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			<title>Gov't offers retailers four-month licence for discounts</title>
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			<title>Dubai shopping festival boosts hotel occupancy</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Occupancy levels increased by up to 10% in the first week of the shopping festival.]]></description>
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			<title>Retailers blame high prices on soaring mall rents</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[EXCLUSIVE: Dubai shop managers paint bleak picture as rental costs rise amid a spending fall.]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai Shopping Festival launch party cancelled</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[DSF 2009 opening ceremony cancelled in mark of solidarity with Gaza people.]]></description>
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			<title>Shopping fest to offer bigger bargains amid global gloom</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[EXCLUSIVE: Dubai's annual retail bonanza to put priority on deeper discounting, says CEO.]]></description>
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			<title>Dare to dream</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A city of bold contrasts and huge ambition, Dubai is pulling out the stops to boost tourism infrastructure. ]]></description>
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			<title>Egg record proves too tough to beat</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[An attempt to beat the current Guinness World Record for the number of eggs held in one hand was made as part of Dubai Food Festival celebrations.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Dates in demand during DSF</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Saudi Arabian Pavilion at Global Village has seen great demand on dates, honey and Arabian coffee since the start of DSF according to organisers.  ]]></description>
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			<title>The elements of surprise</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[After a decade of organising Dubai Summer Surprises and the Dubai Shopping Festival, Saeed Al Nabouda, CEO of DSS and DSF, talks about the challenges of coordinating the 72-night event.]]></description>
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			<title>Lighting the way</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[With the rise of equality in the region an increasing number of women executives are finding their way to the forefront of their fields.  ]]></description>
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			<title>US $2 billion bagged by retailers during DSF</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Retail spending during the 45-day Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF) 2007, is expected to be more than US $2 billion, according to the event organisers.]]></description>
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			<title>Festival Waterfront Centre previews</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Festival Waterfront Centre, the next phase of development in Dubai Festival City’s retail district, opened on December 14, just in time for the start of the 2006 Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF)]]></description>
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			<title>Badri set to flick the switch in UAE</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UAE conglomerate establishes new electronics retail brand]]></description>
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			<title>Making up for lost time at DSF 2006/2007</title>
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			<title>Horizon.FCB retains shopping account</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Horizon.FCB has re-signed a deal with the organisers of the Dubai Shopping Festival to handle all event associated advertising.]]></description>
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