Letter

THE shopping malls participating in the 5th edition of the Bahrain Shopping Festival – Shop Bahrain – continue to host a wide range of activities and events until Saturday. The nationwide festival aims to revitalise the tourism and retail sectors by providing a unique shopping experience.

The latest edition witnessed a huge participation comprising of more than 20 shopping malls across Bahrain. A line-up of activities, including entertainment shows, walkabouts, musical performances and competitions are organised to provide shoppers with the opportunity to experience the vibrant atmosphere and win valuable prizes.

Among the participating malls this year are Moda Mall, Seef Mall - Seef District, Muharraq and Isa Town, Bahrain Mall, Dragon City, Saar Mall, The Avenues, Al Aali Shopping Complex, Enma Mall, City Centre Bahrain, El Mercado, Galleria, The Courtyard, Bab Al Bahrain Mall, Gold City, IKEA, as well as the platinum sponsor Lulu Hypermarket in Hidd, Riffa Ramli Mall, Juffair Mall, Dana Mall Sanabis, Saar and Zinj.

Participating malls offer an extensive schedule of fun-filled activities and events for visitors of all ages, aiming to increase the footfall in malls during the festival, besides the Festival City, Shop Bahrain’s main attraction, which was launched at the BIC.

The 5th edition of the festival is organised by the BTEA in cooperation with its strategic partners Tamkeen, VIVA Bahrain and the National Carrier of Bahrain, Gulf Air, as well as Bin Hindi Group, in addition to the platinum partners Bin Hindi Informatics and Lulu Group.

Prize Partners for this edition include Gravity, Adhari, Awal Gas, Hawar Beach Hotel, Kitchen for Life Company, the Ice Cream Shop, Optica, and Rahim Holdings. This year’s edition features 11 cars and more than 73,000 prizes including, electronics from A.A. Bin Hindi Group, 5,000 discounted airline tickets from Gulf Air, plus thousands of instant prizes from VIVA and much more.

Reem Tawfiqi, head of tourism relations at the Bahrain Tourism and Exhibitions Authority (BTEA).

Editor’s note: Shoppers and visitors can learn more about Shop Bahrain through the festival’s website: www.shopbahrain.com or the account @shopbahrain on the social networking channels Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, SnapChat, YouTube and Whatsapp. Most recent updates and news about the Festival are also available on the Shop Bahrain Application released for iOS and Android.

With reference to last week’s issue and Stan Szecowka’s news story headlined ‘Packing a pasta punch’ about the new Italian-American restaurant opening at the Best Western Plus – The Olive Hotel in Juffair. What a great article you wrote about my brother Matthew and I at The Red Plate. Thank you very much!

Chef John Capozzi,

New York City.