Bawadi: Largest Entertainment Development In The World, Dubai

Take the Las Vegas Strip, bring it about 300 years in the future...and then put it on steroids and you have Bawadi, a Super Mega Project which, according to the developer Tatweer - a member of Dubai Holding - will be the largest hospitality and leisure development IN THE ENTIRE WORLD! As usual, another Biggest In The World Mega Project for Dubai!

Bawadi is being developed as part of Dubai's overall plan to increase tourism to over 15 million by 2010. According to Saeed Al Muntafiq of Tatweer:

"The launch of this project effectively signals the next major phase in tourism development in Dubai as we look forward to the next eight years of major growth. Strategically this development represents a significant platform in the development of tourism in the Emirate, in terms of growing capacity, and will confirm Dubai as one of the world's premier destinations."

Bawadi will cost over $30Billion and will offer:

- HOTELS. A total of 51 hotels with a combined room capacity of over 60,000! All the great hotel brands of the world will come to Bawadi, which will have the highest concentration of hotels anywhere in the world. The hotels at Bawadi will be in a number of catagories including: hotel resorts, themed hotels, boutique hotels, shopping mall hotels, regular un-themed hotels and Bawadi hotels. All of these hotels will effectively double Dubai's hotel room capacity.

Some examples of themed hotels being developed by Tatweer at Bawadi include: the Desert Gate Hotels & Resorts, the Wahat Alkuttab Hotels, the Desert Beach Hotel & Resort, the Land of Arabia Hotels & Resorts, the Wild Wild West Hotels, the Africa World Hotels, the Europa Hotels & Resorts and the Pirate's Cove Hotels & Resorts.

- ENTERTAINMENT. There will be a huge variety of entertainment offerings at Bawadi, probably the single largest source of entertainment in the world! Las Vegas Style shows, concert halls, cinema from all over the world, outdoor sports facilities, museums, night clubs...just about anything you can imagine, and then some, will be here!

- CONVENTION CENTERS. Bawadi will be the region's largest convention center destination offering: hotel based convention centers, stand alone convention centers, exhibit halls, and many, many meeting areas and banquet rooms. Bawadi will be able to handle any convention of any size in the world!

- RETAIL. As you might imagine the spectrum of retail offerings available at Bawadi will be second to none! There will be a total of 40 million sq ft of retail space at Bawadi!! Retail will be broken down as follows: themed malls, mega malls, hotel shops, outdoor shops, boutique malls, underground malls, high end luxury malls - and much more. I think this will be the largest concentration of retail stores found anywhere on the planet.

Bawadi will make the Las Vegas Strip look like a cheap strip mall by comparison! Dubai never ceases to amaze me! One fabulous Mega Project after another!

Here are two good YouTube videos of Bawadi. Be prepared to be amazed:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzVEygXp_aA&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xardEfi2ws&feature=related

This link takes you to the Bawadi website:

http://www.bawadi.ae/index.htm

This link takes you to Tatweer, developers of Bawadi:

http://www.tatweerdubai.com/