Qatar’s biggest shopping festival is back and bigger than ever!

Visit Qatar has announced the return of ‘Shop Qatar’, the country’s largest shopping festival taking place until January 27. Being held under the theme ‘Your Shopping Playground’, the near month-long event has the participation of 13 malls and shopping districts from across the country, offering a variety of activations, raffle draws, cash prizes, competitions, sales and entertainment suited to visitors of all ages.

The participating malls include – Place Vendôme, Doha Festival City, Mall of Qatar, Hyatt Plaza, City Center Mall, Landmark Mall, Tawar Mall, Al Hazm Mall, Msheireb Galleria, Gulf Mall, Al Khor Mall, Lagoona Mall, and UDC, The Pearl-Qatar.

Speaking on the festival, Eng. Abdulaziz Ali Al Mawlawi, Chief Marketing and Promotion Officer at Qatar Tourism, said: “Shop Qatar is now in its eighth edition, a testimony to the ongoing success of this important event that has become a staple on our annual social calendar.”

The event was inaugurated on January 1 at Place Vendôme with a performance by the popular regional band, Rouh Al Sharq.

The festival’s closing ceremony will be held at Doha Festival City and will see the last raffle draw and announcement of the grand prize winner. The ceremony will also see special shows and surprise hosts that will engage with the audience. In a show of appreciation, Qatar Tourism will recognise malls and their team members in a curated ‘Mall & Retail Awards’ ceremony that will also take place on the final day.

During the festival, the country’s popular retail destinations will host various festivities and entertainment while extending notable discounts and bringing to residents thrilling raffle draws and prizes. Raffle draws will take place every week; week one at Mall of Qatar (January 5), week two at Msheireb Galleria (January 12), week three at Place Vendôme (January 19), and week four at Doha Festival City (January 27).

Raffle prizes include four luxury cars, exciting giveaways distributed by hosts during interactive contests and cash prizes of varying amounts. Four lucky winners will take home QR50,000 each, eight people will walk away with QR20,000 and 12 will receive QR10,000 each.

With children in mind the festival has set up pop-ups of the world’s biggest toy brands. Place Vendôme will host the incredible Barbie Dreamhouse and Barney Live Show. At Doha Festival City, kids can enjoy the Miraculous Activity Live Show while City Center Mall will be home to the Emoji Activity Corner.

At Hyatt Plaza Mall, families can enjoy the Cocomelon Activity Corner, Bluey at Mall of Qatar, Fruit Ninja at Msheireb Galleria, Dart Zone and the Scrabble Activity Corner in UDC, and at Al Hazm Mall, the LOL Activity Corner. Daily parades, surprise guests, and more activities will be hosted across participating malls in Qatar. ✤

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