One of the best times to visit Dubai is obviously during the Dubai Shopping Festival when the emirate puts on a fabulous show and the weather is conducive. The18th year of one of the world’s most extraordinary shopping and entertainment experiences started off in fabulous fashion with floating acrobats, fire dancers and a fireworks display at Dubai Creek Park, a fitting beginning to a much awaited event in the region. Being held between the 3rd of January and the 3rd of February everything is going to be about shopping, winning and entertainment.

The event showcases Dubai as a vibrant, happening place and offers something for everyone with a range of events and activities from concerts by international artistes, musical shows, outdoor and fashion events and promotions of all sorts.

Over the years the simple shopping festival has expanded into a mega event. While dhow cruises with moonlit dinner on board, desert safaris with heart stopping rides on sand dunes, barbeques out on the sand with exotic belly dancers and city tours are thrown in for good measure, it will not detract from the lavish show that is the Dubai Shopping Festival or DSF as it is now known.

With shopping as entertainment for the whole family visitors can browse to their hearts content in the more than 70 participating malls that have the best offers and promotions of the year with the additional advantage that all items big or small being duty free. Global Village pavilions showcasing a range of items from food to handcrafted jewellery, home furnishings, carpets and clothing from around the world and fireworks and entertainment of all sorts every night is bound to make the 2013 event as memorable, or even more exciting than previous events. Three million people who are expected to attend the festival cannot be wrong in thinking that the best bargains and the best fun is to be had in Dubai during the 2013 DSF!

With a string of hotels in almost every country Millennium & Copthorne Hotels Middle East is able to offer modern travelers the ideal locations for business and leisure pursuits. Stay at their superb Middle East hotels to enjoy a range of comforts and conveniences that few other properties in the region are able to offer. Additionally the company’s UAE hotels in Abu Dhabi and Dubai offer a choice of accommodation to suit the needs of almost every type of traveller.

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