Global Village to run for a longer period

The Global Village, the main attraction of the Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF), will run for three and a half months when it moves to a 17.4 million square feet facility near Emirates Road next year, which is to become a permanent feature at the Dh18 billion Dubailand project, announced last year by General Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and UAE Defence Minister, said a senior Dubai government official.