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Top Festivals that Make Travellers Plan Luxury Holidays to Dubai

Every year millions and millions of travellers book holidays to Dubai to participate in the city’s exciting and stimulating festivals. The festivals of Dubai bestow a blissful pleasure that lingers on the mind of the visitors for a lifetime.Date : Monday, January 30, 2012
Dubai is a dazzling holiday destination that fascinates the hearts and souls of travellers and leaves them longing for more! The city is a hub of some of the world's most exciting and vivacious festivals and knows how to stage a perfect event. The charisma and magnetism of the festivals of Dubai are marvellous and soak the visitors in endless fun. Here are the top festivals in Dubai in 2012 that mirror the lively lifestyle here and make millions plan luxury holidays to Dubai every year.

Dubai Shopping Festival

Dubai Shopping Festival is an excellent event in the city that depicts the passion of shopping among the locals here. During this glorious event, Dubai comes alive with vibrant colours and flaunts unbelievable shopping deals. The festival is a lavish treat for every shopaholic and thus entices hordes of travellers to plan holidays to Dubai. The festival hosts the stalls of more than 2,000 of the biggest retailers offering excellent goods at heavy discounts. In the year 2012, Dubai Shopping Festival will be held between 05 January - 05 February.

Dubai International Jazz Festival

Dubai International Jazz Festival is one event that no jazz aficionado will miss at any cost. Millions of travellers book holiday packages to Dubai to relish this lively annual festival that hosts performances of many renowned artists. This year the Dubai International Jazz Festival will start from 24 February and will last for nine days. With chilled ambience, comfortable seating, lip-smacking cuisines and most importantly jazz music at the Dubai International Jazz Festival win the admiration of all.

Bride Show Dubai

The Bride Show Dubai is the biggest trade fair for the wedding industry and features over 300 exhibitioners presenting the customary and modern wedding dresses, cosmetics, jewels, wedding venue alternatives and honeymoon locations. The event features many fashion parades of some well-established international design houses and luxury brands. The show offers an excellent shopping experience to the travellers and gives them some great ideas to plan their wedding day. The Bride Show Dubai 2012 is going to held between 4th April to 7th April. This year, the Young Designer's Awards are returning with a bang where all the wannabe designers are asked to send their designs which are later judged by some famous personalities of the fashion world.

Dubai World Cup

The annual horse-racing event, Dubai World Cup has become a point of fascinating around the world. Started in the year 1996, the Dubai World cup is the world's richest horse race with a price fund of six million US dollars. The event portrays the glamour of the racing world and offers endless fun and nail biting excitement. With endless spectators, cheerful ambience, thunderous applause and excitement of losing and winning, the Dubai World Cup has become a huge hit among the travellers and locals alike. In the year 2012, the magnificent Dubai World Cup will be held on March 31 at the splendid Meydan Racecourse.

Dubai International Boat Show

One of the highly popular events of Dubai, Dubai International Boat Show exhibits the most striking and luxurious yachts. Many of the world leading companies participate in this amazing event to display their World Premiers and Regional Launches. This year, Dubai International Boat Show is scheduled between13 - 17 March and will feature largest exhibits of the leisure marine business and exclusive range of super yachts and super cars made exclusively for sheikhs or on royal orders. The interested travellers may reserve their seats for this dazzling event to please their eyes with luxury at its best.

Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon

Scheduled on January 27 this year, the Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon is world's richest long distance running event in history. The marathon starts from the entrance of the Burj Khalifa and passes by some of the major attractions of the city including Dubai Mall, Boulevard, Dubai World Trade Centre, Diyafa Street in Satwa, Union House, Jumeirah Beach Road, Burj Al Arab and Jumeirah Beach Hotel. The winners of the marathon are awarded with astonishing price money. Travellers who wish to partake in the Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon 2012 must make prior bookings to avoid missing the chance to be a part of this striking marathon.

Festival of Taste

A delight for every food lover, the Festival of Taste held at The Madinat Jumeirah in Dubai. The festival is a great feast where one may relish the tastes of some of the most popular restaurants, esteemed celebrity chefs, finest beverage brands and gastronomic exhibitors. The Festival of Taste offers a blend of various cultures, spices and ingredients that suit the taste buds of every visitor. The festival lasts for three days and lures millions and millions of travellers with its pleasing flavours and jovial ambience. In the year 2012, the Festival of Taste has bee scheduled in the month of March.