Dubai Festival City is a large residential, business and entertainment development in the city of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Touted as a "city-within-a-city", Festival City is the Middle East's largest mixed-use development: all elements for work, living, and leisure will be contained within the project. Once completed Festival City will comprise a series of residential communities, numerous hotels, malls, a golf course and other entertainment sites, and a full suite of public services, including schools. The Burj al-Arab hotel has become an architectural icon of Dubai. ...
Festival City was begun in 2003, under the auspices of the Al-Futtaim Group, and total development time is estimated at 12 years. The project spans 3.8 kilometres of water frontage on the eastern bank of Dubai Creek and is 2 kilometers from Dubai International Airport. Dubai International Airport (IATA: DXB, ICAO: OMDB) is a major air facility in Dubai, a city in the United Arab Emirates. ...