SKI DUBAI

LOCATION : Ski Dubai is an indoor ski resort with 22,500 square meters of indoor ski area. It is a part of the Mall of the Emirates, , one of the largest shopping malls  in the world, located in Dubai,United Arab Emirates. It was developed by Majid Al Futtaim Properties, which also operates the Mall of the Emirates.

DESCRIPTION : Opened in November 2005, the indoor resort features an 85-meter-high indoor mountain with 5 slopes of varying steepness and difficulty, including a 400-metre-long run, the world's first indoor black run, and various features (boxes, rails, kickers) that are changed on a regular basis. A quad lift and a tow lift carry skiers and snowboarders up the mountain. Adjoining the slopes is a 3,000-square-metre Snow Park play area comprising sled and toboggan runs, an icy body slide, climbing towers, giant snowballs and an ice cave. 

Ski Dubai is also home to a number of penguins who come out to play several times a day. Penguin encounters can be booked, allowing the public to interact directly with the penguins.Winter clothing, ski and snowboard equipment are included in the price of admission.

An extremely efficient insulation system helps the facility maintain a temperature of −1 °C (30° F) during the day and −6 °C (21° F) at night when the snow is produced.

In 2007 Ski Dubai was awarded the Thea Outstanding Achievement Award  by the Themed Entertainment Association.The Snow Play Area was designed and produced by Think well Group. Ski Dubai was the location of a detour in the 10th leg of the reality game show, The Amazing race Asia on its first season. . It also appeared as a detour in the 5th leg of the 15th season  of the original American version. 

PALM ISLAND, DUBAI

  

LOCATION : The Palm Islands are two artificial islands in Dubai, United Arab Emirates in the shape of palm trees. The Belgian and Dutch dredging and marine contractors Jan De Nul and Van Oord, were hired to complete construction. The islands are the Palm Jumeirah and the Palm Jebel Ali.

The Palm Jumeriah is the first man made island to be completed in Dubai. This unique island is in the shape of giant palm tree and extends 6.5 kilometers into the Arabian gulf sea, creating an extra 78 kilometer’s of waterfront property to Dubai coastline. The island is surrounded by a 12 kilometer crescent shaped breakwater where the world famous Atlantis resort is now situated.

The Palm Jebel Ali began construction in October 2002 and was expected to be completed in mid-2008. The project, which is 50% larger than the Palm Jumeirah project.

DESCRIPTION  :  The island which consists of over 7 million tons of rock took just over 4 years to construct and now acts as dream home to nearly 10,000 people. The island is divided up into areas of hotels, apartments and luxury villas

Each settlement will be in the shape of a palm tree , topped with a crescent. The settlements will have a large number of residential, leisure and entertainment centres and will add 520 kilometers of non-public beaches to the city of Dubai.

The two islands will comprise approximately 100,000 cubic metres (3,500,000 cu ft) of rock and sand. All materials will be quarried in The UAE. On the two islands, there will be over 100 luxury hotels, residential beach-side villas and apartments, marinas, water theme parks, restaurants, shopping malls, sports facilities and health spas.