

Dubai Festival City Mall visitors will discover over 7,000 parking spaces, valet parking services, two taxi ranks, VIP Valet, personal styling, and the traditional dhow cruises.

Festival City Mall has full accessibility via water being located in Dubai Creek Harbour, with RTA Water Taxis departing every hour from Festival Bay.

For more information on Dubai Festival City Mall, please visit http://www.dubaifestivalcitymall.com/

About Al-Futtaim

Established in the 1930s as a trading business, Al-Futtaim today, is one of the most diversified and progressive, privately held regional businesses headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Structured into four operating divisions; automotive, financial services, real estate and retail; employing more than 42,000 employees across 29 countries in the Middle East, Asia and Africa, we partner with over 200 of the world's most admired and innovative brands.

Al-Futtaim’s entrepreneurship and relentless customer focus enables the organisation to continue to grow and expand; responding to the changing needs of our customers within the societies in which we operate.

By upholding our values of respect, excellence, collaboration, integrity; Al-Futtaim continues to enrich the lives and aspirations of our customers each and every day. For more information, please visit: www.alfuttaim.com 

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