Dubai, United Arab Emirates, November 19, 2022: It’s time to count down the days for the most anticipated festive run of the season, the Dubai Festival City’s Santa Run! The Santa Run returns for its fifth year on December 10th at 8.30am in the Dubai Festival City Mall.
Organized by RaceME in association with the Dubai Sports Council, the Dubai Festival City Santa Run offers three distances — 1km, 2.5km and the more seasoned runners can register themselves for the 5km distance. Families can also bring their children aged 4-12 years old to run for free. Known as one of the most scenic and fun running events, the Santa Run will start at Dubai Festival City Promenade overlooking Dubai Creek and the city skyline and finish at the Festive Market at Dubai Festival City Mall.
Registered runners will receive a free Santa T-shirt, beard, and a Santa hat as well as participants are also encouraged to get creative and come in their own Santa costumes to stand a chance to win one of the best dressed Santa prizes with a top prize of 1,000AED in Dubai Festival City Mall Gift Cards. Dashing through the bay, families with the best decorated stroller could also stand a chance to win the ‘Best Santa Sleigh Rockets Stroller’ category.
At the event, participants and their families are welcome to experience the Festive Market at the Race Village located in Dubai Festival City Mall, which will have plenty of giveaways for all ages to look forward to. A wide variety of refreshments will also be available at the market along with the opportunity to shop from various retailers.
Dubai Festival City is a vibrant, destination that brings visitors and their families together to enjoy entertainment, hospitality, and leisure offerings. Residents across the UAE are welcome to come out as a family and encourage each other to get to the finish line at this year’s Santa Run.
Event Details
Date: Saturday, December 10th, 2022
Start time: 8.30am
Distances: 1km, 2.5km & 5km
Venue: Dubai Festival City
The DFC Santa Run will open its doors at 7.30am for participants to collect their santa outfits and those interested to participate can register online at raceme.ae/event/dfcsantarun.
For more details on Dubai Festival City, please visit dubaifestivalcity.com
About Al-Futtaim Group Real Estate
The real estate development and operations arm of Al-Futtaim, Al-Futtaim Group Real Estate is responsible for the origination, conception, development, procurement and construction of megaprojects and the leasing and operation of these projects after completion.
Al-Futtaim Group Real Estate develops and operates an extensive multi-million-dollar portfolio of individual corporate real estate and investment assets across the Middle East and North Africa region.
The current flagship mixed-use urban communities under the Festival City brand are Dubai Festival City, Cairo Festival City and Doha Festival City.
Dubai Festival City and Cairo Festival City are fully integrated communities which have been carefully master-planned to offer a superior lifestyle destination with outstanding facilities, comprising residential and commercial accommodation, educational institutions and five-star hotels to fully complement the signature retail, leisure and entertainment proposition.
About Dubai Festival City
Dubai Festival City is an established mixed-use destination developed by Al-Futtaim Group Real Estate, which has been designed to capture the cosmopolitan and rich spirit of Dubai.
Featuring alongside a 3.3-kilometre creek, Dubai Festival City is a fully integrated mega project which has been carefully master-planned to offer a superior lifestyle destination with outstanding facilities, comprising residential (Marsa Plaza, Al Badia Residences and Al Badia Hillside) and commercial space (Festival Tower) and educational institutions (Universal American School and Deira International School), and a family-friendly sports and social destination (Al Areesh Club).
Within Dubai Festival City sits the landmark 2.5million sq.ft urban retail destination, Dubai Festival City Mall – home to Guinness World Record holder and cutting-edge daily attraction, IMAGINE as well as IKEA and the only Hard Rock Café in the Middle East. The mall also offers almost 400 world-class retailers, 75 restaurants – many of which feature waterfront dining and some of Dubai’s most photographed sunset vistas.
Additionally, Dubai Festival City also encompasses two five-star hotels – Intercontinental Dubai Festival City and Crowne Plaza Dubai Festival City and the recently opened Holiday Inn Dubai Festival City to fully complement the signature retail, leisure and entertainment proposition.
A sought-after destination for residents, investors and stakeholders, Dubai Festival City delivers exceptional lifestyle experiences that have shaped the real estate landscape and continues to reinforce Dubai’s position as a global hub for business, education, tourism, leisure and entertainment.
For more information, please visit dubaifestivalcity.com
About Al-Futtaim Group
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 five operating divisions; automotive, financial services, real estate, retail and health; employing more than 33,000 employees across more than 20 countries in the Middle East, Asia and Africa, we partner with over 200 of the world’s most admired and innovative brands.
Al-Futtaim Group’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 Group continues to enrich the lives and aspirations of our customers each and every day. For more information visit: www.alfuttaim.com
About RaceME
RaceME is one of the leading sports events companies in the UAE. Annually offering around 30 events across Dubai catered around Swimming, Biking, Running and all other multisports. RaceME provides safe and secure environments with state-of-the-art timing systems for athletes of all ages and abilities.
Operational since 2013 the company has gone from strength to strength now providing ICONIC run events in the UAE including the DFC Half Marathon, Dubai Canal Run, The Palm run and for triathlons there is a selection of different events for all ages and abilities. RaceME designs plans and orchestrates their events from ground up working with reputable partners and securing strong sponsorship with like-minded companies throughout Dubai to promote a healthy lifestyle and wellness.
