Mall of the Emirates crowns 2009s newest Millionaire

16 February 2009
Dubai, UAE - Mall of the Emirates announced its Dirham millionaire winner yesterday at a stunning closing ceremony of the Dubai Shopping Festival.

The biggest prize on offer by any shopping mall this DSF was won by a German national, Mr. Rene Irani.

Fuad Mansoor Sharaf, Vice President, Mall of the Emirates, congratulated the winner and said, "At the Mall of the Emirates we offer our shoppers the biggest and best prizes every DSF and this year has been no different. Weve received a very positive response to our promotion.

Although I must add that this years Dubai Shopping Festival was a particularly interesting one, considering it has come at a challenging time. We would like to congratulate the DSF office for their exemplary initiatives as it worked on increasing the momentum in Dubais retail and tourism industry."
Rene will receive AED 800,000 to the total prize win in cash and the rest in shopping vouchers redeemable over a period of one year.
Over the last two years Mall of the Emirates has given away a variety of grand prizes during DSF including a 2 bedroom, luxury apartment worth AED 2.4 million in 2007 and a Million Dirhams in 2008 and 2009.

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